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Trinity College Profile COLLEGE OVERVIEW
— An independent, nonsectarian liberal arts college located in the capital city of Hartford, Connecticut
— Student/faculty ratio of 10:1
— 2,000 full-time undergraduate men and women from 44 states and 28 countries
— Degrees offered: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts
— Consistently ranked among the nation's best colleges
— Founded in 1823—one of the oldest colleges in the country
— Nation's eighth oldest chapter of Phi Beta Kappa
LOCATION
— 100-acre campus in the center of Hartford (metro population 857,000)
— Two hours from both New York City and Boston
RESIDENTIAL LIFE
— 95 percent of students live on campus
— Special-interest dormitories for community activists, music lovers, artists, science students, and others
COURSES OF STUDY
— Liberal arts focus, offering breadth and depth of coursework while developing skills in critical thinking and communications as well as a global perspective
— More than 970 courses in 37 majors
— Options to pursue independent course study, including self-designed major
CAMPUS RESOURCES
— Fully networked campus, including all student rooms in residence halls
— One of New England's largest collegiate libraries with 1,000,000 books and 2,500 periodicals, on-line catalogue, and computer access to more than 2,000,000 titles through a library consortium, as well as digital media labs and video conferencing facilities
— Public-access computers available 24 hours a day in the Mathematics, Computing, and Engineering Center
REAL-WORLD OPPORTUNITIES
— Internship placements at more than 200 sites throughout Greater Hartford
— Community Learning Initiative comprises over 30 courses annually that offer the chance to learn through contact with local people and institutions
— Abundant established community service opportunities, coordinated through Trinity's Office of Community Service and Civic Engagement
— Study abroad opportunities at Trinity's Rome campus and Shanghai semester; our global learning sites in Santiago, Chile; Kathmandu, Nepal; Moscow, Russia; Cape Town, South Africa; Barcelona, Spain; Port of Spain, Trinidad; and Istanbul, Turkey; or with other programs in more than 40 countries on 5 continents
— Domestic study programs, including Trinity/La MaMa Performing Arts in New York City; research in Washington, DC; maritime studies at Mystic Seaport; 12-College Exchange, and theatre courses at the National Theater Institute
ATHLETICS
— 29 varisty men's and women's teams compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference
— 12 intramural sports
— Classes in "lifetime" sports such as golf, tennis, squash, swimming, skiing, and scuba diving
— Ferris Athletic Center houses a swimming pool, fitness center, crew tanks, basketball courts, new international-size squash courts, and indoor track
— 19 acres of playing fields for soccer, field hockey, baseball, with new field turf surface for lacrosse and football
— 6500-seat football stadium, 400-meter track, and all-weather tennis courts
STUDIO AND PERFORMING ARTS
— Widener Gallery in Austin Arts Center and Broad Street Gallery
— Studios for painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, and printmaking
— Prosecenium and "black box" theaters in Austin Arts Center; two studio performance spaces in Seabury Hall
ALUMNI
— Graduates pursue additional degrees at leading law, medical, and other professional graduate schools
— Work in fields such as the arts, communications, education, engineering, finance, and government
— Graduates include Fulbright and Watson scholars
FINANCIAL AID
Approximately 40 percent of students receive need-based aid in the form of grants, loans, and/or work-study
CONTACT TRINITY
Telephone: 1-860-297-2180
E-mail: admissions.office@trincoll.edu
Web: www.trincoll.edu
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