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# Trine University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated September 30, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Trine University?

Trine University’s reported acceptance rate is 85.5%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
85.5%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Trine University admits most students who apply, with an admission rate of 85.5%. That figure sits above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size), reflecting broad access rather than a narrow gate.

## What SAT and ACT scores do Trine University students report?

SAT and ACT ranges are not available for Trine University in the data shown here. Missing scores do not establish whether tests are required, optional or excluded from review.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Trine University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
15.6%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
11.7%

**First-year retention**
79.9%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

Trine University enrolls 2,324 undergraduates, with 15.6% receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 11.7% arriving as transfers or part-time students. The campus draws from both first-time students and those continuing coursework begun elsewhere. The Pell share is one measure of financial access among enrolled students.

At Trine University, the majority of students who start a bachelor's degree full-time return for a second year: the first-year retention rate is 79.9%. The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) for the first-time, full-time entering class is 64.4%.

Both figures sit below the peer medians of 83.4% and 68.8% for comparable institutions (same type and size), so persistence outcomes trail the peer group. Pell Grant recipients in the first-time, full-time cohort complete at 56.3%, which trails the overall six-year rate by 8.1 percentage points.

Enrolled students can expect a university where the majority of first-year students persist, though both retention and graduation rates trail the peer medians. The Pell completion gap is a fact about the entering class, not a prediction for any individual student.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).