Campus Notes

Thomas Aquinas College issued a press release announcing that it has been included in the Princeton Review’s guide–The Best 367 Colleges–and was awarded the highest possible rating for academics.

From the TAC release:

The Princeton Review has released its annual guide, The Best 376 Colleges, in which it once again awards Thomas Aquinas College a 99 for academics — its highest possible rating — as well as for financial aid. The guide, which includes only the top 15 percent of colleges and universities in the United States, lists the College as one of 121 “Best of the West.”

“We’re pleased to recommend Thomas Aquinas College to users of our site as one of the best schools to earn their undergrad degree. We chose it and the other terrific institutions … mainly for their excellent academic programs,” explains Robert Franek, Princeton Review’s Senior VP / Publisher. …

Responses from student survey include:

• “Catholic/small-college setting creates an atmosphere of trust and faith that makes it easier to study, to live, and to grow at school.”
• The College “takes learning seriously for its own sake, not just as preparation for a job”
• “strong Catholic identity”
• “rigorous curriculum”
• a “holistic education” that is “demanding on every level”
• students learn to “read and think critically.”

… “We are pleased, as always, with The Princeton Review’s rankings and those of the various college guides. We consider these a sign of the strength of our unique program of Catholic liberal education, which strives for both academic rigor and fidelity to the Magisterium of the Church,” says President Michael F. McLean. “Our students and faculty continue to demonstrate that a classical education, taught in the light of faith, can yield outstanding results by any reasonable measure.”

Thomas Aquinas College is also included in The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College by The Cardinal Newman Society for its strong Catholic identity.  Read TAC’s profile here.