Trinity International University-Illinois
Private College in Deerfield, IL. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $46,989.
Ten years after entry, the median Trinity International University-Illinois student earns $46,989 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 46%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $26,082, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 100% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 13, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 46% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 46%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention is weak: only 13% of full-time first-years return, so roughly nine in ten leave after one year. With 40% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. At 3:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 140 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $2,835 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $1,242 at the $0–30k band to $25,030 at $110k+. Most students get help: 89% receive grants worth $3,893 on average. 61% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 8 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 | $1,242 |
| $30–48k | $13,991 |
| $48–75k | $22,119 |
| $75–110k | $21,398 |
| $110k+ | $25,030 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 86 of these 140 students, totalling $278,386 — an average of $3,237 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lake County) — 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)