Trinity At a Glance

Trinity is a highly selective liberal arts and sciences college founded in 1823. We’re famous for our breathtaking Hartford campus, rigorous academics, student-driven campus culture, and our forward-thinking urban-global programs. Get the facts about Trinity below, then come for a campus visit to see us in action.

Our Students

• 2,041 full-time undergraduates

• 86 graduate students

• 51% men, 49% women

• 22% students of color

• From 47 states and 54 countries

• Approximately 40% receive financial aid

Our Campus + Our City

• Our 100-acre historic campus includes the recently restored Long Walk buildings, the oldest example of Collegiate Gothic architecture in America.

• The Raether Library and Information Technology Center is one of the largest college libraries in New England, with nearly 1,000,000 books, rare collections, and state-of-the-art media labs.

• More than 90% of undergraduates live on campus in fully networked residence halls, apartments, and theme houses.

• Hartford, the capital of Connecticut, is our extended campus, offering professional internship placements and meaningful academic and service engagement within a diverse community. 

• Trinity is located two hours from both Boston and New York City

Academics

• Student/faculty ratio of 10:1

• Over 900 courses in 38 majors

• First-of-its-kind Center for Urban and Global Studies

• Engineering program accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org
  

• Six international programs in Barcelona, Cape Town, Paris, Buenos Aires, Trinidad, Rome, and Vienna

• More than 50% of undergraduates study abroad or away

• 200 academic internships (for credit) in Hartford and abroad

• Intensive first-year gateway programs in the arts, sciences, history, and urban studies

• All classes taught by Trinity faculty, not graduate students

Sports + Athletics

• Over 40% of undergraduates compete as intercollegiate athletes (varsity or club sports).

• 29 men’s and women’s NCAA Division III varsity teams.

• New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), which also includes Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut, Hamilton, Middlebury, Wesleyan, Williams, and Tufts 

• Ferris Athletic Center houses a swimming pool, fitness center, basketball courts, crew tanks, international-size squash courts, and indoor track

• 19 acres of playing fields, a 6,500-seat football stadium, 400-meter track, and all-weather tennis courts

• Over 15 intramural sports including yoga, flag football, softball, and basketball

Arts + Performance

• Austin Arts Center is home to a 315-seat proscenium-style theater and a “black box” performance space.

• Cinestudio, Hartford’s premier art-house movie theater, is right on the Trinity campus and students receive discounted tickets.

• Two campus art galleries: Widener Gallery and Broad Street Gallery

• Studio art facilities for painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, and printmaking

• Four theater and dance studios and a performance lab equipped for small-scale productions

• The Mill, a student-run theme house dedicated to arts and performance

Alumni + Careers

• 65% of alumni hold an advanced degree within 10 years of graduation.

• Recent graduates include Fulbright and Watson scholars and MacArthur Fellows.

• Over half of Trinity alumni pursue careers in the fields of education, law, management, health and science, and finance.