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Thomas Aquinas College

CA · Private nonprofit · Distant rural · 263 applicants 2023

79% admit rate SAT 1160–1330 $26K–$43K/yr — aid decides
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Parent/student verdict

Accessible

Accessible for most applicants.

Best for

  • Strong academic profiles — students here cluster in the top test and GPA tiers (bands above)
  • Families wanting a small liberal-arts experience

The reality

  • You'd be near the bottom of their admitted class if: SAT below 1160, or ACT below 25, or unweighted GPA below ~3.80 (test bands are the school's own; the GPA floor is our estimate, not a published figure)

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Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Undergraduates
566
Under 1,000 including graduate students
TuitionThe published full price before any aid. Families who don't qualify for need-based aid at a given college pay this, minus any merit scholarships — whether you qualify depends on the college's price and policies, not on any fixed income line.
$30,200
flat rate (no in/out-of-state split) · 2023–24 federal figure
Admit rateThe share of applicants a college accepts. Useful context, but your student's odds depend on their own grades and scores, not the average.
78.7%
Accessible
SAT middle 50%The middle half of the enrolled first-years who sent this test scored in this range — a quarter of them scored BELOW the low end and still got in, and a quarter scored above the high end. At a test-optional college the students who submitted are often a minority of the class, so the range describes them rather than everyone who enrolled. Above the top number is a genuine strength; below the bottom isn't automatic rejection.
1160–1330
EBRW + Math composite
ACT middle 50%The middle half of the enrolled first-years who sent this test scored in this range — a quarter of them scored BELOW the low end and still got in, and a quarter scored above the high end. At a test-optional college the students who submitted are often a minority of the class, so the range describes them rather than everyone who enrolled. Above the top number is a genuine strength; below the bottom isn't automatic rejection.
25–33
composite
Test policy
Required
2023
10-yr earningsMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$55,619
median, after entry

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

Outcomes & cost

What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.

Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).

Earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$40,605
Earnings, 10 yrs after entryMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$55,619
Graduate within 6 yrsThe share of students who start here and finish a bachelor's within six years — the standard federal measure, and the one College Scorecard publishes. It is not a four-year rate. Read it as the odds of finishing at all: nationally about a third of students who start never do, and an unfinished degree is the most expensive outcome in this decision.
84%
Median debt (completers)The federal-loan balance of the typical graduating borrower. Families who pay cash aren't counted, so read it as "among those who borrowed."
$18,000

The real cost

What Thomas Aquinas College actually costs

If you qualify for need aidGrant money based on your family's finances (via FAFSA and the college's own forms), not your student's stats.
$26,196/yr
average among aid-receiving families, all incomes — your number depends on your finances
If you don't
$43,426/yr
the full published price

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The payoffTen years of typical graduate pay minus four years of cost — how many dollars ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten. Check both the full-price and with-aid versions to see which applies to you; median pay reflects who a college admits and what they study as much as the college itself., both ways

+$382K ahead at full price +$451K with aid
Full price, no aidThe all-in yearly price — tuition, housing, food, books, fees — before any aid. This is the real "full price," not just the tuition line. (4 yrs)
$173,704
~$43,426/yr all-in
Aid recipients pay (4 yrs)
$104,784
$26,196/yr average
10-yr earnings total
$556,190
$55,619/yr median, 10 yrs out
Years to recoup the cost
3.1 yrs
at full price (1.9 with aid), at the median earnings rate

Source: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. Full price is the published cost of attendance; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.

What students study here

Most popular majors at Thomas Aquinas College

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Thomas Aquinas College actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Liberal Arts, Humanities, & General Studies
102 degrees · 100.0%
Flexible degree → many paths. Real outcomes depend on the second skill (data, coding, teaching cert).

What those majors earn here

Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — Thomas Aquinas College's own graduates, not national averages.

Major (CIP) Credential Cohort 1-yr earnings 4-yr earnings
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. Bachelor's Degree 115 $33,432 $49,898

Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →

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Thomas Aquinas College is a private nonprofit four-year college in CA. It admitted 79% of applicants (263 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.

Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1160–1330, ACT 25–33.

Cost: about $26,196 a year on average with aid, $43,426 a year at full price.

Median earnings ten years after entry: $55,619 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $451,406 ahead with aid, $382,486 ahead at full price.

Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities ($49,898).

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