Thomas Aquinas College vs Design Institute of San Diego

The next list compares two colleges briefly in important perspectives. You can compare two colleges with comprehensive information on the full comparison page.

Thomas Aquinas College is a private (not-for-profit) and Design Institute of San Diego is a private (for-profit) school and both are four-years schools.
Design Institute of San Diego has more expensive tuition & fees ($29,350) than Thomas Aquinas College ($28,700).
It is harder to admit to Thomas Aquinas College than Design Institute of San Diego.
Thomas Aquinas College has more students with 516 students while Design Institute of San Diego has 101 students.
Design Institute of San Diego has a lower number of students per faculty with 7 to 1 while Thomas Aquinas College's ratio is 11 to 1.
Thomas Aquinas College has more full-time faculties with 42 faculties while Design Institute of San Diego has 2 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Thomas Aquinas College and Design Institute of San Diego.

Thomas Aquinas College	vs.	Design Institute of San Diego
Santa Paula, California	Location	San Diego, California
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Private (for-profit)
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Master's degree
Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences	Carnegie Classification	School of art, music, and design
$28,700	2024 Tuition & Fees	$29,350
61%	% Receiving Financial Aid	84%
$13,457	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$6,360

78.71 %	Acceptance Rates	87.50 %
69.08 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	28.57 %
1,250	SAT Score	-
29	ACT Score	-
85 %	Graduation Rate	75 %
12 %	Transfer-out Rate	-
92 %	Retention Rate	33 %
516	Student Population	101
42	Number of Faculties	2
11 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	7 to 1
-	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), Weekend/Evening College
Academic/career counseling service	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services

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