male and 44% female. 63% percent of students are from Pennsylvania, 33% are from other states and Puerto Rico, and the remaining 4% are international students. 19% of students are minorities. The college has a student:faculty ratio of about 10:1, and 61% of classes have 20 or fewer students. Since 2009, Thiel has invested more than $80 million in new and enhanced facilities. The school recently opened the new Haer Family Science and Arts Connector and a competition-certified track and field complex in the fall of 2017 and remodeled the Maenpa court in the fall of 2022. Academics Thiel offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in more than 60 majors, minors, and areas of study. It also offers five Master's degree programs. Thiel is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education Pennsylvania Department of Education, with some programs accredited by specialized accreditors such as the American Chemical Society. Athletics The Thiel Tomcats compete in NCAA Division-III athletics, in the Presidents' Athletic Conference. Tomcats currently field teams in baseball, men's and women's basketball, cheerleading, dance, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's indoor track & field, men's and women's outdoor track & field, men's and women's volleyball, USA Rugby sanctioned men's and women's clubs, and wrestling. In 2017, Thiel began offering Equestrian Studies as a minor. Thiel also offers a variety of fun and competitive intramural sports throughout the year. Thiel recently hired a new athletic director, Jason Fautas, on September 12, 2022. Championships "The Thiel College cheer team finished second Friday at the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) College Nationals in Daytona, Fla. Competing in the Open Spirit Rally category, the Tomcats scored a 92.8 Friday." "The Thiel College men’s volleyball team beat the tournament’s top two seeds on its way to the program’s first conference championship with a 3-1 win over Wittenberg in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference men’s volleyball championship on Saturday, April 14, 2019." "The Thiel College wrestling team won its 23rd President’s Athletic Conference championship on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022 at Waynesburg University’s Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse." The Tomcats earned the second seed in the tournament after finishing the regular season with a 28-12 overall record and a 17-7 record in the PAC in 2016. Student life Thiel offers a variety of activities, clubs