<p>dke,</p>
<p>I have wondered about that, too. I think it has mostly to do with what is called Carnegie classification, and because Trinity has those 5 (pesky, to folks like you amd me) graduate programs, but no doctoral programs, I don’t think it will happen. </p>
<p>FWIW, over the years, some schools that were previously in the Master’s category, have been moved (U of Richmond, for example). With its schools, I don’t see how that happened. I know of other LACs that are categorized as National that have some graduate degrees, though.</p>
<p>If you ever wondered, I have looked at a lot of stats, and I think in the national category TU would come in ~30, if it ever got placed in that group.</p>