Wabash College

Location and Contact Information

301 West Wabash Avenue
Crawfordsville, IN 47933-0352
USA
Main Tel: (765) 361-6100
Web Site

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Wabash College, located in Crawfordsville, Indiana, was established in 1832 as the Wabash Teachers Seminary and Manual Labor College. It is a private, liberal arts college for men, and it is among the only three mainstream men's liberal arts college existing in the U.S.

Wabash College offers degrees through the following divisions:

  • Sciences & Mathematics
  • Humanities & Fine Arts
  • Social Sciences

Forbes magazine ranked Wabash College 12th among America's Best Colleges. The magazine also listed the college as the 10th best liberal arts college in the U.S. The U.S. News & World Report ranked the school 54th among national liberal arts colleges in 2009.

Wabash College is a member of the North Coast Athletic Conference and the NCAA's Division III. Its athletic teams are nicknamed the Little Giants. It won the NCAC football championship every year from 2005 to 2008. Happy meal inventor Bob Charles, the inventor of gas mask used in World War I James Bert Garner, and novelist Lawrence Sanders are a few of the college's famous alumni.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

  • Many students concentrating in mathematics, science, and liberal arts.
  • High male/female ratio.
  • Number of dorm rooms for students.
  • Good faculty-to-student ratio.
  • Large number of programs of study offered.
  • High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
  • Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
  • Large number of students.
  • Selective admissions.
  • High faculty salary.
  • High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

  • The school is private, not-for-profit.
  • Academic calender: Semester.
  • Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

  • The school offers a faculty tenure system.
  • There are one or more libraries on-campus.
  • Campus housing is available.
  • Students have meal (board) plans.
  • Students may study abroad.
  • Part-time classes are available.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

ItemCost
State Tuition and fees$ 29,750
Room$ 3,500
Board$ 4,600
Books and supplies$ 1,000
Other$ 1,400

Financial Aid

Wabash College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 98% of students received financial aid of some sort.

Grants% of
Students		Average
Amount
Any Grant98%$19,381
Institutional Grant98%$16,146
Federal Grant25%$3,853
Pell Grant25%$3,163
Other Federal Grant24%$725
State or Local Grant35%$6,358

Loans% of
Students		Average
Amount
Student Loan74%$5,633
Federal Loan68%$3,993
Other Loan45%$3,167

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

Similar Schools

Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Wabash College:

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 SchoolLocationEnrollment
1Hampden-Sydney CollegeHampden-Sydney, VA1,120
2Lyon CollegeBatesville, AR458
3Birmingham Southern CollegeBirmingham, AL1,458
4Linfield CollegeMcMinnville, OR1,720
5Hanover CollegeHanover, IN926
6The College of WoosterWooster, OH1,884
7Albion CollegeAlbion, MI1,860
8Southwestern UniversityGeorgetown, TX1,270
9Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA2,311
10Warren Wilson CollegeSwannanoa, NC1,002

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

DegreeTotal
Earned		Different
Programs
Bachelor19619

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
With tenure  50
Without tenure; working toward tenure  29
Without tenure; tenure not available  17

Students

Student enrollment was 911 in 2009-2010 (913 full-time equivalent).

About 100% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 100% of the student body.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

ApplicantsAdmitted
Men49%
All49%

SAT Test Scores:

SATMiddle 50%
Verbal500-600
Math530-660
Writing470-600

Room and Board

Wabash College provides on-campus housing for 860 of its 913 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the North Coast Athletic Conference for major sports.

International Study

About 8% of freshmen are from countries other than the US.

International applicants are required to take the TOEFL exam.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (4 awarded)

  • Art/Art Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (98 awarded)

  • Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
  • Economics
  • English Language and Literature
  • French Language and Literature
  • German Language and Literature
  • History
  • Political Science and Government
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (10 awarded)

  • Mathematics

MUSIC (2 awarded)

  • Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (30 awarded)

  • Philosophy
  • Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (26 awarded)

  • Biology/Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (24 awarded)

  • Psychology