Wabash College
Crawfordsville, Indiana · Website
$69,952
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$69,952
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Wabash College is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Crawfordsville, Indiana with 866 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $24,336 a year (tuition and fees $50,800). It admits 63% of applicants and 77% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $69,952 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $27,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$24,336
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$50,800
US median $11,837
Admission rate
63%
US median 78%
Completion rate
77%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$27,000
About $286 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$69,952
Rank 379 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $24,336
- Tuition and fees
- $50,800
- Cost of attendance
- $65,144
- Students with a need-based grant
- 24%
- Students with federal loans
- 62%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $16,586
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $13,526
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $18,175
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $18,681
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $30,511
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $39,980 in 2015-16 to $50,800 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 63%
- Average SAT
- 1,180
- SAT reading, middle
- 620
- SAT math, middle
- 620
- ACT, middle
- 26
- Undergraduates
- 866
- Part-time students
- 0%
- Women
- 0%
- Students per teacher
- 9
- Completion rate
- 77%
- Retention rate
- 93%
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Programs
- 25
- Endowment
- $429.0M
- Other
- Men only
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 379 of 5,094 US colleges and 18 of 126 in Indiana (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | IN median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $24,336 | $19,432 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $50,800 | $10,090 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 63% | 80% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 77% | 62% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 93% | 75% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $27,000 | $16,666 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $52,667 | $36,186 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $69,952 | $43,603 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 70% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 85% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
25 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy, Politics, and EconomicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 25 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 20 | $27,000 | $32,834 | $74,061 | $63,293 |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 17 | $27,000 | Withheld | $62,653 | $57,214 |
| Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 17 | $27,000 | Withheld | Withheld | $55,695 |
| HistoryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 13 | $27,000 | $39,138 | $59,221 | $50,680 |
| Computer ScienceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 11 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 11 | $27,000 | $50,446 | $65,605 | $48,471 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,000 |
| MathematicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $69,562 |
| PhilosophyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $54,455 |
| EconomicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | $27,000 | $51,815 | $87,372 | $82,686 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $49,429 |
| Applied MathematicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $91,532 |
| Religion/Religious StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | $27,000 | $26,455 | $69,988 | $41,390 |
| English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | $27,000 | Withheld | $53,638 | $48,590 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| PhysicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $76,786 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,459 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $53,072 |
| ChemistryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $65,120 |
| Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $41,367 |
| Area StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $56,625 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's | Bachelor's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $39,775 |
| MusicBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $50,706 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Crawfordsville and Indiana on Local Economy
- More colleges: All colleges in Indiana
- Homes: Homes for sale in Indiana
Questions and answers
How much does Wabash College cost?
$24,336 a year is the average net price at Wabash College after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $50,800, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $65,144. Families earning under $30,000 pay $16,586 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Wabash College?
63% of applicants are admitted to Wabash College. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,180 and the middle ACT score is 26. The median admission rate of colleges in Indiana is 80%.
How much do Wabash College graduates earn?
$69,952 a year is the median pay of former Wabash College students who work, 10 years after they started ($52,667 after 6 years). That ranks 379 of 5,094 US colleges and 18 of 126 in Indiana. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Economics (Bachelor's) at $51,815.
How much student debt do Wabash College graduates have?
$27,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Wabash College graduates, about $286 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 62% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Wabash College?
77% of first-time, full-time students at Wabash College finish within 6 years. 93% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Wabash College?
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (25 bachelor's graduates), Political Science and Government (20 bachelor's graduates), Biology, General (17 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 25 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.