��ϲ�� Bucks National Trends on Enrollment, Student Ratios

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October 25, 2024

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��ϲ�� Bucks National Trends on Enrollment, Student Ratios

Enrollment Up 50% Over 10 Years, Evenly Split Between Men & Women

��ϲ�� continues to defy declining college enrollment trends, with a record number of freshmen and total students enrolled for this academic year.

Overall, college enrollment in the United States has by 7.4 percent — or some 1.5 million students — in the last decade. Four-year, private institutions have a staggering 54 percent loss in enrollment, and some 14 were forced to in 2023. ��ϲ��, on the other hand, has seen its enrollment numbers rise, especially since opening its New England campus in 2019.

At its 2024 Convocation ceremonies in August, the College welcomed its largest freshman class to date, achieving a record combined enrollment of 565 students — a 50 percent increase from 10 years ago. While the college’s California campus hovers around its 400-student maximum capacity, the New England campus has seen a 13 percent increase in its student body since last year. At 193 students, it’s keeping pace with its growth plan and is nearly halfway to capacity.

“These numbers are very much in keeping with the overall trend: California has been at maximum capacity for years, and the number of students on our New England campus has nearly quadrupled since launching in 2019,” says Chris Weinkopf, executive director of college relations.

Also in defiance of national trends, the ��ϲ�� Class of 2028 is split evenly between men (49.4%) and women (50.6%), whereas men just 40.5 percent of undergraduate students nationwide. “It’s testament to our founders’ vision that the rigorous liberal arts curriculum they designed, which includes four years of mathematics and natural sciences, continues to attract wide numbers of students, male and female alike,” adds Mr. Weinkopf. “It speaks to the timelessness of our Great Books ��ǲ��.”&�Բ��;

The 168 students who make up TAC’s freshman class hail from 29 U.S. states and 9 countries, reflecting the widespread appeal of the college’s program of Catholic liberal education. “There’s a great demand for the authentically Catholic, academically excellent education that the College offers,” says Mr. Weinkopf. “We are pleased to be able to extend this opportunity to a greater number of students and their families every year.”

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With campuses in California and Massachusetts, has developed over the last half century a solid reputation for academic excellence in the United States and abroad. It is highly ranked by secular organizations, such as The Princeton Review and U. S. News, as well as Catholic guides, including the Cardinal Newman Society and the National Catholic Register. The college offers one, four-year, classical curriculum that spans the major arts and sciences. Instead of reading textbooks, students study the original works of the greatest thinkers in Western civilization — the Great Books — in all the major disciplines. Rather than listen to lectures, they work through these texts in small, rigorous classroom discussions. The academic life of the college is conducted under the light of the Catholic faith and flourishes within a close-knit community, supported by a vibrant spiritual life. Alumni consistently excel in the many world-class institutions at which they pursue graduate degrees in fields such as law, medicine, business, theology, and education.

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