Money Ranks TAC Among “Best Colleges in America”

The 2025 edition of Money's Best College in America list, which rates schools for affordability and ROI, features Thomas Aquinas College among “the country’s top values, based on graduation rates, cost of attendance, financial aid, alumni salaries, and more.” Money’s scoring metrics emphasizes costs, quality of education, and alumni professional success.

The Money.com list gives Thomas Aquinas College a 4.5-star value rating, alongside older schools with much larger endowments, such as Tufts University, Johns Hopkins University, and Georgetown University. “It’s worth noting that the College earns the same marks for value as some of the country’s most established colleges and universities, despite having been founded only 50 years ago,” says Chris Weinkopf, executive director of college relations. “That’s a testament to our benefactors’ generosity, which keeps tuition down; the success of our alumni, which boosts the College’s reputation; and the timelessness of our unique program of Catholic liberal education, which thrives in an educational landscape marked by mediocrity and ideologically driven fads.”

Thomas Aquinas College has long earned praise from numerous guides for its excellent academics and robust financial aid program. “Our founders were committed not only to establishing an educational program of Catholic liberal education that is unmatched in its rigor,” says Mr. Weinkopf, “but also to ensuring that it would be available to all qualified students, irrespective of financial need.”