Trinity College
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 45 Title IV programs, 9 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 36 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing9 · 20.0%
- No Data36 · 80.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
New England Commission of Higher Education
Action history · 1
- Nov 2017Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 343 students received $2.1M in Pell grants, alongside $8.7M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 267 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (1.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Trinity College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 16
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus13
- Non-campus4
- Public property1
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Religion1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Trinity College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Trinity College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectTrinity College | 84% | — | 2,238 | $34,832 | Baccalaureate |
| 82% | 37.0% | 1,990 | $36,175 | Baccalaureate | |
| 93% | 16.5% | 4,011 | $30,177 | Baccalaureate | |
| 94% | 8.3% | 2,164 | $17,716 | Baccalaureate | |
| 68% | 75.7% | 1,983 | $26,706 | Baccalaureate | |
| 89% | 7.1% | 2,412 | $17,180 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 87% | 16.5% | 2,201 | $28,442 |
Institutions like Trinity College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Trinity College's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateConnecticut
Connecticut College
Grad rate82%Admit rate37.0%Enrollment1,990Net price$36,175View data - BaccalaureateConnecticut
Wesleyan University
Grad rate93%Admit rate16.5%Enrollment4,011Net price$30,177View data - BaccalaureateMassachusetts
Williams College
Grad rate94%Admit rate8.3%Enrollment2,164Net price$17,716View data - BaccalaureateMassachusetts
Emmanuel College
Grad rate68%Admit rate75.7%Enrollment1,983Net price$26,706View data - BaccalaureateMaine
Colby College
Grad rate89%Admit rate7.1%Enrollment2,412Net price$17,180View data
Trinity College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The primary function of the Analytics and Strategic Initiatives Center (ASIC) is to advance the college’s use of data, research, and analysis to inform decisions and guide planning and evaluation.
Visit IR office page- Lester KoDirector of Institutional Research
Common Data Set
Trinity College's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C17,460 applied → 2,182 admitted (29.2%) → 542 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Selective — 29.2% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1340–1453 (median 1385).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 30–34 (median 32).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
Waitlist outcome
C22,412 offered a waitlist spot, 1,326 accepted it, 27 admitted (2.0% of those who stayed on).
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $95,340 (2025-2026).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $95,340 → about $38,251 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($57,089); 100% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H192% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H555% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $40,969 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 84%; first-year retention 90%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 1 pts below the overall rate (83% vs 84%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I367% of classes have under 20 students; 0% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B213% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B12,204 undergraduates and 34 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D1193 transfer applicants → 61 admitted (31.6%) → 18 enrolled
Source publications
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