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Wittenberg University

Wittenberg University is a private campus in Springfield proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Evangelical Lutheran Church affiliation in its federal filings.

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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

$13,347

family income
under $30k

$14,344

$30–48k

$17,504

$48–75k

$22,410

$75–110k

$24,825

over $110k

Average net price

$18,6492023–24Skip 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 Wittenberg University fell from $22,618 (2008) to $18,649 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$22,618
2009	$27,286
2010	$25,429
2011	$24,708
2012	$26,616
2013	$23,944
2014	$24,243
2015	$23,777
2016	$24,263
2017	$23,431
2018	$22,886
2019	$21,508
2020	$21,795
2021	$22,729
2022	$19,470
2023	$18,649

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$57,7992024–25Skip 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 Wittenberg University rose from $44,550 (2009) to $57,799 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$44,550
2010	$45,962
2011	$47,956
2012	$49,228
2013	$50,728
2014	$50,115
2015	$49,790
2016	$49,930
2017	$50,473
2018	$50,692
2019	$52,584
2020	$53,219
2021	$54,249
2022	$55,565
2023	$56,353
2024	$57,799

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	$21,640
2001	$22,530
2002	$23,610
2003	$24,792
2004	$26,196
2005	$27,542
2006	$29,280
2007	$31,400
2008	$33,236
2013	$38,030
2014	$38,030
2015	$38,090
2016	$38,090
2017	$38,730
2018	$39,500
2019	$40,280
2020	$41,476
2021	$42,288
2022	$43,106
2023	$44,602

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

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $45,940 before grants and other attendance costs. At Wittenberg University, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,215 — Wittenberg University is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

52.7% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Wittenberg University 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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52.7%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 Wittenberg University fell from 68.9% (entered 1991) to 52.7% (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	68.9%
1992 cohort	72.5%
1993 cohort	66.2%
1994 cohort	67.5%
1995 cohort	70.9%
1996 cohort	69.8%
1997 cohort	70.8%
1998 cohort	65.3%
1999 cohort	65%
2000 cohort	66.4%
2001 cohort	61.5%
2002 cohort	62.8%
2003 cohort	65.9%
2004 cohort	65.5%
2005 cohort	71.3%
2006 cohort	65.2%
2007 cohort	62.6%
2008 cohort	68.6%
2009 cohort	63.5%
2010 cohort	67.8%
2011 cohort	66.5%
2012 cohort	62.2%
2013 cohort	63%
2014 cohort	63%
2015 cohort	64.4%
2016 cohort	57.3%
2017 cohort	53.8%
2018 cohort	52.7%

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)	$15,940	$2,646
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$16,247	$4,376
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$16,942	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$17,125	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$17,125	$8,875
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$17,125	$11,875
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,125	$5,625
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$7,188
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$20,125	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$22,755	$7,946
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$25,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$27,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$27,000	$7,718
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$27,000	$9,130
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$27,000	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$27,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$27,000	$12,000
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$27,000	$17,231
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$27,000	$14,750
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$27,000	$10,000

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

$42,437

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$50,830

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$54,947

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

Wittenberg University admitted 3,276 of 4,528 applicants in Fall 2024. The 72.3% rate describes that application pool.

72.3%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $44,602 tuition · 2023–24 1,215 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 980–12751600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Wittenberg University received 4,528 applications and admitted 3,276 (72.3%), with 381 enrolling.

Wittenberg University reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Wittenberg University’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 500–650 and Math was 480–625 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 980–1275 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	500	570	650
SAT Math	480	580	625
ACT Composite	21	24	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

72.4%Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Read Wittenberg University's change from 86.5% to 72.4% as a share of applications, not an explanation of admissions decisions. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	86.5%
Fall 2002	88.5%
Fall 2003	80.2%
Fall 2004	80.9%
Fall 2005	84.8%
Fall 2006	81.9%
Fall 2007	72.5%
Fall 2008	72.5%
Fall 2009	68.8%
Fall 2010	72%
Fall 2011	72.8%
Fall 2012	91.2%
Fall 2013	89.3%
Fall 2014	91.4%
Fall 2015	76.9%
Fall 2016	78.3%
Fall 2017	72.2%
Fall 2018	73.7%
Fall 2019	91.3%
Fall 2020	97.4%
Fall 2021	92.3%
Fall 2022	93.9%
Fall 2023	91%
Fall 2024	72.4%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

