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Wabash College

Wabash College is based in the town of Crawfordsville, IN — a private campus in a small-town setting. The federal record classifies Wabash College as a men-only institution; check current eligibility with admissions.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$15,586

family income
under $30k

$15,820

$30–48k

$14,117

$48–75k

$19,613

$75–110k

$29,968

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$24,3362023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Wabash College rose from $18,181 (2008) to $24,336 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$18,181
2009	$21,336
2010	$23,525
2011	$23,946
2012	$22,723
2013	$24,206
2014	$20,373
2015	$21,644
2016	$21,870
2017	$20,549
2018	$19,015
2019	$22,910
2020	$19,772
2021	$22,067
2022	$21,906
2023	$24,336

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$65,1442024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Wabash College rose from $37,750 (2009) to $65,144 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$37,750
2010	$39,750
2011	$41,400
2012	$43,050
2013	$44,750
2014	$46,660
2015	$48,980
2016	$51,440
2017	$53,150
2018	$54,600
2019	$57,250
2020	$58,770
2021	$59,581
2022	$60,150
2023	$62,750
2024	$65,144

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$17,994
2001	$18,893
2002	$19,837
2003	$20,829
2004	$21,870
2005	$22,964
2006	$24,342
2007	$26,350
2008	$28,150
2013	$35,650
2014	$37,750
2015	$39,980
2016	$41,050
2017	$42,250
2018	$43,650
2019	$44,720
2020	$45,850
2021	$45,850
2022	$47,475
2023	$49,125

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $50,800 before grants and other attendance costs. At Wabash College, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 866 — Wabash College is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

77% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Wabash College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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77%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Wabash College rose from 65.6% (entered 1991) to 77% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	65.6%
1992 cohort	68.5%
1993 cohort	65.1%
1994 cohort	69.3%
1995 cohort	66.8%
1996 cohort	67.6%
1997 cohort	74.2%
1998 cohort	68.3%
1999 cohort	70.1%
2000 cohort	76.9%
2001 cohort	71%
2002 cohort	70%
2003 cohort	67.1%
2004 cohort	77.1%
2005 cohort	74.7%
2006 cohort	73.1%
2007 cohort	69.1%
2008 cohort	73.5%
2009 cohort	73.5%
2010 cohort	71.8%
2011 cohort	76.8%
2012 cohort	70.6%
2013 cohort	73.9%
2014 cohort	74.8%
2015 cohort	83%
2016 cohort	75.3%
2017 cohort	77.1%
2018 cohort	77%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$14,500	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$15,625	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$16,025	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$16,554	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$17,020	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$16,351	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$16,625	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$17,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$17,125	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$17,125	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,125	$4,875
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$7,125
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$18,125	$8,000
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$19,347	$8,000
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$21,000	$7,625
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$22,900	$5,750
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$23,000	$8,000
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$25,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$25,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$25,786	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$27,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$27,000	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$27,000	$7,751
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$27,000	$8,733

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$52,667

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$57,515

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$69,952

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Wabash College admitted 1,392 of 2,199 applicants in Fall 2024. The 63.3% rate describes that application pool.

63.3%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $49,125 tuition · 2023–24 866 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1060–12701600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Wabash College received 2,199 applications and admitted 1,392 (63.3%), with 256 enrolling.

Wabash College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Wabash College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 520–620 and Math was 540–650 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1060–1270 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	520	580	620
SAT Math	540	590	650
ACT Composite	23	26	28

