Test-optionalED + EA

Trinity University

TX · Private · South · Liberal arts college · Top 50 tier · 2,415 undergraduates (small)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate24.9%
ED rate52.6%210 of 399
Regular round (est.)†23.9%includes Early Action

How much of the class comes from ED

~35% of enrolled freshmen were admitted through Early Decision.

This is a share of the freshman class, not an admit rate.

† Regular round (est.) = (all admitted students − Early Decision admits) ÷ (all applicants − Early Decision applicants). It also includes Early Action, because the Common Data Set does not report Early Action counts.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

OverallEarly Decision
0%35%70%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2528.8%33.6%33.7%30.5%28.2%25.9%24.9%62.9%65.7%65.6%57.3%54.2%48.0%52.6%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Decision I & II (binding) + Early Action (non-binding) · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. Stated on the transfer applicant guide; first-year apply pages are silent.

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

Test-optional; the first-year pages do not state a submission method.

checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡53%SAT 39% + ACT 14%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT39%
233 students
Submitted ACT14%
85 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1330–1460 median 1400
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
670–740 median 710
500800
SAT Math
650–735 median 690
500800
ACT composite
30–34 median 31
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'25100%99.0%68.0%63.0%59.0%48%53.0%55.0%53.0%39.0%42.0%40.0%33%39.0%45.0%46.0%29.0%21.0%19.0%15%14.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24'251290–1420142012901270–1420142012701300–1450145013001310–1450145013101290–1440144012901300–1470147013001330–146014601330

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
3634323028'19'20'21'22'23'24'2529–32322928–33332829–33332929–33332929–33332930–34343030–343430

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2025: 7%
  • 2024: 16%
  • 2023: 19%
  • 2022: 8%
  • 2021: 6%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Not reported2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS

Sources