Trinity College is a

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, United States. Founded as Washington College in 1823, it is the second-oldest college in the state of

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. Coeducational since 1969, the college enrolls 2,235 students. Trinity offers 41 majors and 28 interdisciplinary minors. The college is a member of the

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(NESCAC).

History

19th century

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alumni. A 14-acre site was chosen, at the time about a half-mile from the city of Hartford. The college was renamed "Trinity College" in 1845; the original campus consisted of two Greek Revival buildings. One of the Greek Revival buildings housed a chapel, library, and lecture rooms. The other was a dormitory for the male students. Burgesplan

In 1872, Trinity College was persuaded by the state to move from its downtown "College Hill" location (now Capitol Hill, site of the state capitol building) to its current campus a mile southwest. Although the college sold its land overlooking the Park River and

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in 1872, it did not complete its move to its Gallows Hill campus until 1878. The original plans for the Gallows Hill site were drawn by the noted Victorian architect

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but were too ambitious and too expensive to be fully realized. Only one section of the proposed campus plan, the Long Walk, was completed. By 1889, the library contained 30,000 volumes, and the school graduated over 900 students. Enrollment reached 122 in 1892.

20th century

President Remsen Ogilby (1920–1943) enlarged the campus, and more than doubled the endowment. The faculty grew from 25 to 62, and the student body from 167 to 530 men. Under President Keith Funston (1943–1951), returning veterans expanded the enrollment to 900. In 1962,

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(CPTV) began its first broadcasts in the Trinity College Public Library, and later in Boardman Hall, a science building on campus. In 1968, the trustees voted to withdraw from the Association of Episcopal Colleges. Also in 1968, the trustees of Trinity College voted to make a commitment to enroll more minority students, providing financial aid as needed. This decision was preceded by a siege of the administrative offices in the Downes and Williams Memorial buildings during which Trinity students would not allow the president or trustees to leave until they agreed to the resolution. In 1969, Trinity College became coeducational and admitted its first female students, as transfers from

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and

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Academics

Trinity offers undergraduate degrees in 41 majors with options of 28 minors and a self-designed major, and

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in a few subjects. Trinity is part of a small group of liberal arts schools that offer degrees in engineering. Trinity has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1. Its most popular undergraduate majors, by number out of 517 graduates in 2022, were: *Political Science and Government (80) *Economics (64) *Psychology (41) *Econometrics and Quantitative Economics (38) *Engineering (28) *Neuroscience (24) *Biology/Biological Sciences (23)

Trinity College, Rome Campus

Trinity College, Rome Campus (TCRC), is a study abroad campus of Trinity College. It was established in 1970 and is in a residential area of Rome on the

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close to the Basilica of Santa Sabina within the precincts of a convent run by an order of nuns.

Admissions

The 2020 annual ranking by '' U.S. News & World Report'' categorizes Trinity as "more selective". For the Class of 2028 (enrolling fall 2024), Trinity received 7,592 applications, accepted 29%, and ultimately enrolled 547 students. As of fall 2015, Trinity College does not require the SAT or ACT for students applying for admission. Of the 31% of enrolled freshmen submitting

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, the middle 50% range was 630–710 for evidence-based reading and writing, and 670–750 for math, while of the 23% of enrolled freshmen submitting ACT results, the middle 50% range for the composite score was 29–32.

Rankings and reputation

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'' magazine ranked Trinity College 17th amongst all liberal arts universities and 71st amongst all colleges and universities on its 2024-25 list. In 2024, ''

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'' ranked Trinity College 26th among 194 liberal arts colleges in the U.S. based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service. '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Trinity tied for 36th in its 2025 ranking of best national liberal arts colleges in the United States. It was also ranked 27th for best value school. However, these US News rankings likely reflect that Trinity joined the "

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" in August 2007, an organization of more than 100 of the nation's liberal arts schools, in refusing to participate in the magazine's rankings. Trinity College is

accredited Accreditation is the independent, third-party evaluation of a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) against recognised standards, conveying formal demonstration of its impartiality and competence to ...

by the

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. In 2016, authors Howard and Matthew Greene continued to include Trinity in the third edition of ''

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: 63 Top Colleges that Rival the Ivy League''.

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has given Trinity a 93 (out of 99) for selectivity and in 2017 named Trinity as a best value college. ''Money.com'' magazine ranked Trinity College 55th among all colleges and universities in the nation.

