Trinity Christian College
Trinity Christian College is a private Christian college in Palos Heights, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1959 by a group of Chicago businessmen who wanted to establish a college providing students with a Christian higher education in a Reformed tradition as a college in Illinois. The college offers degrees in more than 70 programs of study. In 2023-2024 it reduced the employees by 10 percent. On November 4, 2025, Trinity Christian College announced it would close at the end of the 2025-26 academic calendar.
Campus
The Martin and Janet Ozinga Chapel, a 1200-seat facility, provides practice and rehearsal rooms for the music department, and houses the campus ministries program under the direction of the campus chaplain. The Grand Lobby has hosted a variety of events beneath its stained glass window, the first of a series of stained glass panels hung throughout the building designed to celebrate Trinity Christian's mission in Reformed higher education.The Heritage Science Center comprises 38,000-square feet of classroom and lab space for chemistry, biology, and physics programs, as well as classrooms and a lecture hall for technology and computer science studies.
The Art and Communication Center, provides Trinity Christian students with art and design studios, a graphic design lab, student gallery, The Marg Kallemeyn Theatre for the performing arts, and the Seerveld Gallery that welcomes guest artists and student artists.
New athletics fields and a new athletics complex have been in development with completion of the DeVos Athletics and Recreation Center in the autumn of 2013. The facility features a state of the art lab for exercise students, a bouldering wall, and a fitness center.
Academics
Trinity Christian College claimed a cohesive approach to its core curriculum of philosophy, history, English, and theology. Although students are drawn from predominantly Reformed and Presbyterian church backgrounds, students also come from other Christian traditions such as Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, and Roman Catholic.Accreditation and memberships
Trinity Christian College is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and the Council for Independent Colleges. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.Adult undergraduate programs
In 1998 Trinity Christian College opened the TRACS department, now called Adult Undergraduate Programs, to serve the needs of the non-traditional student. Adults 23 years of age and older could complete their college degree through this program.Graduate studies
In 2012 Trinity Christian College began offering two graduate level programs: a Master of Arts in Special Education and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology.Athletics
The Trinity Christian athletic teams was called the Trolls. The college is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, primarily competing in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference since the 1987–1988 academic year. The teams were also a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association, primarily competing as an independent in the North Central Region of the Division I level.Trinity Christian competed in 14 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, track & field and volleyball. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, track & field and volleyball.
The women's soccer team collected Trinity's first national title by winning the NCCAA National Soccer Tournament in 2005 and returned to the NCCAA national finals in 2007.