Enrollment Trends at Trinity

The student population at Trinity University is 2,687 (2,518 undergraduate and 169 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 249 (10.21%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Trinity is 93.71% which is increased by 285 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 36 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 82 male students for every 100 female students, down from 88 in 2015.
6 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -57.14% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,617 where 2,687 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 2,704 students in 2022 and was lowest at 2,438 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,438 to 2,687 students, a net gain of 249 (10.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Trinity University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,438	2,233	1,072	1,161	205	71	134
2016-17	2,466 28	2,298 65	1,082 10	1,216 55	168 -37	75 4	93 -41
2017-18	2,571 105	2,395 97	1,121 39	1,274 58	176 8	82 7	94 1
2018-19	2,637 66	2,474 79	1,162 41	1,312 38	163 -13	74 -8	89 -5
2019-20	2,606 -31	2,443 -31	1,161 -1	1,282 -30	163	58 -16	105 16
2020-21	2,677 71	2,504 61	1,198 37	1,306 24	173 10	67 9	106 1
2021-22	2,704 27	2,527 23	1,196 -2	1,331 25	177 4	69 2	108 2
2022-23	2,692 -12	2,512 -15	1,166 -30	1,346 15	180 3	74 5	106 -2
2023-24	2,694 2	2,531 19	1,170 4	1,361 15	163 -17	69 -5	94 -12
2024-25	2,687 -7	2,518 -13	1,145 -25	1,373 12	169 6	64 -5	105 11
Average	2,617	2,444	1,147	1,296	174	70	103

Trinity University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,444 where 2,518 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Trinity University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,233	2,192	1,043	1,149	41	29	12
2016-17	2,298	2,250	1,055	1,195	48	27	21
2017-18	2,395	2,353	1,095	1,258	42	26	16
2018-19	2,474	2,433	1,139	1,294	41	23	18
2019-20	2,443	2,399	1,139	1,260	44	22	22
2020-21	2,504	2,457	1,173	1,284	47	25	22
2021-22	2,527	2,472	1,171	1,301	55	25	30
2022-23	2,512	2,471	1,151	1,320	41	15	26
2023-24	2,531	2,482	1,140	1,342	49	30	19
2024-25	2,518	2,481	1,119	1,362	37	26	11
Average	2,444	2,444	1,123	1,277	2,444	25	20

Trinity University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 174 where 169 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Trinity University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	205	158	52	106	47	19	28
2016-17	168	118	56	62	50	19	31
2017-18	176	116	48	68	60	34	26
2018-19	163	115	46	69	48	28	20
2019-20	163	120	42	78	43	16	27
2020-21	173	123	47	76	50	20	30
2021-22	177	130	49	81	47	20	27
2022-23	180	130	51	79	50	23	27
2023-24	163	121	50	71	42	19	23
2024-25	169	126	47	79	43	17	26
Average	174	174	49	77	174	22	27

Trinity University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.28%. The percentage was 54.76% 10 years ago and Trinity still has a high percentage of white students. 8.41% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.61% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 25.27% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 54.76% to 50.28%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.95% to 8.41%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.31% to 4.61%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 20.80% to 25.27%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6711 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6496 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Trinity University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	9	145	105	507	0	1,335	106
2016-17	7	153	109	524	0	1,351	115
2017-18	7	173	106	544	0	1,434	113
2018-19	13	180	99	574	1	1,484	112
2019-20	10	201	110	559	2	1,467	120
2020-21	8	210	110	592	2	1,504	131
2021-22	8	205	112	605	2	1,507	133
2022-23	4	201	116	658	2	1,435	121
2023-24	3	210	118	664	1	1,417	135
2024-25	2	226	124	679	1	1,351	148
Average	7	190	111	591	1	1,429	123

Trinity University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

6 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 0% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -57.14% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Trinity University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,438	14	0	2,424
2016-17	2,466	14	0	2,452
2017-18	2,571	23	0	2,548
2018-19	2,637	19	1	2,617
2019-20	2,606	17	0	2,589
2020-21	2,677	139	2,388	150
2021-22	2,704	19	0	2,685
2022-23	2,692	15	0	2,677
2023-24	2,694	10	0	2,684
2024-25	2,687	6	0	2,681
Average	2,617	28	239	2,351

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Enrollment Trends at Trinity

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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