Aquinas College, a Catholic Liberal Arts College, Offers Over 60 Majors

Aquinas College is located on a beautiful 117-acre campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the state's second-largest city. Aquinas is a Catholic, coeducational, liberal arts college with an enrollment that exceeds 2,300 students.

At Aquinas, students discover many unique majors such as community leadership, sport management, conductive education, and sustainable business. In total, students can choose from over 60 majors, including the more traditional programs in biology, chemistry, education, English, psychology, business, math, and communication.

Overseas Travel and Service-Learning Opportunities Complement the Top-Notch Placement Rate

Of course, not all-learning takes place in the classrooms. Students travel overseas to countries such as Germany, France, Spain, Ireland, Costa Rica, Italy, and Japan. They also are involved in the many and varied service-learning opportunities in places like Honduras, Mexico, Appalachia, New York, Maine, Mississippi, and Alabama. Students at Aquinas also believe in giving back to the community in which they live.

With top-notch placement rates in jobs or graduate schools after earning their degrees, it is evident an Aquinas education makes all the difference in the world to its students.

The Beautiful Aquinas Campus Provides Access to a Cool City

The campus is a former estate, complete with an English-style manor and carriage house. Because of the campus's ponds, creeks, terrace gardens, and 90 species of trees, the school has been called Michigan's "most beautiful small college."

Grand Rapids is a city nearing completion of a $10 billion building boom, and Aquinas students are discovering the real reasons it's a "Cool City." Between the completion of the $55 million Art Museum, the world's largest art competition prize, the non-stop entertainment of the annual LaughFest, and the continuing development of the Medical Mile, it's easy to see why many Aquinas students choose to never leave the city.

Faculty Members and College Facilities Serve as Rich Resources for Aquinas Students

Aquinas College has committed the resources of both faculty and facilities to ready its students for a successful and rewarding future.

Faculty members at Aquinas are both teachers and scholars. The education they provide challenges students to think critically and instills a passion for learning that is second to none. The core curriculum was designed to give students the critical foundation needed to be successful in an ever-changing world.

The Grace Hauenstein Library serves as a "beacon for learning" and has been hailed as "a facility for the future." The college's $7-million Performing Arts Center is home to those students who wish to hone their theatrical skills, and also provides entertainment to the student body, alumni, and the broader community. Furthermore, the $11.5 million Sturrus Sports and Fitness Center will serve to only enhance the school's already outstanding academic and athletic programs.

In October 2011, the college was gifted the Brookby Estate, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, to be used to enhance the academics, fundraising and visibility of the college.

Scholarship Awards Make Private Education More Affordable

Scholarship awards are available to students who not only excel academically, but who are leaders, volunteers, activists, and athletes. Aquinas awarded over $6.5 million in scholarships to students last year. As a result, a private education at Aquinas College can be more affordable than many students think.

• Biological/life sciences
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Biology/Biological Sciences
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Business/marketing
• Accounting
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Business Administration and Management
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Business/Corporate Communications
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Management Information Systems
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Communication/Journalism
• Organizational Communication
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Computer and information sciences
• Computer and Information Sciences
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Education
• Biology Teacher Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Chemistry Teacher Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Computer Teacher Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Early Childhood Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Elementary Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Geography Teacher Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• History Teacher Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Mathematics Teacher Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Music Teacher Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Reading Teacher Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Science Teacher Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Secondary Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Social Studies Teacher Education
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Special Education&-Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• English
• English
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Family and consumer sciences
• Child Development
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Foreign languages and literature
• French
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• German
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Language Interpretation and Translation
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Spanish
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Health professions and related sciences
• Athletic Training
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Health/Medical Preparatory Programs Related
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Nursing Science
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• History
• History
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Interdisciplinary studies
• Sustainability Studies
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Liberal arts/general studies
• General Studies
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  Associate Degree offered for this major. Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Mathematics and statistics
• Mathematics
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Natural resources/environmental science
• Environmental Studies
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Parks and recreation
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Philosophy and religious studies
• Philosophy
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Religious Studies
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Physical sciences
• Chemical Physics
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Chemistry
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Psychology
• Psychology
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Social sciences
• Economics
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Geography
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• International Relations and Affairs
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Political Science and Government
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Social Sciences
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Sociology
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Urban Studies/Affairs
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Theology and religious vocations
• Religious/Sacred Music
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Visual and performing arts
• Art
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Dramatic/Theater Arts
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Dramatic/Theater Arts and Stagecraft Related
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Drawing
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Fine and Studio Arts Management
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Fine/Studio Arts
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Music
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Music Performance
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Painting
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Photography
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Printmaking
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.
• Sculpture
  Bachelor's Degree offered for this major.