980–1275Fall 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	912	1322
Fall 2002	900	1340
Fall 2003	1040	1250
Fall 2004	1020	1250
Fall 2005	1020	1250
Fall 2006	1050	1290
Fall 2007	990	1230
Fall 2008	990	1230
Fall 2009	1060	1230
Fall 2010	1000	1240
Fall 2011	1020	1240
Fall 2012	1000	1240
Fall 2013	1040	1240
Fall 2019	1025	1200
Fall 2021	1010	1230
Fall 2022	1050	1370
Fall 2023	1070	1260
Fall 2024	980	1275

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

21–28Fall 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	19	29
Fall 2002	19	29
Fall 2003	21	26
Fall 2004	21	27
Fall 2005	21	27
Fall 2006	22	27
Fall 2007	22	27
Fall 2008	22	27
Fall 2009	23	29
Fall 2010	22	28
Fall 2011	22	28
Fall 2012	23	28
Fall 2013	23	28
Fall 2019	20	27
Fall 2021	19	26
Fall 2022	21	28
Fall 2023	20	27
Fall 2024	21	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

1,215Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Undergraduate enrollment at Wittenberg University fell from 2,180 (Fall 2002) to 1,215 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	2,180
Fall 2003	2,112
Fall 2004	2,056
Fall 2005	1,983
Fall 2006	1,976
Fall 2007	1,999
Fall 2008	1,911
Fall 2009	1,840
Fall 2010	1,816
Fall 2011	1,837
Fall 2012	1,834
Fall 2013	1,891
Fall 2014	1,896
Fall 2015	1,805
Fall 2016	1,894
Fall 2017	1,780
Fall 2018	1,701
Fall 2019	1,525
Fall 2020	1,413
Fall 2021	1,256
Fall 2022	1,235
Fall 2023	1,269
Fall 2024	1,215

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

63%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 Wittenberg University fell from 80% (Fall 2002) to 63% (Fall 2023).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	80%
Fall 2003 cohort	82%
Fall 2004 cohort	79%
Fall 2005 cohort	82%
Fall 2006 cohort	80%
Fall 2007 cohort	73%
Fall 2008 cohort	78%
Fall 2009 cohort	78%
Fall 2010 cohort	79%
Fall 2011 cohort	78%
Fall 2012 cohort	74%
Fall 2013 cohort	80%
Fall 2014 cohort	75%
Fall 2015 cohort	78%
Fall 2016 cohort	72%
Fall 2017 cohort	70%
Fall 2018 cohort	70%
Fall 2019 cohort	76%
Fall 2020 cohort	70%
Fall 2021 cohort	75%
Fall 2022 cohort	74%
Fall 2023 cohort	63%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Wittenberg University

34.9% of Wittenberg University's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Wittenberg University as a primarily residential campus of 1,215 undergraduates — and 63.4% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Wittenberg University's SAT section-percentile sums are 980–1275 — their midpoint is near the OH four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Wittenberg University'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 Wittenberg University 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

Wittenberg University72.3%

Ohio median75.9%

National median76.8%

Tuition

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

Wittenberg University$45,940

Ohio median$29,500

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

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

Wittenberg University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Wittenberg University$54,947

Ohio median$52,356

National median$53,781

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Wittenberg University, Ohio and national reference values
Metric & basis	Wittenberg University	Ohio median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	72.3%	75.9%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$45,940	$29,500	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$54,947	$52,356	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

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

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

View 13 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Finance and Financial Management Services	$95,069
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$72,289
Marketing	$69,280
Accounting and Related Services	$65,481
Business/Commerce, General	$62,936
Communication and Media Studies	$56,711
Biology, General	$53,304
Psychology, General	$50,147
Political Science and Government	$46,577
Sociology	$44,809
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$44,325
History	$43,712
English Language and Literature, General	$40,078

These 13 fields listed for Wittenberg University measure earnings after completion. The $54,947 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 26 additional Wittenberg University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Wittenberg University report?

Wittenberg University's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 980–1275 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Wittenberg University's acceptance rate?

72.3% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 3,276 admitted from 4,528 applicants.

How much does Wittenberg University cost?

At Wittenberg University, tuition is $45,940. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Wittenberg University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $54,947. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Ohio

Walsh University — 70.7% admitted
Youngstown State University — 84.4% admitted
Ursuline College — 74.9% admitted
Tiffin University — 80% 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.