Trine University

Private · Moderately Selective · IN

Photo: Casimir Kromkowski (CC0)

School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationIN · Midwest

SettingRural

Undergrads2,324

Student:faculty16:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate52.3%

6-yr grad rate64.4%

Drop-out rate20.1%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$37k

Out-of-state tuition$37k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity17.5%

Gender diversity39%

International1.7%

Identity—

Overview

Trine University is a private university in Angola, Indiana, in the state's northeastern lakes region. It has grown quickly in recent years and has built its identity around a practical, career-focused approach to education, especially in engineering.

Academics

Engineering, business, and health sciences are the main academic strengths, with a curriculum built around hands-on design projects and co-op experience rather than theory-only instruction. The engineering culture in particular emphasizes building and testing things over the course of a student's four years.

Campus & student life

Trine fields a notably large athletics program relative to its enrollment, with a broad range of varsity sports that give a bigger-school feel to a small campus. The lakes-region setting in northeastern Indiana is quiet and small-town.

Worth knowing

The co-op and hands-on design emphasis in engineering is a real structural feature of the curriculum, not just marketing language, and is worth weighing against more theory-heavy engineering programs elsewhere.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate85.5%

Enrolled mid-50%1240

Test policynot used

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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