Wabash College
Crawfordsville, IN · Private nonprofit63.3%
Acceptance rate
1,210
SAT Average
$21,906
Avg net price
845
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 186 |
| Bachelor’s 30 |
| Bachelor’s 29 |
| Bachelor’s 27 |
| Bachelor’s 19 |
| Bachelor’s 15 |
| Bachelor’s 12 |
| Bachelor’s 11 |
| Bachelor’s 10 |
| Bachelor’s 8 |
| Bachelor’s 8 |
| Bachelor’s 7 |
| Bachelor’s 5 |
| Bachelor’s 3 |
| Bachelor’s 1 |
| Bachelor’s 1 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- North Coast Athletic Conference
Projected sponsored sports13
Early Decision
Decision released by Dec 5
Early Action
Decision released by Dec 31
Regular Admission
FAFSA due Jan 15 · FAFSA due Apr 15
· Apply with the college's application or Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $49,800
- Required fees
- $1,000
- Food and housing
- $14,400
- Books and supplies
- $1,300
- Other expenses
- $1,570
- Total
- $68,070
- $58,7702019–2019–20
- $59,6502020–2120–21
- $60,1502021–2221–22
- $62,8252022–2322–23
- $65,2252023–2423–24
- $68,0702024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $21,906 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 63%
- Average share of need met
- 0.9%
- Average need-based grant
- $47,705
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Wabash College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Wabash College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Wabash College runs one binding Early Decision round and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Wabash College admits in-state applicants at 72.1%, out-of-state applicants at 70%, and international applicants at 29.4%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
264 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 52.9% in 2021–22, and an ACT, down from 26.7%.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
40.5% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
10.2% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Wabash College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 91.3% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 38.6% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.52
High-school class rank
Among the 38.6% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Wabash College rates 4 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
- Application essay
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Level of applicant's interest
- Very important
- Interview
- Important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Wabash College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $71,400 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $21,906 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 166 of 264 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $71,400
Averages among the 166 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Wabash College offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Accepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosed85.6% of Wabash College’s first-years return for a second year and 77.1% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03