Trinity College is closing the 2025–26 academic year with growing momentum in multiple areas including enrollment, philanthropy, and campus investment initiatives.
Trinity has seen a significant increase in enrollment deposits for the incoming Class of 2030, with nearly 600 students committing to attend the College this fall. The total represents an increase of more than 25 percent compared with last year and marks Trinity’s strongest yield rate in more than five years.
Matt Hyde, vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid, described the class saying that, “By all our admission measures, the incoming class is among the most academically talented in our recent history at Trinity and reflects increased diversity, including growth in geographic representation, first-generation students, and students eligible for Pell Grants.”
The College also is seeing renewed momentum in alumni philanthropy and engagement.
Compared with the same time in the previous fiscal year, the number of alumni donors has increased by more than 500, placing Trinity on track to reverse a decade-long decline in alumni participation.
The growth follows several successful fundraising efforts during the academic year, including a record-setting Trinity Athletics Giving Week and Giving Day in April, which raised $1.7 million from 1,753 donors.
This summer, Trinity will begin a series of campus improvement projects with a $20.6 million FY27 capital budget created through a combination of bond funding, operating resources, and philanthropic support.
The projects will include investments in academic and residential spaces, campus infrastructure, athletics facilities, and campus beautification efforts. Highlights include:
“These investments reflect our commitment not only to maintaining Trinity’s historic campus, but also to ensuring that our physical environment supports student success, strengthens first impressions for prospective students and visitors, and enhances daily life for everyone who calls Trinity home,” said Trinity College President Dan Lugo.
Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of alumni, parents, families, and friends, the Trinity College Fund raised $10.5 million in fiscal year 2026, marking the most successful year for annual giving in the College’s history.
Trinity is number 5 for liberal arts colleges and moved up to number 36 nationally among all colleges and universities on LinkedIn’s second annual list of best colleges for long-term career success in the U.S.
Breanna Pitta ’27 and Carla Schmidt ’27 were selected for the yearlong National Environmental Leadership Fellowship by the Rachel Carson Council to support environmental action in their communities.
Katsuya Izumi, senior lecturer in language and culture studies, has received a grant award from the Northeast Asian Council of the Association for Asian Studies to support research for an upcoming book.
