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University or college · Private nonprofit

Wabash College

Crawfordsville, IN1 online only

Wabash College is a private nonprofit college in Crawfordsville, IN, with about 844 students on campus.

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Students on campus
844
plus 1 studying only online
Admission rate
63%
lower than at 73% of 4-year colleges
Net price a year
$24,336
higher than at 69% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
77%
higher than at 87% of 4-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$69,952
higher than at 93% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Wabash College

Men outnumber women about three to one

100% of undergraduates are men and 0% are women. The students ↓

Few families pay the sticker price

The full cost of a year is $65,144, but the average family on federal aid pays $24,336 after grants, about 63% less. What it costs ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard.

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

866 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 71%Hispanic 14%Black 4%Asian 1%Two or more 3%International 6%

Women and men

Men 100%
9 : 1
students per teacher
24%
get Pell grants (lower income)
62%
take federal loans
0%
undergrads 25 or older
0%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Wabash College?

63%

of applicants admitted

About 13 of every 20 applicants get in.

Test scores of admitted students

SAT reading
520–620
SAT math
540–650
ACT
23–28

The middle 50%: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1180.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $65,144 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees $50,800Room & board $14,400Books & supplies $1,300

After grants, the average family on aid pays $24,336.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$18,175

About $72,700 over 4 years · 72% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
77%
within 6 years · Pell students 74%
Come back for year two
93%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$69,952
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$27,000
about $286 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

6.5%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$286 a month against about $4,389 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

70%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 87% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$60k
Middle income$30–75k
$63k
Higher incomeover $75k
$76k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Social sciences 16%Interdisciplinary 16%Biology 15%Math & statistics 10%Communication 8%History 6%Everything else 29%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics25 graduates a year
—not reported
Political Science and Government20 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
$74k4 yrs out
Biology, General17 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
$63k4 yrs out
Research and Experimental Psychology17 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
—not reported
History13 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
$59k4 yrs out
Computer Science11 graduates a year
—not reported
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies11 graduates a year · typical debt $27,000
$66k4 yrs out
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics9 graduates a year
—not reported
The town around it

Living in Crawfordsville

7% of Crawfordsville’s 16,699 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Crawfordsville pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Wabash College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

Purdue UniversityUniversity or college · Public · West Lafayette
27 mi48,436 students
DePauw UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Greencastle
27.5 mi1,819 students
Purdue University GlobalUniversity or college · Public · West Lafayette · mostly online
29 mi130 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.