Thiel Tomcats football
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| Motto | "Lux Mundi Verbum Dei" |
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Motto in English
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Light of the World, Word of God |
| Type | Private, Liberal Arts |
| Established | 1866 |
| President | Dr. Susan Traverso |
| Undergraduates | 1,096 |
| Location | Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Campus | Rural |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Nickname | Tomcats |
| Website | www.thiel.edu |
Thiel College is a private, liberal arts, sciences and professional studies college in Greenville, Pennsylvania related to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Thiel is one of the smallest colleges/universities in the region with about 100 full and part time faculty members. According to the US Department of Education, they have just over 1,000 students in attendance. They have a 33% graduation rate.
Founded in 1866 as a coeducational institution, Thiel College started as a result of a meeting between the Rev. Dr. William Passavant and A. Louis Thiel. At the Lutheran Church Pittsburgh Synod convention in Greensburg, Pennsylvania in 1869, it was decided that Thiel Hall would become a college and serve western Pennsylvania. Thiel College began its corporate existence on September 1, 1870. Thiel College was originally located in Philipsburg, now Monaca, Pennsylvania. It moved to Greenville in 1871.
On August 1, 2016, Susan Traverso left her position as provost of Elizabethtown College and became the first female president of Thiel College.
Today, Thiel is home to about 100 full and part time faculty members. According to the US Department of Education, they have just over 1000 students in attendance. They have a 33% graduation rate.[2] In 2016, Forbes Magazine rated them among the top ROI colleges in the U.S. In 2017-2018, College of Distinction recognized Thiel for its Business and Education programs.
Thiel (pronounced "teel") is situated on a wooded 200-acre campus in the small western Pennsylvania town of Greenville, which is about halfway between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Thiel has an enrollment of 1,096. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. 58% percent of students are from Pennsylvania, while 36% are from other states and Puerto Rico, and the remaining 6% are international students. 20% of students are minority students. The college has a student:faculty ratio of about 11:1 and 68% of classes have 20 or fewer students.
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