Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (16% of graduates). 9 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 84% of colleges. 96% of faculty are full-time. Spends $19,824 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
186 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 51% of graduates; 25 programs in 15 fields awarded at least one.
- Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 30.510116% 29
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.010111% 21Graduates in this field earn $62,653 4 years out
- Economics, General 45.06019.7% 18Graduates in this field earn $87,372 4 years out
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric 09.01018.1% 15
- Mathematics, General 27.01016.5% 12
Fastest-growing field: Interdisciplinary studies, 0.0% → 16% of graduates since 2014–15 (29 graduates in 2024–25).
Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.
Top-earning majors here
By earnings 4 years after completion
Economics$87,372 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $51,815
4 years after completion$87,372National median: $82,686Above typical4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $68,578(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $27,000 · 31 graduates, two most recent years combined
Political Science and Government$74,061 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $32,834
4 years after completion$74,061National median: $63,293Above typical4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $72,920(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $27,000 · 41 graduates, two most recent years combined
Religion/Religious Studies$69,988 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $26,455
4 years after completion$69,988National median: $41,390Above typicalMedian federal debt: $27,000 · 19 graduates, two most recent years combined
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$65,605 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $50,446
4 years after completion$65,605National median: $48,471Above typicalMedian federal debt: $27,000 · 39 graduates, two most recent years combined
Biology, General$62,653 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$62,653National median: $57,214Above typicalMedian federal debt: $27,000 · 33 graduates, two most recent years combined
Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.
The college also reports 9.9 to 1 in its Common Data Set (897 students, 91 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Programs & curriculum
- Cross-registration
- Double major
- Independent study
- Internships
- Student-designed major
- Study abroad
- Undergraduate research
Requires coursework in arts, English composition, a foreign language, history, humanities, math, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.
$85,800
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other private nonprofit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Wabash College Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Wabash College Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)