Thomas Aquinas College
tel: (805)525-4417
School Notes Overview:
Thomas Aquinas College is an institution that has faithfully pursued, articulated and defended a single, well-defined mission throughout its 35 years of existence. That mission is stated well in its Self-Study: to provide for the "liberal education of students according to the natural powers of reason and by the light of the Catholic Faith."
School Overview:
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| County | Ventura County, CA |
| Title IV Eligible | Yes |
| Carnegie Classification | Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I |
| Institution Level | 4 or more years |
| Institution Control | Private, non-profit |
| Full-Time Undergraduate | 340 students |
| Total Enrollment | 340 students |
| Total Dormitory Capacity | 398 students |
| % Students Receiving Some Financial Aid | 74 % |
| % Students Receiving Federal Grants | 16 % |
| Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received | $3,283 |
| % Students Receiving State/Local Grants | 14% |
| Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received | $6,585 |
| % Students Receiving Institutional Grants | 56% |
| Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received | $10 |
| % Students Receiving Loans | 71% |
| Avg. Amount Of Loan Received | $4,083 |
- Thomas Aquinas College is a private, 4-year, undergraduate, coeducational college. The college campus covers 131 acres, 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
- Founded in 1971, the College's program of Catholic liberal education is unique in American higher education. There are no textbooks. The prescribed, four-year interdisciplinary course of studies is based on the original works of the best, most influential authors, poets, scientists, mathematicians, philosophers, and theologians of Western civilization.
- The arts and sciences which comprise the curriculum are organized into a comprehensive whole. The College aims at providing its students with a thorough grounding in the arts of thinking and a broad and integrated vision of the whole of life and learning.
- Thomas Aquinas College is accredited by the American Academy for Liberal Education and by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. AALE is a national accreditation board; WASC is the regional accreditation board for California and Guam. Profile last updated: 11/12/2008.
In the News:
- Open-space amendment still exposes county to lawsuits (Ventura County Star)
posted on March 4, 2010 at 06:44:00 am
The impetus behind the county of Ventura’s newest regulations on open-space development was clear: fear of a lawsuit.County supervisors admitted the old rules banning churches in open-space zones were almost certainly incompatible with federal laws, which require local authorities to treat religious land uses the same way they treat other proposed developments.So on Tuesday, the Board of ... - County bars 'assembly use' properties in open space zones (Ventura County Star)
posted on March 3, 2010 at 02:38:00 am
There won’t be any new churches, private colleges or other “assembly uses” allowed in county open space zones under an ordinance approved Tuesday by the Ventura County Board of Supervisors.The board voted 4-1 to approve new regulations on 190,000 acres zoned as open space in unincorporated parts of the county.The ordinance defines a type of development called an “assembly use” as churches ... - County to vote on allowed uses in open space (Ventura County Star)
posted on March 1, 2010 at 11:23:00 pm
The Ventura County Board of Supervisors could bring an end Tuesday to a nearly yearlong debate over whether to allow churches and other “assembly uses” on land that’s zoned open space.The current zoning ordinance bans churches and some other types of developments on such property. However, the county’s attorneys believe that ordinance would invite a lawsuit if enforced because it contradicts a ... - President inaugurated at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula (Ventura County Star)
posted on February 14, 2010 at 01:41:00 am
In a ceremony conducted in its towering new chapel overlooking Highway 150 on the outskirts of Santa Paula, Thomas Aquinas College on Saturday formally inaugurated a new president, Michael McLean, to lead the Catholic liberal arts college.Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of Los Angeles, presided over the ceremony.“On this day we are beginning a new chapter in the great history of Thomas Aquinas ... - Thomas Aquinas College to inaugurate president (Ventura County Star)
posted on February 11, 2010 at 06:45:00 am
The fourth president of Thomas Aquinas College will be inaugurated this weekend.Michael McLean was named president of the Santa Paula college in October. McLean, who had been dean, succeeded Thomas Dillon, who was killed in a car accident in Ireland in April.Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony will preside over the installation ceremony, which will be in Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel at ...
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