Wabash College Career Outcomes: $69K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Wabash College graduates earn?

The reported median is $68,626 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $55,915 as its benchmark; the difference is $12,711 per year.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $68,626. That figure is $12,711 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Azimuth places the return in the 85th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The median earnings sit in the 74th percentile nationally.

Earnings scenarios four years after completion span a wide range. At the lower end, the downside estimate is $52,018, and the upside reaches $86,264.

The typical earnings scenario is $68,626, and these are estimates from the program mix rather than observed cohorts. Economics graduates report the highest median at $87,372, from 23 degrees awarded.

Political Science graduates earn $74,061, and Religion/Religious Studies graduates earn $69,988.

An estimated 46.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so those continuing their education are outside that snapshot.

How many Wabash College students return and finish their degrees?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

Returned the following fall: 84.0%
Completed within six years: 72.7%
Pell recipients completed within six years: 63.6%

Source: Wabash College Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention; B4–B11 six-year completion. Retention and completion follow different entering cohorts.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $52,018
Median · reported: $68,626
Higher estimate: $86,264

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Wabash College graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

That comparison is not reported for Wabash College. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Wabash College caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Wabash College report the highest earnings?

Economics is the highest-earning program among the largest fields, with a median of $87,372 four years after completion and 23 degrees awarded. Political Science follows at $74,061 from 21 degrees awarded, and Religion/Religious Studies at $69,988 on 13 degrees awarded.

At the more moderate end, Biology reports $62,653 from 16 degrees awarded. The spread between the highest- and lowest-earning large programs is wide.

Social Sciences accounts for 18.4% of bachelor's degrees awarded, followed by English Language & Literature at 14.6% and Mathematics & Statistics at 10.9%. Earnings data are published for 7 programs.

The largest single program is Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, with 28 degrees awarded a year. Its graduates earn a median of $65,605 four years after completion, which is 1.35x the national median for the field.

Economics is the highest-earning program, at $87,372 from 23 degrees awarded. Political Science follows at $74,061, and Religion/Religious Studies at $69,988—a figure that is 1.69x the national median for its field.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from a downside of $52,018 to a typical outcome of $68,626 and an upside of $86,264. The spread reflects variation by field.

Economics graduates earn $87,372 four years out, while Biology sits at $62,653 among the largest programs.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of Wabash College who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $68,626. Azimuth places that figure in the 74th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, drawn from an earnings cohort of 265 completers.

Earnings scenarios, which are estimates from the program mix rather than observed groups, put the typical scenario at $68,626. The downside earnings scenario is $52,018 and the upside scenario is $86,264.

An estimated 46.0% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

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

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