Thomas Aquinas College

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

Thomas Aquinas College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Santa Paula, California (rural: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 566 students of which 541 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. Thomas Aquinas College is categorized as “21” 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 83.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,329 and an ACT midpoint of 28. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $26,196, with published in-state tuition of $30,200 and a Pell grant recipient share of 26.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $18,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 83.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 91.6%. Graduates earn a median of $55,619 ten years after enrolling, compared with $40,605 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 15700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 66.7% 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.