Wartburg College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Wartburg College

Wartburg College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Waverly, Iowa (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 1,452 students of which 1,482 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. Wartburg 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 75.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,136 and an ACT midpoint of 23. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $32,908, with published in-state tuition of $26,250 and a Pell grant recipient share of 22.1%. 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 65.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 75.7%. Graduates earn a median of $56,201 ten years after enrolling, compared with $48,795 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 81700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 78.5% 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.