Trinity International University-Illinois
Deerfield, IL · Private · Large suburb · TIUI
Private institution in Deerfield, IL · 140 undergraduates · 93% acceptance rate · $46,989 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 14%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 20%Out-of-state tuition & fees
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
- $21,3861,214th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $12,320778th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $12,320399th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $47,7511,410th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $26,0821,504th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $46,9891,244th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $41,5451,120th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 45.6%1,325th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 4.7%1,821st highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 93.2%1,336th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- 18912th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1401,930th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1298th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 32.9%1,047th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 16 mi (ORD)
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 24 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business/Commerce, GeneralBusiness | bachelors | $41,937 | $46,087 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | $37,208 | $36,560 |
| Health and Physical Education/FitnessParks, Recreation & Fitness | bachelors | $36,131 | — |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $34,847 | $30,409 |
| Religious EducationTheology | bachelors | $32,213 | $31,314 |
| Psychology, GeneralPsychology | bachelors | $31,839 | $31,848 |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | $31,799 | $33,993 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Bible/Biblical StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| English Language and Literature, GeneralEnglish Language & Literature | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- Religious affiliation: Evangelical Free Church of Americasource
- Founded in 1950source
- Athletic nickname: "Trojans"source
- School colors: #005DAB and #FFFFFFsource
- Motto: "Entrusted with the Gospel"source
- Campus size: about 111 acressource
- Formerly known as "Swedish Bible Institute of Chicago" (1897–1925)source
- Formerly known as "Norwegian-Danish Bible Institute and Academy (1910–????)"source
- Formerly known as "Swedish Evangelical Free Church Bible Institute and Seminary" (1925–1949)source
- Formerly known as "Trinity Seminary and Bible Institute (????–1949)"source
- Formerly known as "Trinity Seminary and Bible College" (1949–1961)source
- Formerly known as "Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Trinity College" (1961–1995)source
- Notable alum: Lazarus Chakwerasource
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Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Trinity International University-Illinois’s 140 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In IL
- Saint Anthony College of NursingRockford, IL · 152 undergrads
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- Telshe Yeshiva-ChicagoChicago, IL · 78 undergrads
Elsewhere
- American College of the Building ArtsCharleston, SC · 140 undergrads
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- California Intercontinental UniversitySioux Falls, SD · 141 undergrads
- Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish CollegeNew Town, ND · 139 undergrads
- Women's Institute of Torah Seminary and CollegeBaltimore, MD · 141 undergrads
- Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of RocklandSuffern, NY · 141 undergrads
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