Trinity College
Private College in Hartford, CT. Six-year graduation rate 84%. Median 10-year earnings $90,779.
Ten-year median earnings of $90,779 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. 84% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $23,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 84% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
At 29%, the acceptance rate makes Trinity College a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. 7,460 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. 25% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. The score bands below rest on the 7% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 658–740 | 38 (7%) |
| SAT Math | 640–730 | |
| ACT Composite | 30–34 | 15 (3%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Trinity College →Academics
A 84% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 90% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. With 2,237 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,193 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $36,071 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $11,054 while those at $110k+ pay $48,515. 70% of students receive grant aid, averaging $56,696 — common but not automatic. About 38% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 577 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 | $11,054 |
| $30–48k | $13,599 |
| $48–75k | $18,325 |
| $75–110k | $24,369 |
| $110k+ | $48,515 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 844 of these 2,193 students, totalling $5,097,407 — an average of $6,040 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Capitol Planning Region) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)