Student life

Mascot

120px, Illustration of a bantam, Trinity's mascot Trinity's mascot, the bantam, was conceived by

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, class of 1875, who was a federal judge and trustee of the college.

Student publication

'' The Trinity Tripod'', founded in 1904, is Trinity College's student newspaper.

Fraternities and sororities

According to the college, 18% of the student body are affiliated with a Greek organization. In 2012, then-president James F. Jones proposed a social policy for Trinity College which made a commitment, among other things, to require all sororities and fraternities to achieve gender parity within two years or face closure. Trinity College's co-ed mandate for fraternities and sororities was withdrawn in September 2015 and replaced with the "Campaign for Community" effort to establish more inclusive social traditions on campus. Trinity currently has several sororities and fraternities:

Hartford campus

Long Walk buildings

The first buildings completed on the current campus were Seabury and Jarvis halls in 1878. Together with Northam Towers, these make up what is known as the " Long Walk". These buildings are an early example of

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architecture in the United States, built to plans drawn up by

, with F.H. Kimball as supervising architect. The Long Walk has been expanded and is connected with several other buildings. On the northernmost end there is the chapel, whose western side is connected to the Downes and Williams Memorial building. Heading south, the next building is Jarvis Hall, named after

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. Jarvis becomes Northam Towers heading south, then Seabury Hall. Seabury Hall, named for

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, is connected to Hamlin Hall. To Hamlin's east is Cook, then Goodwin and then Woodward. The dormitories on the Long Walk end there, and the terminal building on the south end of the long walk is Clement/ Cinestudio. Clement is the chemistry building; Cinestudio a student run movie theater. If one travels to the south of Hamlin there will be Mather Hall and the Dean of Students Office.

Main quadrangle

Trinity's campus features a central green known as the Main Quad, designed by famed architect

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. The large expanse of grass is bound on the west by the Long Walk, on the east by the Lower Long Walk, on the north by the chapel, and on the south by the Cook and Goodwin-Woodward dormitories. Trinity's green is notable for its unusually large, rectangular size, running the entire length of the Long Walk and with no walkways traversing it. Trees on the Quad have been planted in a 'T' configuration (for Trinity) with the letter's base at the statue of Bishop Brownell (built 1867). and its top running the length of the Long Walk.

Film

Cinestudio is an art cinema with 1930s-style design. An article in the ''

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'' described this non-profit organization, which depends solely on grants and the efforts of volunteer workers who are paid in free movies.

Music

Trinity College hosts the Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival, one of the top competitions for young organists in North America. The festival features performances on the chapel organ, which was designed by Charles Nazarian, a college alumnus and pipe organ designer, in consultation with

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, who was the chapel organist and head of the college's music department from 1932 to 1967. The organ incorporates pipes from the chapel’s original 1932

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organ and was built in 1971 by

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of Hartford. The Chapel Singers perform concerts on campus as well as on domestic and international tours. Trinity also hosts the annual

Trinity International Hip Hop Festival The Trinity International Hip Hop Festival is a free music festival that brings together Hip Hop artists from around the world. It has been held annually at Trinity College in Hartford, CT since 2006. "The festival was designed to promote internat ...

. The festival was founded in 2006 with the goal of unifying Trinity with the city of Hartford. Since 2006, Trinity's WRTC FM radio station has broadcast th
Trinity Samba Fest
from the Hartford waterfront featuring regional and international talent.

Academic regalia

Trinity followed the European pattern of using

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from its foundation, and was one of only four US institutions (all associated with

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) to assign gowns and hoods for its degrees in 1883. There were six degrees awarded at the time, all taking a black gown of silk or stuff and a hood of black silk lined according to the degree: B.A. white silk, M.A. dove-colored silk, B.D. crimson silk, D.D. scarlet silk, L.L.D. pink silk, Mus.D. purple silk. In 1894, a year before the introduction of the intercollegiate code on academic costume, the college brought in a new scheme of academic regalia. The hoods and gowns followed the shape of those used at the

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except that the hood for Doctors of Divinity was of the shape used at the

