Wabash College
Private College in Crawfordsville, IN. Six-year graduation rate 77%. Median 10-year earnings $69,952.
Students who entered Wabash College reach a median of $69,952 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. 77% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 77% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 63% puts Wabash College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 2,199 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 18% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. The score bands below cover the middle 50% of the enrolled students who submitted a score — not the whole class, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 520–620 | 134 (52%) |
| SAT Math | 540–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 23–28 | 19 (7%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 77% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 93% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 17% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 845 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $25,562 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $16,586 at $0–30k versus $30,511 at $110k+. Most students get help: 99% receive grants worth $40,300 on average. Most students borrow — 62% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 229 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $16,586 |
| $30–48k | $13,526 |
| $48–75k | $18,175 |
| $75–110k | $18,681 |
| $110k+ | $30,511 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 522 of these 845 students, totalling $3,348,216 — an average of $6,414 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Montgomery County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)