by our College Data Analytics TeamThis overview covers the essential stats on Wabash College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
College Factual ranked Wabash as #404 out of 2,118 colleges and universities in the country on its 2026 Best Colleges list.
Wabash is also ranked #10 on the Best Colleges in Indiana list.
Wabash College has an acceptance rate of 63%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Wabash.
About 52% of students accepted to Wabash submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 620. Math scores were between 540 and 650.
Wabash received ACT scores from 7% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 23 and 28.
At Wabash, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 to 1. That’s much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunities to work closely with their professors and classmates.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Wabash College is 95%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Wabash College has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. That’s a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It’s also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Wabash the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 77%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Wabash College.
In the current academic year, there are 845 undergraduates at Wabash.
Get more detailed information on the diversity at Wabash College.
The overall average net price of Wabash is $16,772. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.### Net Price by Income Group for Wabash
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,586 | $15,820 | $14,117 | $19,613 | $29,968 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid. Note that the net price is typically less than the published price for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Wabash, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Wabash, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $6,414 a year. That adds up to $25,656 over four years for those students. The student loan default rate is 8.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you’ll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans. Get more details about paying for Wabash College.
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Wabash College with a bachelor’s degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $69,952 in their early years. This is good news for future Wabash College graduates since it is 42% more than the average college graduate’s salary of $49,219 per year.
Wabash College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Crawfordsville is a great place for students who enjoy small town life. Get more details about the location of Wabash College.
Contact details for Wabash College can be found below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 301 West Wabash Avenue, Crawfordsville, IN 47933-0352 |
| Phone: | 7653616100 |
| Website: | www.wabash.edu |
| Facebook: | www.facebook.com/pages/Wabash-College/16568430836 |
| Twitter: | twitter.com/WabashCollege |
In the most recent reporting year, students from 13 majors graduated from Wabash College. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.
| Most Popular Majors | Completions | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 209 | NA |
| Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. | 24 | NA |
| Child Development & Psychology | 16 | NA |
| Writing Studies | 15 | NA |
| History | 15 | $32,054 |
| Economics | 15 | $50,346 |
| General Biology | 14 | $30,882 |
| Mathematics | 13 | $52,397 |
| Religious Studies | 11 | NA |
| Computer Science | 10 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
1 students took at least one online class at Wabash College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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