TRINITY FAST FACTS

Founded: 1869

Type of School: independent, private, liberal arts and sciences, with a historic affiliation to the Presbyterian church

Location: San Antonio, TX
Trinity’s campus is situated in a residential neighborhood 5 minutes from both downtown and from the city’s airport.

Campus Size: 117 acres

Number of Students:

Undergraduates	2487
Graduate students	231

Student Gender: Male 47% Female 53%

Faculty: 228 fulltime professors, 99% hold Ph.D.s or terminal degree in their field

Student-to-Faculty Ratio: Less than 10:1

Class Sizes:

2 – 9 students	15%
10 – 19 students	37%
20 – 29 students	27%
30 – 39 students	18%
Over 40 students	3%

Number of Students Who Live on Campus: 1,882
Students must live on campus for their first, sophomore, and junior years.

University Housing: Sixteen residence halls with suite-style rooms, all featuring carpeting, a large closet, a refrigerator and microwave, wireless computer connections, and phone and cable television lines.

Student Body Geographic Origin:

65%	Texas
33%	Out of state
2%	Foreign (over 40 different countries)

Student Body Ethnic Background:

*Fall ’04 First Year Students

Student Body Religious Affiliation:

Class of 2008 Statistics:

Majors/Minors:

Additional Minors:

Pre-professional programs:

• Health Professions (includes pre-medical and pre-dental)
• Pre-Law
• Five-year programs in Education and Accounting leading to both a bachelor’s and master’s degrees

Interdisciplinary Second Majors: Students can create their own interdisciplinary second majors, with the help of a faculty advisor.

Most Popular Majors:

• Business Administration
• Modern Languages and Literatures (Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish)
• English
• Communication
• Computer Science
• Political Science
• Economics
• History
• Psychology
• Engineering Science

Study Abroad: About 40% of Trinity students have studied in over 35 different countries and on every continent but Antarctica.

Required Courses: Trinity’s Common Curriculum consists of a First Year Seminar, a Writing Workshop (or a combination of the two called Readings from Western Cultures), and then students can choose from a wide variety of classes in each of the five essential areas, which represent the foundation of a liberal arts education. These areas are: Understanding Cultural Heritage (9 hours; 3 courses); Understanding the Arts&Literature (9 hours; 3 courses); Understanding Human Social Interaction (9 hours; 3 courses); Understanding Quantitative Reasoning (3 hours; 1 course); and Understanding Natural Science & Technology (6 hours)

Graduation Rate: Among those who started as first-year students in 1998 and graduated from Trinity: Graduated in 4 years or less — 84%
Graduated in 5 years or less — 99%
Graduated in 6 years or less — 100%

Among ALL students who started as first-year students in 1998: Graduated in 4 years or less — 67%
Graduated in 6 years or less — 78%

Nationally, 54.4% of students graduate within six years of enrolling at a 4-year college

Degrees Granted in 2004: 543

Degree Recipients with Multiple Majors: 25%

Athletics: Member of the NCAA Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Men’s Varsity Sports: baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field.

Women’s Varsity Sports: basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball

Club Sports: equestrian, men’s volleyball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s trap and skeet, men’s and women’s water polo

Campus Organizations: 130 service, social, recreational, cultural, political, and religious groups

Greek Life: 29% of women and 24% of men belong to one of eight fraternities and six sororities, all locally chartered

Financial Aid:
Trinity awards both need-based and merit-based financial aid

All Types:	Over 80% of all students receive some form of financial aid Average package: $14,484
Merit Aid:	58% receive merit aid Average award: $7,230
Need Aid:	41% receive need-based aid Average total package $16,287

Endowment: $733 million

Applications: Trinity accepts the Common Application, which can be submitted online for free, or by mail with a $50 fee.

Trinity offers four admission deadlines for First Year applicants:

	Application	Notification	Deposit
Early Decision	November 1	December 15	February 1
Early Action I	November 1	December 15	May 1
Early Action II	December 15	February 1	May 1
Regular Decision	February 1	April 1	May 1