| Location: | Midwest |
| Setting: | Small Town Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Size: | Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad) |
| Mascot: | Thunder |
The Mission of Tri-State University, a private institution founded in 1884, is to provide career-oriented higher education in the areas of engineering, business, arts and sciences and teacher education in a learning environment in which students receive personal attention through small classes and excellent teaching. The Institution's undergraduate and graduate programs encourage and foster lifelong learning that prepare graduates to be productive in professional-level positions early in their careers, to advance to leadership roles, and to provide service to society.
The purposes of Tri-State University are as follows:
I. to provide students with educational tools needed to develop careers of leadership in their chosen professions;
II. to provide students with general education courses and activities that expose them to a variety of academic disciplines, broadening their cultural horizons;
III. to provide students with continuing programs that respond to contemporary needs of businesses and industries in the community and region;
IV. to provide students with opportunities to pursue graduate studies, lifelong learning and professional expertise; and
V. to provide students with higher education designed to enable them to be contributing citizens of local, regional and international communities, primarily in the areas of engineering, business and teacher education.
Tri-State University (TSU) is a private U.S. Midwest university with its main campus located in Angola, Indiana, along with branch campuses for the School of Professional Studies in South Bend, IN, Merrillville, IN, Angola North campus in Angola, IN and Fort Wayne, IN. Founded in 1884 as Tri-State Normal College, the university has been traditionally noted for its engineering program; however, it also offers degrees in arts & sciences; teaching; areas of business; entrepreneurship; and golf management. Tri-State University has also begun a masters program in engineering technology, mechanical engineering, and civil engineering. The School of Professional Studies also offers a masters of science in criminal justice at its Fort Wayne, IN branch campus. For many years its mascot was the Trojans; however TSU changed their mascot to the TSU Thunder in 1990.
On September 24, 2007, the university trustees announced that Tri-State University will change its name to Trine University on August 1, 2008 in response to the need to represent itself as a premier private institution; losing its reference to a state funded institution in its name as well as losing the geographic reference to the Tri-State area. The trustees have honored alumnus Ralph Trine (BSME '61) and his family with the renaming honors.
Students at Tri-State University come from many different parts of the country, though most typically hail from the Midwest states of Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. Tri-State University also hosts a small-sized population international students, primarily from the South Pacific, the PRC, South America, and India. The University requires that all students not living with a legal guardian and under the class standing of junior to live in one of its on-campus resident halls (Fabiani, Stewart, Alwood, Cameron, Platt, and Conrad). TSU also has recently built the Trine and Ingledue Villas, apartment-style housing for juniors and seniors meeting academic standards on campus. Also, since the fall semester of 2007, students have three new apartment-style dorms to live in. These new dorms feature suite-style living. Each apartment has two or three bedrooms, with two students in each room. Freshmen are permitted to have cars on campus. National fraternities on the campus include Alpha Sigma Phi, Delta Chi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Theta, Sigma Phi Epsilon,Tau Kappa Epsilon, Triangle Fraternity, and Sigma Phi Delta. Local sororities on campus include Gamma Phi Epsilon, Zeta Theta Epsilon, Kappa Sigma Alpha, Alpha Theta Pi and Phi Sigma. The school features a very active Christian Campus House ministry.
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| Percent of Students International: | 1% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 61% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Assoc) Basketball (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Assoc) Baseball (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Assoc) Track (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Assoc) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 20,200 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,312 | 22% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 4,709 | 26% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 6,774 | 99% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 2,343 | 98% | |
Any Aid: |
99% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 75% (Selective) |
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| SAT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 56% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 450, Math: 490 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 570, Math: 600 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 44% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 20, Verbal: 18, Math: 19 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 25, Verbal: 24, Math: 26 |
| Application Fee: | $ 20.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Recommended |
| TOEFL: | Recommended |
| Test Scores: | Required |
