Trinity College Career Outcomes: $84K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Trinity College graduates earn?

The reported median is $83,645 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $68,250 as its benchmark; the difference is $15,395 per year.

Trinity College graduates earn a median of $83,645 four years after completion, at the 91st percentile for this measure. That places the university at the 94th percentile for return among nonprofit four-year institutions.

That figure is $15,395 above the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $6,828 more than expects for similar students, a result at the 76th percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $617. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $6,211. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $2,062.

The earnings scenarios show a wide range: from $56,128 on the downside to $118,583 on the upside. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.

At the higher end, Economics graduates earn a median of $122,068 four years after completion, from 119 degrees awarded. Political Science follows at $94,097, with 84 degrees awarded.

An estimated 40.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, those continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $83,645
Rank for difference from expectations: 76th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Trinity College reported median: $83,645
Peer schools comparable schools · $15,395 below Trinity College: $68,250
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $6,828 below Trinity College: $76,817

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $56,128
Median · reported: $83,645
Higher estimate: $118,583

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Trinity College graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Trinity College graduates’ reported earnings are $6,828 above that expectation, the 76th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Trinity College caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Trinity College report the highest earnings?

The earnings spread across Trinity College's largest programs is wide, and the highest-earning field is also the most popular. Economics graduates earn a median of $122,068 four years after completion, from 119 degrees awarded a year.

Political Science is the second-largest program, with 84 degrees awarded and median earnings of $94,097. Public Policy Analysis follows at 40 degrees and $82,638.

At the more moderate end, Psychology and English Language and Literature sit closer together. Psychology reports $69,730 from 47 degrees awarded, while English Language and Literature shows $68,063 from 26 degrees.

The gap between the top and the bottom of the five largest programs is substantial, and a student's field choice here carries a large earnings difference.

The Social Sciences family accounts for 40.1% of bachelor's degrees awarded at Trinity College, with Economics as the largest single program at 119 degrees a year. Its graduates earn a median of $122,068 four years after completion, the highest among the programs with published earnings.

Political Science follows with 84 degrees awarded and median earnings of $94,097. Psychology awards 47 degrees and its completers earn $69,730.

The earnings spread across the five largest programs with published earnings runs from $68,063 in English Language and Literature to the top program's median. Public Policy Analysis sits in between, with 40 degrees awarded and median earnings of $82,638.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix show a downside of $56,128, a typical outcome of $83,645, and an upside of $118,583. The spread reflects the variation by field.

Among the largest programs with published earnings, Economics sits at the high end with $122,068 four years after completion, while English Language and Literature stands at $68,063.

Four years after completion, federally aided Trinity College graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $83,645. Among nonprofit four-year institutions, that median sits in the 91st percentile.

The earnings cohort includes 356 completers. Graduates earn about $6,828 more than the model expects for similar students.

That places the gap in the 76th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix show a typical outcome of $83,645, a downside of $56,128, and an upside of $118,583.

These are estimates derived from the program mix, not observed outcomes for specific graduates. An estimated 40.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

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

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.