Wabash College
Crawfordsville, IN · Private · Town (distant)
Private institution in Crawfordsville, IN · 845 undergraduates · 63% acceptance rate · $69,952 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 13%Graduation rate (4-year)
- Top 14%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- Top 14%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 22%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $21,9061,260th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $49,1251,793rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $49,1251,789th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $62,7501,721st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,0001,593rd lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $69,952280th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $52,667432nd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 77.1%257th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 85.6%402nd highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 62.8%448th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1210376th highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 26270th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 8451,455th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9.0:1298th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 22.5%1,571st highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 129 mi (MDW)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- EDNov 15
- EADec 1
- RDJan 15
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 23 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| EconomicsSocial Sciences | bachelors | $51,273 | $52,107 |
| MathematicsMathematics & Statistics | bachelors | $50,856 | $51,482 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesEnglish Language & Literature | bachelors | $47,260 | $49,058 |
| Political Science and GovernmentSocial Sciences | bachelors | $39,585 | $37,208 |
| English Language and Literature, GeneralEnglish Language & Literature | bachelors | $32,711 | $23,351 |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | $31,305 | $41,565 |
| History | bachelors | $25,194 | $33,993 |
| Applied MathematicsMathematics & Statistics | bachelors | — | — |
| Area StudiesArea & Ethnic Studies | bachelors | — | — |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| ChemistryPhysical Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsForeign Languages | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- A men's collegesource
- Founded in 1832source
- Athletic nickname: "Little Giants"source
- Competes in NCAA Division IIIsource
- Mascot: Wally Wabashsource
- Motto: "Scientiae et Virtuti (Latin)"source
- Formerly known as "The Wabash Teachers Seminary and Manual Labor College" (1832–1851)source
- Athletic conference: NCACsource
- Plays for the "Monon Bell" (since 1890)source
- Fight song: ""Old Wabash""source
- Notable alum: Thomas R. Marshallsource
- Notable alum: Dean Jaggersource
- Notable alum: Dan Simmonssource
- Notable alum: Max Wrightsource
- Notable alum: Mike Braunsource
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Wabash College’s 845 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In IN
- Franklin CollegeFranklin, IN · 872 undergrads
- Manchester UniversityNorth Manchester, IN · 895 undergrads
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods CollegeSaint Mary of the Woods, IN · 896 undergrads
- Goshen CollegeGoshen, IN · 761 undergrads
- Hanover CollegeHanover, IN · 958 undergrads
- Huntington UniversityHuntington, IN · 1,016 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Converse UniversitySpartanburg, SC · 845 undergrads
- The Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryLouisville, KY · 844 undergrads
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · 843 undergrads
- Philander Smith UniversityLittle Rock, AR · 842 undergrads
- Spring Hill CollegeMobile, AL · 850 undergrads
- Shaw UniversityRaleigh, NC · 839 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitewabash.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 152673)
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