Occidental College vs Trinity College

Los Angeles, CA · Hartford, CT · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair CA:CT

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

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

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.

  • Occidental College: enrollment shrank -9.1% over 2013–2023; fitted -15 students/yr fitted, r² 0.61.
  • Trinity College: enrollment ranged 2,141–2,262 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Occidental College: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.36).
  • 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 · 1 tied metrics omitted. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Occidental College vs Trinity College

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Trinity College leads on acceptance rate (29.3% vs 44.2% at Occidental College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Trinity College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($67,628 vs $52,209 at Occidental College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Trinity College leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($90,779 vs $75,951 at Occidental College)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between Occidental College and Trinity College?
Trinity College leads on acceptance rate at 29.3% versus 44.2% at Occidental College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Occidental College and Trinity College?
Trinity College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $67,628 versus $52,209 at Occidental College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Occidental College and Trinity College?
Trinity College leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $90,779 versus $75,951 at Occidental College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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