St. Thomas Aquinas College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for St. Thomas Aquinas College

St. Thomas Aquinas College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Sparkill, New York (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 972 students of which 2,222 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. St. Thomas Aquinas College is categorized as “20” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 93.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,000 and an ACT midpoint of 29. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $19,994, with published in-state tuition of $39,450 and a Pell grant recipient share of 21.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $23,198, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 58.1%, and the first-year retention rate is 73.4%. Graduates earn a median of $62,909 ten years after enrolling, compared with $44,908 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 61100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 67.2% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.