Taft by the Numbers
580 students come to our 226-acre campus from 31 states and 60 countries to be taught by 131 faculty members with 97 advanced degrees, in classes averaging 11 students, for a 1:5 teacher-student ratio.
| Our Students | |
|---|---|
| Boarding | 476 |
| Day | 104 |
| Lower Mids (9th) | 100 |
| Mids (10th) | 145 |
| Upper Mids (11th) | 155 |
| Seniors (12th) | 180 |
| International Students | 18% |
| Students of Color | 45% |
| Alumni/ae of Record | 10,184 |
| Admissions | |
|---|---|
| New student applications | 1,712 |
| New students enrolled | 175 |
| From private schools | 45% |
| From public schools | 55% |
| Our Academics | |
|---|---|
| Average Class Size | 11 |
| Academic Courses | 200 |
| Our Faculty | |
|---|---|
| Faculty | 131 |
| Advanced degrees held | 97 |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 5 to 1 |
| Tuition & Scholarship | |
|---|---|
| Boarding | $72,000 |
| Day | $53,500 |
| Receiving financial aid (FA) | 35% |
| Total grants | $10,500,000 |
| Number of FA grants | 205 |
| Average (FA) award | $58,250 Boarding, $34,250 Day |
| Endowment per Student | $516,604 |
| Endowment at 6/30/2023 | $299,630,187 |
| Annual Operating Budget | $51,448,600 |
| Average Cost per Student | $88,704 |
| Sources of Income | |
|---|---|
| Taft Fund Gifts | 11% |
| Endowment | 26% |
| Tuition, Fees, & Auxiliaries | 63% |
| Taft Fund | $5.4MM |
| Capital/Endowment Fund | $16.4MM |
| Total | $21.8MM |
| Alumni/ae participation | 36% |
| Current Parent participation | 90% |
College Matriculation
Over the past five years (2019–2023), Taft students enrolled at 198 different colleges and universities in 38 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, 6
- Babson College, 7
- Barnard College, 5
- Bates College, 6
- Boston College, 13
- Boston University, 7
- Bowdoin College, 6
- Brown University, 18
- Bucknell University, 21
- Carnegie Mellon University, 7
- Colby College, 6
- Colgate University, 13
- College of the Holy Cross, 7
- Colorado College, 7
- Columbia University, 11
- Cornell University, 18
- Dartmouth College, 6
- Dickinson College, 5
- Duke University, 12
- Emory University, 5
- Fordham University, 5
- George Washington University, 9
- Georgetown University, 29
- Hamilton College, 8
- Harvard University, 8
- Hobart & William Smith Colleges, 7
- Johns Hopkins University, 6
- Lafayette College, 6
- McGill University, 5
- Middlebury College, 14
- New York University, 17
- Northeastern University, 14
- Princeton University, 8
- Scripps College, 5
- Southern Methodist University, 18
- Trinity College, 14
- Tufts University, 12
- Tulane University, 17
- University of California, Berkeley, 6
- University of California, Los Angeles, 7
- University of Colorado, Boulder, 11
- University of Connecticut, 7
- University of Miami, 15
- University of Michigan, 10
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 9
- University of Notre Dame, 9
- University of Pennsylvania, 21
- University of Richmond, 20
- University of Rochester, 5
- University of Southern California, 9
- University of St. Andrews, 7
- University of Texas at Austin, 8
- University of Vermont, 5
- University of Virginia, 11
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, 10
- Villanova University, 5
- Wake Forest University, 18
- Washington & Lee University, 10
- Wesleyan University, 12
- Yale University, 18