St. Thomas Aquinas College

Private · Moderately Selective · NY

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School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationNY · Northeast

SettingSuburban

Undergrads972

Student:faculty16:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate43%

6-yr grad rate54%

Drop-out rate26.6%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$39k

Out-of-state tuition$39k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity58%

Gender diversity45.5%

International9.2%

Identity—

Overview

St. Thomas Aquinas College is a small private college with Dominican Catholic heritage in Sparkill, New York, in Rockland County near the New Jersey border, within commuting distance of New York City. It maintains a personal, teaching-first culture built around a compact residential and commuter student body.

Academics

Education, business, and criminal justice are its most established programs, taught with the close faculty attention characteristic of a small college where teaching, not research, is the institutional priority.

Getting in

Admission is accessible rather than highly selective, and the college draws heavily from the New York metro area and Rockland County specifically, including a meaningful commuter population.

Worth knowing

Proximity to New York City makes the college a realistic commuter option for students who want a small-college experience without leaving the metro area, and its teaching-first culture means faculty are focused primarily on undergraduate instruction rather than research output.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate93%

Enrolled mid-50%SAT 880–1085

Test policyoptional

Rec letters—

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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