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Triton College Data & Information Overview

311 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
10% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Triton College Ranked?

#956 Best Colleges in Nation
#42 Best Colleges in IL
Allied Health Professions Highest Ranked Major

2024 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.

Triton College was awarded 311 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health professions.

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Triton College is ranked #956 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Triton College held the #1,233 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 85 colleges in Illinois, Triton College is ranked at #42.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Triton College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Triton College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.

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Triton College Faculty

19 to 1 Student to Faculty
30% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Triton College, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.

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 Triton College is 30%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  30 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Triton College

66% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Triton College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  66 out of 100
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Triton College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,557 Full-Time Undergraduates
68.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
54.8% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,819 undergraduates at Triton College with 2,557 being full-time and 6,262 being part-time.

How Much Does Triton College Cost?

$4,816 Net Price
3% Take Out Loans
$19,404 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Triton College is $4,816. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

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 Triton College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 Triton College, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $4,851 a year. That adds up to $19,404 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Triton College is 9.7%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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How Much Money Do Triton College Graduates Make?

$39,289 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Triton College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $39,289 in their early years. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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Location of Triton College

Illinois State
2,557 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Triton College is a public institution located in River Grove, Illinois. River Grove is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

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Contact details for Triton College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2000 5Th Ave, River Grove, IL 60171-1995
Phone: 708-456-0300
Website: www.triton.edu/

Triton College Majors

25 Majors With Completions
940 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at Triton College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Triton College

45% Take At Least One Class Online
19% Take All Classes Online

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 2020-2021, 4,076 students took at least one online class at Triton College. This is a decrease from the 6,636 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 4,076 1,725
2019-2020 6,636 5,571
2018-2019 1,871 540
2017-2018 3,305 904
2016-2017 2,017 655

Learn more about online learning at Triton College.

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.

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