Wittenberg University
Private College in Springfield, OH. Six-year graduation rate 53%. Median 10-year earnings $54,947.
Students who entered Wittenberg University land at a median of $54,947 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 53%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Wittenberg University accepts 72% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 4,528 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 12%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. The score bands below rest on the 9% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, 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 | 500–650 | 35 (9%) |
| SAT Math | 480–625 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–28 | 87 (23%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 53% finish inside six years. 63% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. 30% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,269 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $23,537 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $17,609 at $0–30k against $25,058 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 99% of students receive it, averaging $37,393. Most students borrow — 87% 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 · 383 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 | $17,609 |
| $30–48k | $16,328 |
| $48–75k | $17,197 |
| $75–110k | $19,178 |
| $110k+ | $25,058 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,100 of these 1,269 students, totalling $6,849,242 — an average of $6,227 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Clark County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Probation (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)