• Acceptance Rate
• Applied1,875
• Accepted1,397
• Acceptance Rate74%
• Enrolled1,551
• Female Applicants1,174
• Females Accepted891
• Female Acceptance Rate75%
• Male Applicants701
• Males Accepted506
• Male Acceptance Rate72%
• Applying
• Application Fee $0
• Required for All Transcript of high school record
  Minimum high school GPA of 2.5
  
• Required for Some Essay or personal statement
  Interview
  
• Average high school GPA for first-year freshman3.53
• Application Deadlines
• Type Application Closing Notification Date Rolling Admissions
• Fall freshmen Yes
• Out-of-state Fall freshmen Yes
• Early decision plan Not Reported
• Other early decision plan Not Reported
• Transfer Yes
• Test Scores Accepted
• Test Average School Accepted 25th Percentile* 75th Percentile*
• SAT Critical Reading 520 620
• SAT Math 500 600
• SAT Writing
• ACT Composite 24 21 27
• * 25th and 75th percentile is the score that 25/75 percent of students score at or below.

• Tuition
• In-state tuition *$31,976
• Out-of-state tuition *$31,976
• In-district tuitionN/A
• * Tuition costs are based on a full academic year typically extending from September to June.
• Fees
• Full-time student fees$598
• Room and board *$9,332
• Room only *$4,376
• * Room and board charges vary according to board plan selected (i.e., 12-meal plan, 19-meal plan, etc.) and student level (freshman, sophomore, etc.)
• Other Payment Considerations
• Guaranteed tuition plan offeredNo
• Tuition pre-payment planNo
• Tuition payment plans offeredDeferred paymentsDeferred payments and Installments
• Student groups that qualify for full or partial waiver of tuitionEmployees or children of employees

• Average Financial Aid Package:$24,384
• Average Freshman Financial Aid Package:$25,933
• Average International Student Financial Aid Package:$20,091
• Average Loan Aid:$2,740
• Average Grant Aid:$16,822
• Average Scholarship and/or Grant Aid Awarded:$21,644
• Percentage of Students with Need who Receive Financial Aid:100%
• Average Percentage of Financial Need Met: 83%
• Percentage of Students Who Had Their Need Fully Met: 20%

• Gender
• Total Undergraduate Students1,551
• Male Student Percentage39%
• Female Student Percentage61%
• Race/Ethnicity
• Hispanic/Latino6.05%
• Black or African American3.39%
• White or Caucasian77.03%
• American Indian or Alaska Native.42%
• Asian1.45%
• Native Hawaiian or other Pacific IslanderNot Reported
• Two or more races2.3%
• Unknown or International Student7.62%
• Other Student Statistics
• International Breakout1.75% representing 22 other countries
• Out-of-state Students5.4% out-of-state student

• Housing
• College-owned housing available Yes
• Housing Requirements None
• Housing options Coed housing
• Percentage of undergraduate students who live in college-owned housing 46%
• Student Activities
• Student-run campus newspaper Yes
• Drama / theater group Yes
• Student-run radio station Yes
• Student-run television station No
• Marching band No
• Choral groups Yes
• Student Services
• Legal services No
• Health clinic Yes
• Personal / psychological counseling Yes
• Women's center Yes
• Student Organizations
• Greek fraternities No
• Greek sororities No
• Local fraternities No
• Local sororities No
• Other organizations No
• Most popular organizations Community Senate Programming Board, The Saint (newspaper), Insignis Honors Group, Community Action Volunteers of Aquinas (CAVA), Residence Hall Association
• Campus Security and Safety
• 24-hour emergency telephone / alarm services Yes
• 24-hour patrols by trained officers Yes
• Students patrols Yes
• Late-night transport / escort services Yes
• Electronically-operated dormitory entrances Yes
• Other Not Reported

• Men's Sports
• Sport Intramural Intercollegiate Scholarship
• Baseball No Yes Yes
• Basketball Yes Yes Yes
• Bowling No Yes Yes
• Cheerleading No Yes Yes
• Cross-country running No Yes Yes
• Football Yes No No
• Golf Yes Yes Yes
• Ice hockey No Yes No
• Lacrosse No Yes Yes
• Skiing Yes No No
• Skiing (cross-country) Yes No No
• Soccer Yes Yes Yes
• Softball Yes No No
• Tennis Yes Yes Yes
• Track No Yes Yes
• Volleyball Yes No No
• Women's Sports
• Sport Intramural Intercollegiate Scholarship
• Baseball No No No
• Basketball Yes Yes Yes
• Bowling No Yes Yes
• Cheerleading No Yes Yes
• Cross-country running No Yes Yes
• Football Yes No No
• Golf No Yes Yes
• Ice hockey No Yes No
• Lacrosse No Yes Yes
• Skiing Yes No No
• Skiing (cross-country) Yes No No
• Soccer Yes Yes Yes
• Softball Yes Yes Yes
• Tennis Yes Yes Yes
• Track No Yes Yes
• Volleyball Yes Yes Yes

• Faculty Breakdown
• Total Faculty210
• Full-time Percentage40%
• Part-time Percentage60%
• Female Percentage44%
• Male Percentage56%
• Student:Faculty Ratio12:1 or 1,435 students to 124 faculty