Taft by the Numbers
583 students come to our 226-acre campus from 30 states and 54 countries to be taught by 130 faculty members with 101 advanced degrees, in classes averaging 11 students, for a 1:5 teacher-student ratio.
| Our Students | |
|---|---|
| Boarding | 490 |
| Day | 93 |
| Lower Mids (9th) | 103 |
| Mids (10th) | 143 |
| Upper Mids (11th) | 165 |
| Seniors (12th) | 172 |
| International Students | 19% |
| Students of Color | 42% |
| Alumni/ae of Record | 10,317 |
| Admissions | |
|---|---|
| New student applications | 1,650 |
| New students enrolled | 189 |
| From private schools | 61% |
| From public schools | 34% |
| Our Academics | |
|---|---|
| Average Class Size | 11 |
| Academic Courses | 200 |
| Our Faculty | |
|---|---|
| Faculty | 130 |
| Advanced degrees held | 101 |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 5 to 1 |
| Tuition & Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Boarding | $75,250 |
| Day | $55,500 |
| Receiving financial aid (FA) | 35% |
| Total grants | $11,000,000 |
| Number of FA grants | 204 |
| Average (FA) award | $62,000 Boarding, $36,500 Day |
| Endowment per Student | $561,148 |
| Endowment at 6/30/2024 | $327,149,126 |
| Annual Operating Budget | $54,566,858 |
| Average Cost per Student | $93,597 |
| Sources of Income | |
|---|---|
| Taft Fund Gifts | 12% |
| Endowment | 27% |
| Tuition, Fees, & Auxiliaries | 61% |
| Taft Fund | $6.26MM |
| Capital/Endowment Fund | $15.31MM |
| Total | $21.57MM |
| Alumni/ae participation | 34% |
| Current Parent participation | 90% |
College Matriculation
Over the past five years (2020–2024), Taft students enrolled at 191 different colleges and universities in 39 states, the District of Columbia, and six foreign countries. During the same period, five or more students enrolled at each of the following schools:
- Amherst College, 10
- Babson College, 8
- Barnard College, 6
- Bates College, 8
- Boston College, 14
- Boston University, 9
- Bowdoin College, 6
- Brown University, 19
- Bucknell University, 18
- Carnegie Mellon University, 5
- Colby College, 8
- Colgate University, 8
- College of the Holy Cross, 7
- Colorado College, 9
- Columbia University, 6
- Cornell University, 22
- Dartmouth College, 9
- Duke University, 10
- Emory University, 5
- Georgetown University, 34
- Gettysburg College, 7
- Hamilton College, 9
- Harvard University, 11
- Hobart William Smith Colleges, 5
- Indiana University-Bloomington, 5
- Johns Hopkins University, 6
- McGill University, 6
- Middlebury College, 11
- New York University, 17
- Northeastern University, 13
- Pennsylvania State University, 5
- Princeton University, 6
- Santa Clara University, 6
- Southern Methodist University, 21
- The George Washington University, 5
- Trinity College, 16
- Tufts University, 8
- Tulane University, 15
- University of California-Berkeley, 9
- University of California-Los Angeles, 5
- University of Chicago, 6
- University of Colorado Boulder, 9
- University of Connecticut, 8
- University of Miami, 17
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor,13
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 9
- University of Notre Dame, 8
- University of Pennsylvania, 17
- University of Richmond, 18
- University of Rochester, 5
- University of San Diego, 5
- University of Southern California, 9
- University of St. Andrews, 11
- University of Texas at Austin, 7
- University of Virginia, 14
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, 11
- Villanova University, 6
- Wake Forest University, 14
- Washington and Lee University, 10
- Washington University in St. Louis, 5
- Wesleyan University, 13
- Yale University, 16