Trinidad State College
Trinidad, CO · Public · Town (remote) · TSC
Public institution in Trinidad, CO · 1,168 undergraduates · $36,475 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 4%Median graduate debt
- Top 6%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 6%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 20%Average net price
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $11,197397th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,468121st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $7,100116th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $21,373458th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $8,90870th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $36,4751,756th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $36,0251,476th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 55.7%934th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 67.0%1,382nd highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
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- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,1681,272nd largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 16.0:11,471st smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 41.1%664th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 186 mi (DEN)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Campus facts
- Founded in 1925source
- School colors: Blue and Goldsource
- Athletic nickname: "TSC"source
- Mascot: Titus the Trojansource
- Motto: "Students First"source
- Formerly known as "Trinidad State Junior College" (1925–2021)source
- A [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program institutionsource
- A Space-grant]] institutionsource
Athletics — 8 sports
NJCAA Division I · NJCAA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $1,341,829 (M $639,781 · W $702,048)
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Beach Volleyball
- Soccer
- Softball
- Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Key links
- Official websitetrinidadstate.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 128258)
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- The Most Selective Colleges in ColoradoEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Trinidad State College vs Adams State UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 8 EADA programs at this school
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