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Laurie Lachance, president of Thomas College, has honed the college’s focus on preparing students for work life. "We’re all about careers," she told Mainebiz on campus this summer.
Updated: September 4, 2019
Thomas College 3-year, career-focused bachelor's program a hit with new students
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Moving-in day at Thomas College in 2019, an academic year that started very differently from how it is ending.
By Staff
Thomas College President Laurie Lachance has high expectations for incoming first-year students, a third of whom are taking advantage of the school's three-year bachelor's degree program.
Classes started Tuesday at the Waterville school, which focuses on preparing students for work-life through a career-focused curriculum, internship opportunities and professional development, and accelerated degree programs that get students into the workforce rapidly.
Eligible students can earn an undergraduate degree in three years or a master's in four.
Business administration, criminal justice, psychology and education top the list of incoming students' majors, and the class is made up of 86% Mainers, 13% from elsewhere in New England, and a few from Florida, California, Bermuda, Haiti and the Czech Republic.
In an email to Mainebiz after a busy student move-in weekend, Lachance said: "This year's incoming class has distinguished itself for academic excellence, with fully one-third of the first-year students taking advantage of Thomas College's unique accelerated bachelor's program, which will cut the cost of their college education by 25% and will allow them to begin their careers a year earlier than their peers."
The school did not yet have a number of the total class size.
"We are proud to welcome these highly motivated, academically driven students into our community," added Lachance, a 2015 Mainebiz Next list honoree.
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