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.
The digital humanities website Public Art CT—sponsored in part by Trinity College and created by a Trinity faculty member—has received a 2026 Award of Excellence from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH).
A book by Associate Professor of American Studies Juliet Nebolon was named a co-winner of the 2026 Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) History Book Award.
Sarah Bollinger will be the next executive director of the Trinity College Career Center. Bollinger has led career development and student success initiatives that connect experiential learning, faculty mentoring, employer relations, and alumni engagement.
Demonstrating valuable return on investment and continued alumni success, Trinity has earned recognition this fall in multiple college guides, including an elevated ranking at #31 on the 2027 U.S. News & World Report list of Best National Liberal Arts Colleges.
