Wabash College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Wabash College

Wabash College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Crawfordsville, Indiana (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 866 students of which 852 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Wabash College is categorized as “21” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 63.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,180 and an ACT midpoint of 26. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $24,336, with published in-state tuition of $50,800 and a Pell grant recipient share of 23.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 77.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 93.0%. Graduates earn a median of $69,952 ten years after enrolling, compared with $52,667 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 36100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 80.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.