Wabash College vs Dartmouth College

Crawfordsville, IN · Hanover, NH · largest Scorecard gap: acceptance rate

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Pair IN:NH

PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-SPLIT · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-ACCEPT

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE IN × NH
  • ACCEPT-SPLIT Admission split
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-ACCEPT Largest gap · Acceptance Rate

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the TWIN-TIGHTEN · adm · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Both acceptance rates tightened, 2013–2023

TWIN-TIGHTEN · adm · 2013–2023

Wabash College and Dartmouth College each posted a directional decline in acceptance rate over the same College Scorecard window, but one squeeze is far steeper than the other.

  • Dartmouth College: acceptance rate tightened -36.3% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.78).
  • Wabash College: acceptance rate tightened -9.8% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.42).
  • Wabash College: net price ranged $19,015–$24,206 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -3.6% is not a trend (r² 0.09).
  • Dartmouth College: net price ranged $27,080–$33,586 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -3.3% is not a trend (r² 0.22).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Wabash College vs Dartmouth College

  1. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Dartmouth College leads on acceptance rate (5.4% vs 63.3% at Wabash College)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Dartmouth College leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($82,541 vs $52,667 at Wabash College)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Dartmouth College leads on median debt at graduation ($17,500 vs $27,000 at Wabash College)

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Acceptance Rate and other Scorecard questions

On acceptance rate, who leads between Wabash College and Dartmouth College?
Dartmouth College leads on acceptance rate at 5.4% versus 63.3% at Wabash College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Wabash College and Dartmouth College?
Dartmouth College leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $82,541 versus $52,667 at Wabash College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Wabash College and Dartmouth College?
Dartmouth College leads on median debt at graduation at $17,500 versus $27,000 at Wabash College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); acceptance rate focus for this pair · 2025