Trinity Washington University
Private College in Washington, DC. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $53,804.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $53,804 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 49% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $28,250 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
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 Washington University admits 100% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. With 1,240 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. About 20% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
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 49%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. 69% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Transfer-out runs to 22% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,415 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,755 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($7,928 versus $15,307), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 95% of students get grant aid averaging $18,346, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 46% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 208 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 | $7,928 |
| $30–48k | $8,554 |
| $48–75k | $8,502 |
| $75–110k | $13,623 |
| $110k+ | $15,307 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 653 of these 1,415 students, totalling $4,328,220 — an average of $6,628 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (District of Columbia) — 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)