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

63.3%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	54.5%
Fall 2002	50.2%
Fall 2003	49.8%
Fall 2004	49%
Fall 2005	50.9%
Fall 2006	51.4%
Fall 2007	47.2%
Fall 2008	49.1%
Fall 2009	48.8%
Fall 2010	56.4%
Fall 2011	62.9%
Fall 2012	67%
Fall 2013	69.6%
Fall 2014	70%
Fall 2015	61.4%
Fall 2016	62.6%
Fall 2017	63%
Fall 2018	65%
Fall 2019	64.2%
Fall 2020	63.2%
Fall 2021	61.6%
Fall 2022	61.5%
Fall 2023	62.8%
Fall 2024	63.3%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1060–1270Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1080	1300
Fall 2002	1090	1275
Fall 2003	1060	1285
Fall 2004	1080	1310
Fall 2005	1080	1310
Fall 2006	1070	1273
Fall 2007	1056	1290
Fall 2008	1040	1270
Fall 2009	1030	1260
Fall 2010	1050	1275
Fall 2011	1048	1260
Fall 2012	1040	1275
Fall 2013	1028	1250
Fall 2014	1020	1240
Fall 2015	1040	1250
Fall 2016	1020	1230
Fall 2017	1070	1280
Fall 2018	1100	1330
Fall 2019	1120	1320
Fall 2020	1120	1320
Fall 2021	1140	1340
Fall 2022	1122	1320
Fall 2023	1100	1300
Fall 2024	1060	1270

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

23–28Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	23	29
Fall 2002	23	28
Fall 2003	23	28
Fall 2004	23	28
Fall 2005	23	28
Fall 2006	23	28
Fall 2007	21	27
Fall 2008	22	28
Fall 2009	21	27
Fall 2010	22	28
Fall 2011	22	27
Fall 2012	22	28
Fall 2013	22	28
Fall 2014	22	27
Fall 2015	22	28
Fall 2016	23	28
Fall 2017	23	28
Fall 2018	23	28
Fall 2019	23	29
Fall 2020	22	29
Fall 2021	23	29
Fall 2022	22	30
Fall 2023	24	29
Fall 2024	23	28

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

866Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Wabash College has held near 866 from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	904
Fall 2003	857
Fall 2004	844
Fall 2005	869
Fall 2006	876
Fall 2007	910
Fall 2008	904
Fall 2009	874
Fall 2010	868
Fall 2011	907
Fall 2012	901
Fall 2013	896
Fall 2014	923
Fall 2015	866
Fall 2016	841
Fall 2017	862
Fall 2018	881
Fall 2019	866
Fall 2020	868
Fall 2021	840
Fall 2022	835
Fall 2023	845
Fall 2024	866

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

93%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Wabash College has held near 93% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	87%
Fall 2003 cohort	82%
Fall 2004 cohort	100%
Fall 2005 cohort	87%
Fall 2006 cohort	88%
Fall 2007 cohort	86%
Fall 2008 cohort	85%
Fall 2009 cohort	89%
Fall 2010 cohort	83%
Fall 2011 cohort	86%
Fall 2012 cohort	85%
Fall 2013 cohort	89%
Fall 2014 cohort	85%
Fall 2015 cohort	92%
Fall 2016 cohort	87%
Fall 2017 cohort	86%
Fall 2018 cohort	91%
Fall 2019 cohort	84%
Fall 2020 cohort	85%
Fall 2021 cohort	88%
Fall 2022 cohort	86%
Fall 2023 cohort	93%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Wabash College

23.7% of Wabash College's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Wabash College as a primarily residential campus of 866 undergraduates — and 93% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Wabash College's SAT section-percentile sums are 1060–1270 — their midpoint is above the IN four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Wabash College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Wabash College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Wabash College63.3%

Indiana median77.2%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Wabash College$50,800

Indiana median$32,352

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Wabash College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Wabash College$69,952

Indiana median$52,071

National median$53,781

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Wabash College, Indiana and national reference values
Metric & basis	Wabash College	Indiana median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	63.3%	77.2%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$50,800	$32,352	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$69,952	$52,071	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Wabash College, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Wabash College federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 7 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Economics	$87,372
Political Science and Government	$74,061
Religion/Religious Studies	$69,988
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$65,605
Biology, General	$62,653
History	$59,221
English Language and Literature, General	$53,638

These 7 fields listed for Wabash College measure earnings after completion. The $69,952 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 18 additional Wabash College fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Wabash College report?

Wabash College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1060–1270 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Wabash College's acceptance rate?

63.3% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,392 admitted from 2,199 applicants.

How much does Wabash College cost?

At Wabash College, tuition is $50,800. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Wabash College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $69,952. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Indiana

Taylor University — 73.5% admitted
Saint Mary's College — 76% admitted
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College — 72.4% admitted
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology — 76.9% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.