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. A variety of different colours and fabrics were used for the hoods: B.A. black stuff edged palatinate purple, B.S. black stuff edged light blue silk, B.Litt. black stuff edged russet brown silk, B.D. black silk edged scarlet silk (not in use by 1957), L.L.B. black silk edged dark blue silk (not in use by 1957), Mus.B. black silk edged pink silk (not in use by 1957), M.A. black silk lined palatinate purple silk, M.S. black stuff lined light blue silk, D.D. scarlet cloth lined black silk, D.Litt. scarlet silk-lined russet brown silk, L.L.D. scarlet silk lined dark blue silk, D.C.L. crimson silk lined black silk, Mus.D. white silk-lined pink silk, D.Sc. black silk lined light blue silk, Ph.D. black silk lined people silk (not in use by 1957), M.D. scarlet silk lined maroon silk (not in use by 1957). D.P.H. black cloth lined salmon pink silk (1945), D.H.Litt. scarlet silk-lined people silk (1947), D.Hum. white silk-lined crimson (1957), and D.S.T. scarlet silk-lined blue with a gold chevron (1957) were later added. As of 2018, the hoods for doctorates (except the Ph.D. and M.D.) and for the M.Mus. remain in use for honorary degrees, with the further addition since 1957 of the D.F.A. wrote lined white with a red Chevron.

Athletics

Trinity's athletic teams teams are named the ''Bantams''. They compete in the

of the

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(NCAA)

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. The College offers 27 varsity teams, plus club sports, intramural sports.

Notable alumni

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, singer-songwriter Trinity College's distinguished alumni include many influential and historical people, including governors,

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members, federal judges, political commentators and journalists, and senior executives in business and industry. Notable alumni of Trinity College include: *

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and Oscar-nominated film producer (''

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, judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit *

, Class of 1991, political commentator, co-founder of ''

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, president of the

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's board of directors * Henry McBride, fourth

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''). Her two siblings are also Trinity graduates. Bridget McCormack is Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and

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* Neil Patel, American lawyer, conservative political advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, publisher and co-founder of

Gregory Anthony Perdicaris Gregory Anthony Perdicaris (originally Gregores Antones Perdicaris, ; 1810 – April 18, 1883) was a Greek American statesman, lawyer, professor, author, and entrepreneur. Perdicaris raised awareness about Greece in the United States during the ...

, first U.S. Consul to Greece *

Charles R. Perrin Charles R. Perrin is the Chairman of Warnaco. He previously served as the chairman and CEO of Avon Products and the chairman and CEO of Duracell. Early life and career Perrin obtained an BA from Trinity College, Hartford in 1967 and an MBA from C ...

, chairman of

Warnaco The Warnaco Group, Inc. was an American textile/clothing corporation which designed, sourced, marketed, licensed, and distributed a wide range of underwear, sportswear, and swimwear worldwide. Its products were sold under several brand names ...

, former chairman and CEO of Avon Products and of

Duracell Duracell Inc. is an American manufacturer of alkaline batteries, specialty cells, and rechargeables; it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway since 2016. The company has its origins in the 1920s, through the work of Samuel Ruben a ...

, singer-songwriter *

William C. Richardson William Chase Richardson (May 11, 1940 – May 18, 2021) received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College (Connecticut) and a Master in Business Administration degree (1964) and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1971).Stacy Hanna, "'I ...

, board director of

Exelon Exelon Corporation is an American public utility headquartered in Chicago, and incorporated in Pennsylvania. Exelon is the largest electric parent company in the United States by revenue and is the largest regulated electric utility in the Uni ...

; former president of

Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...

, Class of 1987, former Acting

J. H. Hobart Ward John Henry Hobart Ward (June 17, 1823 – July 24, 1903) was an American soldier who fought in the Mexican–American War and in the American Civil War. Ward joined the army in 1842 and fought in multiple battles in the Mexican–American war, ...

, US Army general *

, Class of 2001, conservative commentator, host of ''

Jesse Watters Primetime ''Jesse Watters Primetime'', known as ''Fox News Primetime'' from 2021 until 2022, is an American conservative talk show and current affairs program hosted by '' The Five'' co-host and political commentator Jesse Watters. The program airs live ...

'', and co-host of '' The Five'' on Fox News *

John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (November 15, 2022)Classic Connection review, ''WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who w ...

, eleventh presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States *

Leo Wise Leo Wise (October 28, 1849 – January 27, 1933) was a Jewish-American newspaper editor and publisher. Life Wise was born on October 28, 1849, in Albany, New York, the son of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise and Theresa Bloch. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohi ...

(1849–1933), newspaper editor and publisher * Charles C. Van Zandt, 34th

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