Trinity Christian College
Private College in Palos Heights, IL. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $55,700.
Students who entered Trinity Christian College land at a median of $55,700 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 58% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,009, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Trinity Christian College accepts 85% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool is small at 650, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. About 23% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. 20% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 510–660 | 26 (20%) |
| SAT Math | 540–660 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–25 | 10 (8%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Academics
Completion is middling: 58% finish inside six years. Retention is strong at 81%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 788 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $19,655 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $12,891 while those at $110k+ pay $23,986. 98% of students get grant aid averaging $21,256, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 56% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 155 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $12,891 |
| $30–48k | $13,587 |
| $48–75k | $15,592 |
| $75–110k | $18,846 |
| $110k+ | $23,986 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 442 of these 788 students, totalling $2,884,129 — an average of $6,525 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cook County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026