Trinity University's admit rate has fallen 8.2 percentage points across the 7 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 25.9% | 650 | 83.7% | 93.0% | 1,390 |
| 2023-2024 | 27.5% | 296 | 82.0% | 92.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 30.5% | 655 | — | 91.1% | 1,380 |
| 2021-2022 | 33.7% | 663 | 80.1% | 91.8% | — |
| 2020-2021 | 33.6% | 634 | 79.0% | 88.5% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 27 percentage points.
Trinity University's 83.7% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 27.4 pp.
Admit rate has tightened 7.7 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Trinity University's admit rate fell from 33.6% (2020-2021) to 25.9% (2024-2025) — a 7.7 pp drop. Year-over-year: 33.6 → 33.7 → 30.5 → 27.5 → 25.9. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Trinity University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 14.5% admit to 60.3% admit — a 45.8 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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