Bella Chirkis ’27
Editor in Chief
The fall semester is in full swing as the newest group of Bantams, the first-year class of 2030, join campus.
The class of 2030 contains 572 first year students as well as 19 transfer students. This is a 20% increase in the number of first-years committed to Trinity as compared to the class of 2029 which was 482. With 7,055 applicants and 2,024 accepted students, the class of 2030 had an acceptance rate of 28.7%, a similar mark to the previous year’s 29%. The yield rate (the percent of students who enroll after acceptance) as calculated by the Tripod for the class is 28%, a mark that would be slightly higher than in previous years. Some fun facts about the class of 2030: they contain 101 first generation students (representing 18% of the class), and the most common names of the new Bantams are William and Katherine.
The class of 2030 hails from 36 different states and 26 different countries. The most popular state among the newest Bantams is Massachusetts. The furthest student is traveling to Trinity from up 9,050 miles away, and the closest is just 0.5 miles away, right here in Hartford. 45% of the freshman class come from a public high school, 34% from an independent school, 19% come from religious schooling and 2% from a charter school.
As far as Trinity’s academics, 55% of new students have expressed interest in majoring in the social sciences, 33% are drawn to STEM fields, and 12% of new Bantams are intending to go into arts and humanities.
In an email conversation with Kate Hency, Trinity’s senior associate director of enrollment operations & data analytics, she noted that this data is only final as of the College’s convocation ceremony on Sept. 3. Official class statistics will not be finalized until the College’s census date at the end of September.
