Taft by the Numbers

Taft by the Numbers

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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