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Trinity Christian College

Palos Heights, IL · Private · Large suburb · TCC

Private institution in Palos Heights, IL · 796 undergraduates · 89% acceptance rate · $55,700 median earnings 10 years after entry.

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
$16,381779th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$20,3251,124th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$20,325873rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Cost of attendance
$47,0661,385th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
Median graduate debt
$25,0091,354th lowest of 1,865 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$55,700751st highest of 1,954 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$48,107652nd highest of 1,950 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
63.9%629th highest of 2,014 reporting
Full-time retention
79.2%707th highest of 1,837 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
88.6%1,186th most selective of 1,596 reporting
Average SAT
1154510th highest of 1,022 reporting
Median ACT
24420th highest of 952 reporting

Campus

Undergraduates
7961,488th largest of 2,144 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
10.0:1427th smallest of 2,141 reporting
Pell Grant share
33.3%1,023rd highest of 2,122 reporting

Nearest large-hub airport: 8 mi (MDW)

On 1 of our 111 lists

Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.

Best-paying fields of study

Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 45 reported programs.

FieldLevel1 yr2 yr
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professionsbachelors$66,728$67,812
Special Education and TeachingEducationbachelors$43,054$40,458
Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsBusinessbachelors$42,682$50,856
Psychology, GeneralPsychologybachelors$41,937$37,208
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducationbachelors$39,618$39,369
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasEducationbachelors$39,369$42,682
Communication and Media StudiesCommunicationsbachelors$35,060$33,993
Education, GeneralEducationbachelors$24,035—
Social WorkPublic Administrationbachelors$21,964$16,478
Accounting and Related ServicesBusinessbachelors—$63,005
Bible/Biblical StudiesTheologybachelors——
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBiological Sciencesbachelors——

Campus facts

Athletics — 9 sports

NAIA Division I · NAIA

Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $2,210,853 (M $1,427,615 · W $783,238)

Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.

Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Trinity Christian College’s 796 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.

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