by our College Data Analytics Team
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 11 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is public administration & social service.
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Trinity Bantams is ranked #136 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
Out of the 18 colleges in Connecticut, Trinity Bantams is ranked at #4.
Trinity College has an acceptance rate of 36%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Trinity Bantams.
About 14% 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 660 and 720. Math scores were between 640 and 750.
At Trinity Bantams, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 8 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.
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 84%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 90% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Trinity College 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Trinity Bantams for first-time, full-time students is 78%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,200 undergraduates at Trinity Bantams with 2,167 being full-time and 33 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,519 | $11,341 | $16,866 | $26,486 | $49,303 |
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.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Trinity Bantams, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $7,819 a year. That adds up to $31,276 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Trinity Bantams are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 300 Summit St, Hartford, CT 06106-3100 |
| Phone: | 860-297-2000 |
| Website: | https://www.trincoll.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 119 | $71,191 |
| Political Science & Government | 84 | $42,979 |
| Public Policy | 51 | $56,902 |
| General Psychology | 47 | $48,406 |
| General Engineering | 29 | NA |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 26 | $44,823 |
| General English Literature | 26 | NA |
| General Biology | 25 | $52,179 |
| Urban Studies | 25 | NA |
| Area Studies | 20 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 125 students took at least one online class at Trinity College. This is an increase from the 0 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 125 | 0 |
| 2021-2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
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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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