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 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,468121st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $7,100115th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $21,373458th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $8,90869th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $36,4751,745th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $36,0251,470th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 55.7%929th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 67.0%1,374th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,1681,271st largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 16.0:11,454th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 41.1%656th highest of 2,122 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.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Trinidad State College’s 1,168 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CO
- Adams State UniversityAlamosa, CO · 1,239 undergrads
- Denver College of NursingDenver, CO · 949 undergrads
- Western Colorado UniversityGunnison, CO · 1,653 undergrads
- Morgan Community CollegeFort Morgan, CO · 619 undergrads
- Rocky Mountain College of Art and DesignLakewood, CO · 1,878 undergrads
- Naropa UniversityBoulder, CO · 368 undergrads
Elsewhere
- North Carolina Wesleyan UniversityRocky Mount, NC · 1,169 undergrads
- Morningside UniversitySioux City, IA · 1,166 undergrads
- Averett UniversityDanville, VA · 1,162 undergrads
- Georgian Court UniversityLakewood, NJ · 1,174 undergrads
- Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, PA · 1,175 undergrads
- Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo, MI · 1,175 undergrads
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
- Compare with Adams State UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- 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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