Taft by the Numbers
601 students come to our 226-acre campus from 32 states and 51 countries to be taught by 134 faculty members with 107 advanced degrees, in classes averaging 11 students, for a 1:5 teacher-student ratio.
| Our Students | |
|---|---|
| Boarding | 495 |
| Day | 106 |
| Lower Mids (9th) | 103 |
| Mids (10th) | 160 |
| Upper Mids (11th) | 168 |
| Seniors (12th) | 170 |
| International Students | 21% |
| Students of Color | 35% |
| Alumni/ae of Record | 9,981 |
| Admissions | |
|---|---|
| New student applications | 1,895 |
| New students enrolled | 206 |
| From private schools | 35% |
| From public schools | 45% |
| Our Faculty | |
|---|---|
| Faculty | 134 |
| Male | 67 |
| Female | 63 |
| Average age | 43 |
| Advanced degrees held | 107 |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 5 to 1 |
| Our Academics | |
|---|---|
| Average Class Size | 11 |
| Academic Courses | 200 |
| SAT | |
|---|---|
| Class of 2021 (126 tested) | |
| Mean SAT EBRW | 667 |
| Middle 50% | 620-730 |
| Mean SAT Math | 679 |
| Middle 50% | 610-750 |
| Tuition & Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Boarding | $66,300 |
| Day | $49,250 |
| Receiving financial aid (FA) | 35% |
| Total grants | $9,808,000 |
| Number of FA grants | 207 |
| Average (FA) award | $47,382 |
| Endowment per Student | $532,012 |
| Endowment at 6/30/2020 | $318,143,104 |
| Annual Operating Budget | $55,183,432 |
| Average Cost per Student | $92,280 |
| Sources of Income | |
|---|---|
| Annual Fund Gifts | 10% |
| Endowment | 20% |
| Tuition, Fees, & Auxiliaries | 70% |
| Annual Fund | $5,760,737 |
| Capital Fund | $6,711,352 |
| Total | $12,472,352 |
| Alumni/ae participation | 37% |
| Current Parent participation | 90% |
College Matriculation
Over the past five years (2017–2021), Taft students have enrolled at 189 different colleges and universities in 33 states, the District of Columbia, and eight foreign countries. During that same period, five or more students enrolled at the following:
- Amherst College 8
- Babson College 8
- Bates College 6
- Boston College 13
- Boston University 12
- Bowdoin College 9
- Brown University 21
- Bucknell University 21
- Carnegie Mellon University 6
- Chapman University 5
- Colby College 7
- Colgate University 20
- College of the Holy Cross 7
- Colorado College 7
- Columbia University 9
- Connecticut College 5
- Cornell University 18
- Dartmouth College 5
- Dickinson College 5
- Duke University 12
- Elon University 6
- Franklin & Marshall 6
- George Washington University 8
- Georgetown University 24
- Hamilton College 6
- Harvard University 12
- Johns Hopkins University 5
- Lafayette College 5
- McGill University 7
- Middlebury College 13
- New York University 17
- Northeastern University 14
- Occidental College 5
- Princeton University 6
- Skidmore College 5
- Southern Methodist University 15
- St. Lawrence University 6
- Stanford University 5
- Trinity College 7
- Tufts University 16
- Tulane University 15
- Union College 7
- University of California, Los Angeles 6
- University of Colorado, Boulder 5
- University of Connecticut 6
- University of Maine 5
- University of Miami 10
- University of Michigan 5
- University of Notre Dame 8
- University of Pennsylvania 23
- University of Richmond 19
- University of Southern California 8
- University of St. Andrews 12
- University of Texas, Austin 6
- University of Vermont 7
- University of Virginia 17
- Villanova University 5
- Wake Forest University 16
- Washington and Lee University 7
- Wesleyan University 11
- Williams College 5
- Yale University 14