Trinity College Data & Information Overview

Find out more about how Trinity College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below. Want to dig deeper into a particular stat? Just click on its tile and you'll be taked to a more in-depth page on the figure. In addition, you can use the links below to quickly jump to any section on this page.

• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning
• Related Schools

How Well Is Trinity College Ranked?

2021 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Trinity College was awarded 44 badges in the 2021 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is social sciences.

Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Trinity Bantams as #70 out of 1,715 colleges and universities in the country on its 2021 Best Colleges list. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country.

Trinity Bantams also holds the #3 spot on the Best Colleges in Connecticut ranking.

See all of the rankings for Trinity College.

Is It Hard to Get Into Trinity Bantams?

Acceptance Rate

If you're applying to Trinity College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 34%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.

Average Test Scores

About 26% of students accepted to Trinity Bantams submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 620 and 710. Math scores were between 640 and 710.

Trinity Bantams received ACT scores from 31% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 28 and 32.

Learn more about Trinity College admissions.

Trinity College Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Trinity Bantams, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Trinity College is 75%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Trinity College

Freshmen Retention Rate

Trinity College has a freshmen retention rate of 88%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Trinity Bantams the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 81%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Trinity College.

Excellent Overall Diversity at Trinity Bantams

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,182 undergraduates at Trinity Bantams with 2,112 being full-time and 70 being part-time.

Trinity Bantams Diversity Score

College Factual computes an overall diversity score for each college and university that takes gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and age into account. Schools with the best mixtures of students with respect to these factors are ranked the highest, and those that cater to just one or two student groups are ranked the lowest.

With an overall score of 97.01 out of 100, Trinity Bantams is one of the most diverse schools in the nation.

Get more detailed information on diversity and student demographics at Trinity College.

How Much Does Trinity College Cost?

The overall average net price of Trinity Bantams is $32,122. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Trinity Bantams

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$5,388	$5,979	$16,288	$22,316	$47,515

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 Trinity Bantams, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 Trinity Bantams, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $6,944 a year. That adds up to $27,776 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Trinity Bantams is 1.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Get more details about paying for Trinity College.

How Much Money Do Trinity Bantams Graduates Make?

The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Trinity Bantams make about $66,100 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. That's great news for Trinity Bantams students since it is 66% more than the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year.

See which majors at Trinity College make the most money.

Location of Trinity College

Located in Hartford, Connecticut, Trinity College is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Hartford makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Get more details about the location of Trinity College.

Contact details for Trinity Bantams are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	300 Summit St, Hartford, CT 06106-3100
Phone:	860-297-2306
Website:	www.trincoll.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/TrinityCollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/trinitycollege

Trinity College Majors

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 39 majors graduated from Trinity College. Of these students, 596 received undergraduate degrees and 31 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
Economics	88	$61,200
Political Science & Government	77	$40,000
General English Literature	38	NA
Public Policy	34	NA
Area Studies	32	NA
General Psychology	31	NA
Mathematics	30	NA
History	28	NA
General Biology	28	NA
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	23	NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Trinity College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Learn more about online learning at Trinity College.

Related Schools

If you’re considering Trinity College, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.

• Dickinson College
• Gettysburg College
• Oberlin College
• Skidmore College
• University of Richmond

Curious on how these schools stack up against Trinity Bantams? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!

Notes and References

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.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By Jasonm under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.