Taft by the Numbers
609 students come to our 226-acre campus from 34 states and 51 countries to be taught by 138 faculty members with 104 advanced degrees, in classes averaging 11 students, for a 1:5 teacher-student ratio.
| Our Students | |
|---|---|
| Boarding | 504 |
| Day | 105 |
| Lower Mids (9th) | 102 |
| Mids (10th) | 152 |
| Upper Mids (11th) | 177 |
| Seniors (12th) | 178 |
| International Students | 22% |
| Students of Color | 41% |
| Alumni/ae of Record | 9,981 |
| Admissions | |
|---|---|
| New student applications | 1,600 |
| New students enrolled | 191 |
| From private schools | 40% |
| From public schools | 40% |
| Our Academics | |
|---|---|
| Average Class Size | 11 |
| Academic Courses | 200 |
| Our Faculty | |
|---|---|
| Faculty | 138 |
| Average age | 45 |
| Advanced degrees held | 104 |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 5 to 1 |
| Tuition & Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Boarding | $69,600 |
| Day | $51,700 |
| Receiving financial aid (FA) | 34% |
| Total grants | $10,500,000 |
| Number of FA grants | 205 |
| Average (FA) award | $56,500 Boarding, $34,750 Day |
| Endowment per Student | $466,100 |
| Endowment at 6/30/2022 | $282,900,000 |
| Annual Operating Budget | $49,800,000 |
| Average Cost per Student | $82,073 |
| Sources of Income | |
|---|---|
| Annual Fund Gifts | 11% |
| Endowment | 26% |
| Tuition, Fees, & Auxiliaries | 63% |
| Annual Fund | $6,126,760 |
| Capital Fund | $10,823,030 |
| Total | $16,949790 |
| Alumni/ae participation | 35% |
| Current Parent participation | 91% |
College Matriculation
Over the past five years (2018–2022), Taft students have enrolled at 198 different colleges and universities in 36, the District of Columbia, and six foreign countries. During that same period, five or more students enrolled at the following:
- Amherst College, 7
- Babson College, 5
- Barnard College, 5
- Boston College, 11
- Boston University, 9
- Bowdoin College, 6
- Brown University, 19
- Bucknell University, 19
- Colby College, 7
- Colgate University, 17
- College of the Holy Cross, 7
- Colorado College, 8
- Columbia University, 10
- Connecticut College, 5
- Cornell University, 17
- Dartmouth College, 6
- Dickinson College, 5
- Duke University, 11
- George Washington University, 9
- Georgetown University, 29
- Hamilton College, 7
- Harvard University, 10
- Hobart & William Smith Colleges, 5
- Johns Hopkins University, 5
- Lafayette College, 6
- McGill University, 5
- Middlebury College, 15
- New York University, 20
- Northeastern University, 16
- Princeton University, 8
- Scripps College, 5
- Southern Methodist University, 17
- Trinity College, 10
- Tufts University, 16
- Tulane University, 15
- Union College, 6
- University of California, Berkeley, 5
- University of California, Los Angeles, 7
- University of Chicago, 5
- University of Colorado, Boulder, 8
- University of Connecticut, 6
- University of Miami, 12
- University of Michigan, 7
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 6
- University of Notre Dame, 11
- University of Pennsylvania, 23
- University of Richmond, 18
- University of Rochester, 6
- University of Southern California, 8
- University of St. Andrews, 12
- University of Texas at Austin, 7
- University of Vermont, 6
- University of Virginia, 12
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, 7
- Villanova University, 6
- Wake Forest University, 17
- Washington & Lee University, 9
- Wesleyan University, 11
- Yale University, 16