Thomas Aquinas College ( Thomas Aquinas College (Thomas Aquinas College) America's leading ecclesiastical liberal arts college, founded in 1969, is located in Santa Paula, about 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles, with a high admissions rate of 79%, using a unique free-form education - no textbooks, no lectures, all classes are conversational. The college is ranked 77th in the 2015 ranking of U.S. liberal arts colleges.