Trine University

Trine University is located in Angola, Indiana. It is a small private not-for-profit school and offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. It has 4,098 undergraduate students enrolled and admission is somewhat selective as the acceptance rate is 70.1%.

Popular majors include Engineering, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies, Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields, and Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services. 55% of students graduate and go on to earn an average starting salary of $40,000.

More students take the SATs than the ACTs.

Trine University has around 3,502 applicants.

Of the students admitted, 24% decide to enroll at Trine University. This is the admissions yield. A higher admisssions yield means students want to attend the school. A lower one means that they decided to attend another school.

Out of the 3,502 applicants 60% are men and 40% are women. This means that for every 100 male applicants, there are 67 women, or for every 100 female applicants, there are 150 men.

Trine University's acceptance rate is 70.1%. The acceptance rate for men is 71.2% and the acceptance rate for women is 68.5%.

The 3-year repayment rate is the percentage of students who are able to repay some of their student debt.

Why does this matter? A high rate means that students are making enough money so that they can pay down their student debt. A low rate means that students are having trouble paying down their loans.

To learn more and apply for financial aid at Trine University you can visit www.trine.edu/financial-aid/index.aspx.

Trine University students, on average, make $49,600 10-years after they start school (this is approximately 6 years after graduation).

Their salary grows by around 6% in the several years after graduation.

Is it worth your money to attend Trine University? There are many ways to estimate the financial return on your education.

We use the 10-year average earnings (the 10 years start when you enroll, so if you attend a 4-year college, this would be approximately 6 years after you graduate) and the all in one year cost of attending the school. The all in cost is the sum of tuition, fees, and on-campus housing.

By comparing the two, you can get a sense if what the average graduate in early to mid career makes at least covers your cost of attending one year of school.

A higher number is better.

Trine University has slightly more male students than female students.

This means that for every 100 women, there are 122 men. Or that for every 100 men, there are 82 women.

The most popular majors at Trine University are:

1. Engineering
2. Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
3. Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
4. Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields
5. Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services

Student retention rate is an indicator of student satisfaction. Retention rate is the percentage of students who continue to study at the college the following year.

Higher retention rates mean students tend to stay at the college, while lower retention rates students are unsatisfied and leave.

Trine University has a retention rate of 80% for full-time undergrads, which is neither high nor low.

Trine University has around 100 students who transfer into the school each year. This is fairly low at approximately 2% of total undergraduates.

Higher transfer in rates mean that students see Trine University as better than the college they were previously enrolled in. Higher rates also mean that there will be more new faces on campus.

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