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Thomas College

Waterville, Maine Private nonprofit 4-year Remote town

Overview

Thomas College is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Waterville, Maine. The campus sits in a remote town. It enrolled 1,635 students in fall 2024, including 1,526 undergraduates and 109 graduate students.

Thomas College offers associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 44 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration, and Sport and Fitness Administration/Management. It awarded 213 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 4 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

77% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 20 to 1.

Key figures

1,635
Students enrolled
77%
First-year retention
213
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
44
Programs and majors
20:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

AssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 44

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 14
Education 6
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 5
Psychology 2
Computer and Information Sciences 3
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Health Professions 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 2
Social Sciences 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 2
Communication and Journalism 2
English Language and Literature 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Mathematics and Statistics 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
77%
Student-to-faculty ratio
20:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
165
Associate degrees
3
Master's degrees
45

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,635
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,526
Graduate students, fall 2024
109
Full-time, fall 2024
43%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,930
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,742
Graduate students, 2024-25
188
Full-time, 2024-25
39%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
54%
Men
46%
White
78%
Hispanic or Latino
1%
Black or African American
3%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
5%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
8%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
4
Programs with a fully online option
2
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
6%
Students taking some online courses
31%

Campus and services

Setting
Remote town
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
North Atlantic Conference
President
Jeannine Diddle Uzzi
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training

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