Trocaire College
Private College in Buffalo, NY. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $55,318.
Ten years after entry, the median Trocaire College student earns $55,318 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Only 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates carry a median of $20,000 in debt — in line with the national norm. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 6.7% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Mobility score 6.7 — top quartile among US colleges
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 97%, Trocaire College takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool is small at 199, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 42% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
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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Completion is the problem here: 31% graduate within six years. 30% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The 9:1 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. This is a small school — 1,104 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 962 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,953 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $14,951 at the $0–30k band to $28,534 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 88% of students receive it, averaging $7,348. Borrowing is widespread: 81% take federal loans.
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 · 48 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 | $14,951 |
| $30–48k | $13,543 |
| $48–75k | $17,975 |
| $75–110k | $22,777 |
| $110k+ | $28,534 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 783 of these 962 students, totalling $5,372,529 — an average of $6,861 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Erie 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)