Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses Overview

Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Fort Wayne is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Trine since the student to facuty ratio is 7 to 1.
• Students at Trine have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 5%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Trine.
• In 2017-2018, 45% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Trine with a bachelor's degree make about $43,300 a year. That's 6% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Trine.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#10	Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Value Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#30	Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#63	Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#85	Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#108	Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Trine has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#46	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marketing	College Factual
#65	Best Value Colleges for General Psychology	College Factual
#65	Best Value Colleges for General Psychology	College Factual
#71	Best Value Colleges for Psychology	College Factual
#104	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	College Factual
#205	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses?

Contact details for Trine are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9910 Dupont Circle Drive East, Fort Wayne, IN 46825
Phone:	260-483-4949
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/TrineUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/trineuniversity

How Do I Get Into Trine?

You can apply to Trine online at: www.trine.edu/online/admission/index.aspx

Admission Requirements for Trine

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	neither required nor recommended
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Trine?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Trine. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 39%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 29% of accepted students are men and 71% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 29%, and the acceptance rate for women is 45%.

Can I Afford Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses?

The student loan default rate at Trine is 4.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 334 undergraduate students at Trine, with 152 being full-time and 182 being part-time.

There are also 707 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 152 full-time undergraduates at Trine, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	114
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Online Learning at Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses

There are 16 bachelor’s degree and 5 master’s degree programs available online at Trine. In 2019-2020, 1,040 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Trine has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 16th most popular in Indiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Trine

The following table shows how Trine is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
General Engineering Technology	#16	#4
International Business	#28	#13
Finance & Financial Management	#46	#7
Human Resource Management	#58	#13
Engineering-Related Fields	#70	#7

Online Affordability Rankings of Trine Rankings

The following table shows how Trine is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	#1	#1
General Engineering Technology	#1	#1
Engineering-Related Fields	#4	#4
Industrial Production Technology	#4	#4
International Business	#7	#4
Information Science	#7	#4
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#18	#15
Communication & Journalism	#19	#10
Communication & Media Studies	#19	#13
Engineering Technologies	#19	#13
Finance & Financial Management	#21	#12
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#22	#16
Business, Management & Marketing	#22	#16
Computer & Information Sciences	#23	#17
Business Administration & Management	#28	#25
Marketing	#31	#22
General Psychology	#34	#19
Psychology	#40	#25
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#40	#31
Liberal Arts General Studies	#40	#31
Health & Medical Administrative Services	#40	#34
Accounting	#43	#34
Human Resource Management	#45	#39
Health Professions	#45	#30

Online Growth Rankings of Trine

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses was 15.1%. This is the #1,202 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Trine regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Trine majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Accounting	30%
Computer & Information Sciences	20%
Engineering-Related Fields	11%
Information Science	20%
Marketing	50%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Trine ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Trine.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Engineering Technology	#13
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	#19
Industrial Production Technology	#34
International Business	#40
Information Science	#64
Engineering-Related Fields	#72
Finance & Financial Management	#83
Communication & Media Studies	#109
Marketing	#163
Communication & Journalism	#186
Human Resource Management	#190
General Psychology	#192
Engineering Technologies	#202
Psychology	#299
Accounting	#403
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#485

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	2	35	75	112
Information Science	0	0	35	35
Engineering-Related Fields	0	6	21	27
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	15	10	25
General Psychology	0	21	0	21
Accounting	2	8	0	10
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	0	5	0	5
Industrial Production Technology	0	3	0	3
Liberal Arts General Studies	3	0	0	3
Marketing	0	2	0	2
Human Resource Management	0	1	0	1
Communication & Media Studies	0	1	0	1
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	0	0
International Business	0	0	0	0
General Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	7	97	141	245

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.