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Thomas More College is a small liberal arts college with a big reputation. We are celebrating our ranking as the #1 college for return on investment in the state of Kentucky by PayScale, Inc. for three straight years (2015, 2016, 2017). TMC is consistently ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the best regional universities in the South.
Founded in 1921 by the Benedictine Sisters as Villa Madonna College, Thomas More now serves more than 2,000 students from across the country and around the world on its beautiful Crestview Hills, Kentucky campus, located just minutes from downtown Cincinnati.
Company History
History of Thomas More College & Villa Madonna College
Villa Madonna College Library
Thomas More has not always been located in Crestview Hills - nor has it always been called Thomas More College.
The Benedictine Sisters of Covington, Kentucky, founded Villa Madonna College in 1921 to train Catholic school teachers and to provide college education for young women. The college was chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1923. Villa Madonna graduated its first students in 1929 and sponsorship changed from the Benedictine Sisters to the Diocese of Covington the same year. Three religious orders operated Villa Madonna in its early years: the Sisters of Notre Dame, the Congregation of Divine Providence and the Benedictine Sisters.
Villa Madonna College GraduationAlthough founded as an institution for women, men attended many of the same classes through the Villa Madonna - affiliated St. Thomas More College. In 1945, Villa Madonna was designated a co-educational college and St. Thomas More College was abolished.
Affirmation of its goals and increasing enrollment prompted relocation of the college from downtown Covington to what is now Crestview Hills. The new complex was renamed Thomas More College and was dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968.
Today, Thomas More College serves just over 1,900 students. Although primarily from Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, students from about 20 states and several countries attend Thomas More College.