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Trine is ranked #1,582 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Trine also holds the #30 spot on the Best Colleges in Indiana ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 92%, Trine has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Trine University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Trine University is 33%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Trine University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Trine the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 48%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Trine University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,370 undergraduates at Trine with 2,259 being full-time and 1,111 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,483 | $20,571 | $20,193 | $23,062 | $28,148 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Trine, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Trine, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $9,168 a year. That adds up to $36,672 over four years for those students.
Get more details about the location of Trine University.
Contact details for Trine are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 University Ave, Angola, IN 46703-1764 |
| Phone: | 260-665-4100 |
| Website: | www.trine.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Health & Physical Education | 80 | $25,812 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 49 | $66,816 |
| Drafting & Design Engineering Technology | 39 | $65,013 |
| Allied Health Professions | 35 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 33 | $31,114 |
| General Psychology | 32 | $37,096 |
| Civil Engineering | 29 | $65,700 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 29 | NA |
| Chemical Engineering | 27 | $72,875 |
| General Biology | 26 | $39,067 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,460 students took at least one online class at Trine University. This is an increase from the 1,083 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,460 | 460 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,083 | 141 |
| 2020-2021 | 925 | 73 |
| 2018-2019 | 783 | 36 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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