Editing Trinity Washington University (section)

{{Short description|Catholic university in Washington, D.C.}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Trinity Washington University
 | native_name            = 
 | latin_name             = 
 | image                  = Logo-Trinity-Washington-University.jpg
 | image_size             = 200px
 | motto                  = 
 | established            = 1897
 | type                   = [[Private university]]
 | affiliation            = [[Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur]]
 | religious_affiliation  = [[Catholic Church]]
 | president              = [[Patricia McGuire]]
 | students               = 1,800
 | city                   = [[Washington, D.C.]]
 | state                  = 
 | country                = United States
 | colors                 = Purple & Gold<br>{{color box|4b306a}} {{color box|fcd450}}
 | colours                = 
 | nickname               = Tigers
 | mascot                 = Tiger
 | sporting_affiliations  = [[NCAA Division III]]
 | former_names           = Trinity College (1897–2004)
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities|ACCU]]|[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]|[[Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area|CUWMA]]}}
 | website                = {{url|http://www.trinitydc.edu}}
 | accreditation          = [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education|MSCHE]]
}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}'''Trinity Washington University''' is a [[private university|private]] Catholic university in [[Washington, D.C.]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Spotlight On: Trinity at 125 — Moving Forward in the 21st Century|url= https://snddeneastwest.org/spotlight-on-trinity-at-125/|access-date=2024-12-29|website=snddenusa.org -[[Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur]]}}</ref> It was founded as '''Trinity College''' by the [[Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur]] in 1897 as the nation's first Catholic [[liberal arts college]] for women. Trinity was chartered by an Act of Congress on August 20, 1897. An elite collegian institution in its early life, the college faced declining enrollment by the 1980s. It chose to begin recruiting local underprivileged students, and became predominantly black and Hispanic.<ref name="Chronicle transformation">{{Cite web|last=Schmalz|first=Julia|date=2015-03-25|title=How an Elite Women's College Lost Its Base and Found Its Mission|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-an-elite-womens-college-lost-its-base-and-found-its-mission/|access-date=2021-08-19|website=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]}}</ref> It became Trinity Washington University in 2004.

Trinity enrolls more than 1,800 students in its undergraduate and graduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing and Health Professions, School of Education, School of Business and Graduate Studies, and School of Professional Studies. Trinity's student body in 2020 includes about 95% ethnic minorities, including about 65% Black/African American and 30% Latino/Hispanic. Trinity is designated by the [[United States Department of Education|U.S. Department of Education]] as a [[Minority-serving institution|Minority Serving Institution]] and is the only university in the D.C. region, as well as one of only a few in the nation, designated as both a [[Historically black colleges and universities|Predominantly Black Institution]] (PBI) and [[Hispanic-serving institution|Hispanic Serving Institution]] (HSI).
Trinity has a 97% acceptance rate with 35% of students graduating.<ref name=DeptEd/>