Trinity International University-Illinois

Private · Moderately Selective · IL

School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationIL · Midwest

SettingSuburban

Undergrads55

Student:faculty3:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate36.4%

6-yr grad rate46.1%

Drop-out rate87.5%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$12k

Out-of-state tuition$12k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity70.9%

Gender diversity27.3%

International0%

IdentityEvangelical Free Church of America

Overview

Trinity International University, based in Deerfield north of Chicago, is affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America and is best known through Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS), one of the more academically respected evangelical seminaries in the country. The undergraduate college shares the Deerfield campus with that seminary and carries a serious, doctrinally engaged evangelical identity rather than a broadly nondenominational one. In recent years, undergraduate enrollment and program delivery have shifted substantially toward online formats, changing the character of the traditional residential undergraduate experience the campus once offered.

Academics

TEDS' reputation for rigorous evangelical theological scholarship gives undergraduates unusual proximity to serious graduate-level theology, biblical-studies, and philosophy faculty, and cross-registration or shared coursework connects the two levels more than at a typical undergraduate college without an attached seminary. Bible and theology run through general-education requirements campus-wide, even for students majoring outside religious studies.

Worth knowing

The shift of undergraduate programs toward online delivery means prospective students should confirm directly what residential campus life at Deerfield still looks like versus what has moved online, since the balance has changed meaningfully from the school's earlier, more traditionally residential era.

tiu.edu ↗

Admissions

Acceptance rate100%

Enrolled mid-50%1010

Test policynot used

Rec letters—

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

AdmissionRolling

Applying