Liberal Arts General Studies at Thomas Aquinas College

What traits are you looking for in a liberal arts school? To help you decide if Thomas Aquinas College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's liberal arts program.

TAC is located in Santa Paula, California and approximately 462 students attend the school each year. Of the 79 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Thomas Aquinas College in 2021, 79 of them were liberal arts general studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts General Studies section at the bottom of this page.

TAC Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

TAC Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks liberal arts programs across the country. The following shows how TAC performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts major at TAC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts General Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	1
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87
Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	157
Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	173
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	204
	224
	686
Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	844
Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	993

Earnings of TAC Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at TAC is $31,750. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,253 for all liberal arts students.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at TAC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts majors at Thomas Aquinas College.

TAC Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 79 liberal arts students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from TAC, about 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at TAC since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at TAC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Thomas Aquinas College with a bachelor's in liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	56
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

TAC also has a doctoral program available in liberal arts. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Liberal Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Thomas Aquinas College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By college under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.