Franklin and Marshall College vs Trinity College

Lancaster, PA · Hartford, CT · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair PA:CT

PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-PAR · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-DEBT

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE PA × CT
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Franklin and Marshall College: enrollment shrank -15.8% over 2013–2023; fitted -25 students/yr fitted, r² 0.41.
  • Trinity College: enrollment ranged 2,141–2,262 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Franklin and Marshall College: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.14).
  • Trinity College: acceptance rate eased +5.5% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.45).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Franklin and Marshall College vs Trinity College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Franklin and Marshall College leads on median debt at graduation ($19,000 vs $23,000 at Trinity College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Trinity College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($90,779 vs $76,124 at Franklin and Marshall College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Trinity College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($67,628 vs $62,544 at Franklin and Marshall College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Franklin and Marshall College and Trinity College?
Franklin and Marshall College leads on median debt at graduation at $19,000 versus $23,000 at Trinity College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Franklin and Marshall College and Trinity College?
Trinity College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $90,779 versus $76,124 at Franklin and Marshall College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Franklin and Marshall College and Trinity College?
Trinity College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $67,628 versus $62,544 at Franklin and Marshall College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025