St. Thomas Aquinas College Teaching Programs

St. Thomas Aquinas College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sparkill, New York. Sparkill is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is St. Thomas Aquinas College?

Contact details for STAC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	125 Rte 340, Sparkill, NY 10976-1050
Phone:	845-398-4000
Website:	www.stac.edu

How Do I Get Into STAC?

You can apply to STAC online at: www.commonapp.org/school/st-thomas-aquinas-college

Admission Requirements for STAC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into STAC?

Since STAC has an acceptance rate of 89%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 53% of accepted students are men and 47% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Average Test Scores

About 12% of students accepted to STAC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 615. Math scores were between 515 and 620.

STAC received ACT scores from 2% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 25 and 32.

Can I Afford St. Thomas Aquinas College?

The overall average net price of STAC is $39,673. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At STAC, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $6,263 a year. That adds up to $25,052 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at STAC is 2.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

St. Thomas Aquinas College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,848 undergraduate students at STAC, with 1,037 being full-time and 811 being part-time.

There are also 178 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,037 full-time undergraduates at STAC, 52% are male and 48% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of St. Thomas Aquinas College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	27
Black or African American	143
Hispanic or Latino	185
White	540
International Students	73
Other Races/Ethnicities	69

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at St. Thomas Aquinas College. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 23 countries are represented at STAC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are United Kingdom, Australia, and Spain.

Online Learning at St. Thomas Aquinas College

In 2020-2021, 256 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at STAC has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of STAC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at St. Thomas Aquinas College was 25.2%. This is the #688 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at STAC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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