Thomas Aquinas College Ranked a "Best Value" by the Princeton Review and Kiplinger's
(January 12, 2009)
SANTA PAULA, Calif.-Thomas Aquinas College has once again been
ranked one of the 50 "Best Value" private colleges in
the country by The Princeton Review as reported January 8, 2009,
by USA TODAY. Noting that "now, more than ever, students and
parents need to make every education dollar count," the USA
TODAY report explains that The Princeton Review's selection criteria
looked not only at costs and financial aid, but at academics as
well. Says Ben Zelevansky, director of data analysis for The Princeton
Review, "This is not a list of America's Best Financial Aid
Packages. This is a list of schools that provide the best balance
of a strong education and a reasonable cost of attendance….The
schools on our list really go above and beyond."
Thomas Aquinas College is one of only five "Best Value"
private colleges and universities located in California, along with
CalTech, Harvey Mudd, Pomona, and Stanford. Moreover, Thomas Aquinas
College is the only private Catholic college in the country to have
been ranked a "Best Value" by The Princeton Review.
Also released on January 8, 2009 were Kiplinger's annual 50 "Best
Value" rankings for private universities and private liberal
arts colleges. Dedicated to delivering sound, unbiased advice for
families and businesses on saving, investing, planning for retirement,
and paying for college, Kiplinger's has ranked Thomas Aquinas College
number 33 of 50 "Best Value" private liberal arts colleges
in the country. In this report, only one other Catholic institution
in the United States ranked in the top 50 category (College of the
Holy Cross).
Accounting for their methodology, Kiplinger's states, "Our
rankings measure academic quality and affordability, with quality
accounting for two-thirds of the total….These institutions…provide
a top-quality education at an affordable price-usually with generous
financial aid."
Says President Thomas E. Dillon, "In this time of financial
turmoil, it remains good news to prospective students and their
parents that Thomas Aquinas College is maintaining its reputation
for academic excellence at a competitive price."
For information about admissions please email admissions@thomasaquinas.edu,
visit the website at www.thomasaquinas.edu,
or call 1-800-634-9797.
ABOUT THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE:
Thomas Aquinas College is a four-year Catholic liberal arts college
with a fully-integrated curriculum composed exclusively of the Great
Books, the seminal works in the major disciplines by the great thinkers
who have helped shape Western civilization. There are no textbooks,
no lectures and no electives. Instead, under the guidance of faculty
members and using only the Socratic method of dialogue in classes
of no more than 20, students read and discuss the original works
of authors such as Euclid, Dante, Galileo, Descartes, the American
Founding Fathers, Adam Smith, Shakespeare, Copernicus, Kepler, Newton,
Einstein, Aristotle, Plato, St. Augustine, and of course, St. Thomas
Aquinas. Graduates consistently excel in the many world-class institutions
at which they pursue graduate degrees in fields such as law, medicine,
business, theology and education. They have distinguished themselves
serving as lawyers, doctors, business owners, priests, military
service men and women, educators, journalists and college presidents.
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