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# Wabash College Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Wabash College?

Wabash College’s reported acceptance rate is 63.3%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
63.3%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

First-year applicants and admitted students · CDS 2025-26

**Applicants**
2,496

**Admitted**
1,424

Source: Wabash College Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Wabash College admits 63.3% of applicants, a rate that sits below the median of 75.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 2,496 first-year applicants and 1,424 admitted applicants, with 264 enrolling.

## What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Wabash College students report?

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, Wabash College reported a middle SAT range of 1130 to 1335 for enrolled first-year students who submitted scores. 41% of the entering class submitted SAT scores.

For ACT submitters, the middle range was 24 to 30, with 10% submitting. Applicants can weigh their own SAT scores against the college's 1130 to 1335 range when deciding whether to submit them.

The average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students who reported one was 3.52, covering 91.3% of the entering class. Among enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 16% were in the upper tenth, 50% in the upper quarter, and 84% in the upper half. 39% of the entering class reported a rank.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Wabash College. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

**41% of entering students submitted SAT scores**

SAT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
1130

**Median**
1250

**75th percentile**
1335

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

**10% of entering students submitted ACT scores**

ACT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
24

**Median**
25

**75th percentile**
30

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Source: Wabash College Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.

## Who enrolls at Wabash College?

**Pell Grant recipients**
23.7%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
1.5%

**First-year retention**
92.9%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

Wabash College enrolls 866 undergraduates. 23.7% of them receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 1.5% arrive as transfers or part-time students.

The student body is drawn almost entirely from first-time entrants. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 2,496 first-year applicants, 1,424 admitted, and 264 enrolled. For transfer students, 40 applied, 11 were admitted, and 4 enrolled.

First-year retention runs well above the peer median: 93.0% of full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants return for a second year, against 74.2% at comparable institutions. The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 77.0%, compared with a peer median of 54.9%.

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 84% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class. For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, the six-year graduation rate was 72.7%, and the rate for Pell recipients in that cohort was 63.6%.

Pell recipients complete at 71.3%, which is 5.7 percentage points below the overall rate. Enrolled students can expect strong persistence and completion relative to peers, though the Pell gap is worth weighing.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).