Praise from Kiplinger's and The Princeton Review
College a "Best Value" and an "Outstanding Institution"
(Spring 2007 Newsletter)
Each year, the Kiplinger organization publishes a list of 100 “best
values” among private colleges and universities in the United
States. This year, “The Kiplinger 100” is divided into
two lists: one for liberal arts colleges and one for universities.
Thomas Aquinas College is pleased to report that it has been ranked
number 32 on Kiplinger’s 2007 list of the 50 best values in
liberal arts colleges in the country. Only one other Catholic institution
was ranked in the top 50 (College of the Holy Cross).
Located in the heart of our nation’s capital, the Kiplinger
organization is dedicated to delivering sound, unbiased advice for
families and businesses on saving, investing, planning for retirement,
paying for college, buying major purchases, and more.
In determining “The Kiplinger 100,” editors scrutinized
a variety of institutions both for their academic excellence and
their financial flexibility. Those that, like Thomas Aquinas College,
made the list feature a “winning mix that includes an outstanding
student body, a low student-faculty ratio, and a generous helping
of assistance for families who can’t afford to pay full freight….These
schools offer aid that slashes the cost of a private education.”
At its inception, Thomas Aquinas College determined that no qualified
student would ever be turned away simply on the basis of financial
need. Due to the generosity of like-minded friends and benefactors,
the College has been able to keep that commitment for 35 years.
Commenting on the new Kiplinger ranking, President Thomas E. Dillon
said, “Our benefactors have made it possible for hundreds of
worthy young men and women to complete our program of authentic
Catholic liberal education—young people who would not otherwise
have been able to come to the College. These graduates are now serving
as a leaven in our society and in the Church. They are leaders in
all kinds of fields—education, journalism, the law, medicine,
business, the priesthood and religious life—and they are accomplishing
great good for the Church and our country. So, the effect of our
benefactors’ largesse is far-reaching indeed. Now, as I think
even Kiplinger’s would agree, that’s a good investment!”
Princeton Review
The College was also recently notified that it will be featured
in The Princeton Review’s popular “best colleges”
guidebook, The Best 366 Colleges: 2008 Edition (Random House/Princeton
Review Books, $21.95 paperback), available in bookstores in late
August 2007. The New York-based company cites Thomas Aquinas College
as “one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate
education” and “one of only eight new schools receiving
the Best 366 designation” out of more than 3,500 institutions.
Says Robert Franek, Vice President for Publishing at The Princeton
Review, “Only about 10% of the colleges in America are in this
book. It is our flagship guide to ‘the crème of the
crop’ institutions for undergraduates. We chose them as our
‘best’ based on several criteria including: our regard
for their academic programs and other offerings, institutional data
we collect from the schools, and the opinions of students, parents,
and educators we talk to and survey….Each one is an outstanding
institution.”
Said President Dillon, “We at Thomas Aquinas College are happy
to be recognized by The Princeton Review as one of the nation’s
best undergraduate institutions. This is yet another indication
that it is indeed possible for a Catholic institution of higher
learning to achieve academic excellence while maintaining its fidelity
to the teaching Church.”
-- Qtrly Newsletter, Spring 2007
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