Thomas Aquinas College Ranked Among Top 100 Liberal Arts College
in the Country
(August 24, 2007)
SANTA PAULA, CA—August 24, 2007-Thomas Aquinas College is
again ranked in the top tier among the nation's liberal arts colleges
in the 2008 edition of U.S. News & World Report's annual college
guide, "America's Best Colleges," which was released on
August 17, 2007. Thomas Aquinas College's ranking is 83rd out of
106 schools in the top tier. Thomas Aquinas College is one of only
seven liberal arts colleges statewide to have been ranked in the
top tier, along with Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Scripps,
Occidental, Pitzer, and Westmont.
Thomas Aquinas College was also placed by U.S. News in the top
25 liberal arts colleges for the relatively low debt that its graduates
incur in the course of four years at the school. Moreover, in the
category of "Highest Proportion of Classes under 20 Students,"
Thomas Aquinas College tied for first place with the American Jewish
University (CA) in having 100% of its classes with fewer than 20
students. It was the only Catholic institution in the country to
be singled out for recognition by U.S. News in this category.
Jonathan Daly, Director of Admissions, was pleased by the U.S. News'
rankings. "They are indeed gratifying," he said. "But
it is worth noting that rankings alone don't capture the heart of
what we do at Thomas Aquinas College. Great good is accomplished
in the minds and souls of the young people at Thomas Aquinas College
through its rigorous and unique curriculum and its unswerving fidelity
to the Magisterium of the Church. No college ranking system can
measure that!"
Orientation for freshmen at the 4-year, Catholic, co-ed college
was held on August 16. On August 20, the college held its annual
Convocation Day, which began with a Mass of the Holy Spirit offered
by Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, Wisconsin, followed by a formal
matriculation ceremony presided over by President Thomas E. Dillon.
Classes began on Monday evening, August 20.
ABOUT THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE
Thomas Aquinas College opened its doors in 1971. It is a four-year
Catholic liberal arts college exclusively devoted to the study of
the Great Books, using only the Socratic method of dialogue in all
of its classes. There are no text books, no lectures and no electives.
Instead, the College offers an entirely integrated curriculum using
only the original texts of the greatest thinkers who have helped
shape Western Civilization. These authors include St. Thomas Aquinas,
St. Augustine, Aristotle, Plato, Shakespeare, Euclid, Dante, Galileo,
Descartes, our American Founding Fathers, Adam Smith, Copernicus,
Kepler, and Newton to name a few.
Thomas Aquinas College graduates consistently excel in the many
world-class institutions where they pursue graduate degrees in such
disciplines professions as law, medicine, business, theology and
education. They have distinguished themselves in these fields serving
as headmasters, business owners, lawyers, priests, journalists,
doctors, military service men and women, educators and college presidents.
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