For the second year in a row, Trinity College placed in the top 10 of the nation’s most selective liberal arts colleges as reported by U.S. News and World Report in its 2003 edition of America’s Best Colleges. Trinity posted the ninth lowest student acceptance rate, or ratio of students accepted to applicants, among comparable colleges. Overall, Trinity ranked 25th in the magazine’s top 50 ranking of the best liberal arts colleges in the nation.

“Ranking in the top 10 in terms of student selectivity,” says President Richard Hersh, “is consistent with our vision for creating a community of academically aspiring students. We provide them with a handcrafted education that nurtures individual growth and the development of competence and confidence. We want students who are as committed to that vision as we are.”

Trinity’s continuing commitment to full-time faculty and faculty resources resulted in gains in the faculty categories in this year’s ranking. Its dedication to highly personalized instruction is reflected in the 9:1 student-faculty ratio, as well as in the fact that 70 percent of classes on campus number fewer than 20 students and only 3 percent of classes have over 50 students.