Trinity University has been named to the 2018 edition of Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck, published by the Princeton Review.
The guidebook recommends colleges considered to be the nation’s best for academics, affordability, and career prospects. Selections were based on a ROI (Return on Investment) rating, with Trinity’s ROI placed at 91. In addition, the guide calculated the median starting salary for graduates with a bachelor’s degree to be $51,100. The median mid-career salary for alumni is $105,500, according to the guide. Both median salaries reflect significant increases from those tracked in previous years.
In its profile on Trinity, the Princeton Review says the school “gives students a great environment, great people, (and a) great education.” With an enrollment of 2,334 and the requirement to live on campus for three years, the University achieves a “small-town” feel in a big state, according to the guidebook. Additionally, the guide lists some of the “best aspects” of Trinity are its emphasis on academic goals, assistance in preparing students for life after college, and the sense of community it provides between students, faculty, and alumni.
In support of the “best bang for your buck” ranking, the guidebook notes that Trinity meets an average of 94 percent of student financial needs, including scholarships for those who are eligible. A student with a double major in French and art history described Trinity as “warm and supportive but challenging – kind of like San Antonio’s weather. The plentiful scholarship money didn’t hurt either.” Another student, a political science major, said the University’s “financial aid packages are great so there are many middle-class students and with such a smorgasbord of ethnicities, economic statuses, and cultures,” the students “all learn from one another.”
For life after Trinity, the book cites PayScale.com’s statistic that 51 percent of Trinity graduates consider their careers to be instrumental in making the world a better place. The book also lists communication, business administration, and computer science as popular majors that feed into jobs such as marketing manager, financial analyst, and executive director. The school’s size makes “networking so much easier,” students told researchers.
Rob Franek, Princeton Review's senior vice president, publisher, and lead author of the guide, said only 7 percent of the nation’s four-year colleges were included in the book. He said these schools offer stellar academics, generous aid awards to students with need and/or merit, and provide undergrads with career services from day one plus a lifetime of alumni connections.
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