Forbes Ranks Thomas Aquinas Among “America’s Top Colleges”

In assembling its annual list of America’s Top Colleges, Forbes magazine distinguishes itself from other guides “by our belief in ‘output’ over ‘input,’” writes editor Caroline Howard. “We’re not all that interested in what gets a student into college, like our peers who focus heavily on selectivity metrics such as high school class rank, SAT scores and the like. Our sights are set directly on ROI: What are students getting out of college?”

Thus the guide focuses on five key criteria: student satisfaction, post-graduate success, student debt, graduation rates, and academic success. Using these measures, Forbes has once again named Thomas Aquinas College to its selective list of “America’s Top Colleges.”

Only about 15 percent of American colleges and universities, some 650 in all, are included on the Forbes list, and among those, Thomas Aquinas College ranks within the top half at No. 281. The business magazine also lists the College as No. 201 among private institutions and No. 51 in the West.

“Coming after our recent, highly favorable ratings from the Princeton Review, U.S. News, USA Today, and the National Catholic Register, Forbes ranking is encouraging,” says Director of Admissions Jon Daly. “The magazine’s favorable assessment of the ‘ROI’ is more evidence that Catholic liberal education succeeds by any measure.”