Thomas Aquinas College

Thomas Aquinas College is a private nonprofit four-year institution located in Santa Paula, CA. The college is a Catholic liberal arts institution known for its Great Books curriculum, in which all students follow a single, integrated program of study focused on classic texts in philosophy, theology, mathematics, science, and literature. Specific enrollment, completion, and retention figures are not reported in available IPEDS data for this listing.

The college offers a Bachelor of Arts degree through its signature Great Books program, which does not divide study into separate majors. All students engage with primary texts drawn from the Western intellectual tradition, with instruction conducted through seminar-style discussion rather than lectures. A second campus operates in Northfield, MA.

Santa Paula is a small city in Ventura County in Southern California, situated in the Santa Clara River Valley between the cities of Ventura and Fillmore. The rural campus setting provides a focused academic environment consistent with the college's mission of integrated, contemplative liberal arts education.