Wabash College

Wabash College

Wabash College is a small, private, liberal arts college for men, located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Morehouse College, Wabash is one of only three remaining traditional all-men’s liberal arts colleges in the United States. Wabash College was founded in 1832 by a number of men including several Dartmouth College graduates. It was originally called “The Wabash Teachers Seminary and Manual Labor College.” In the early days a large number of students, deficient in credits, were required to attend the “Preparatory School” of Wabash.

Caleb Mills, the first faculty member, would later come to be known as the father of the Indiana public education system and would work throughout his life to improve education in the Mississippi Valley area. Patterning it after the liberal arts colleges of New England, they resolved “that the institution be at first a classical and English high school, rising into a college as soon as the wants of the country demand.” After declaring the site at which they were standing would be the location of the new school, they knelt in the snow and conducted a dedication service. Although Mills, like many of the founders, was a Presbyterian minister, they were committed that Wabash should be independent and non-sectarian.

Wabash College Rankings

• FORBES AMERICAN’S BEST COLLEGE RANKINGS IN 2011
• BEST UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING PROGRAM RANKING IN U.S.
• TOP 100 PRIVATE COLLEGES RANKING
• TOP 100 LIBERAL ART UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE IN 2010

Wabash College Tuition and Fees

2011-12 Academic Year
(divide these figures in half for a ‘semester’ rate)

Schools and Colleges of Wabash College

• Art
• Mathematics
• Biochemistry
• Music
• Biology
• Philosophy
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Classics
• Political Science
• Computer Science *
• Psychology
• Economics
• Religion
• English
• Rhetoric
• French
• Russian *
• German
• Spanish
• Greek
• Teacher Education **
• History Theater
• Latin

Wabash College News

• Celebrate: Monday is David J. Hadley Day! - 2012-05-20 00:00
  Crawfordsville Mayor Todd Barton has declared Monday, May 21, 2012 to be David J. Hadley day in the city of Crawfordsville.�The proclamation was made Saturday evening at a retirement reception for Hadley, who has served on the faculty at Wabash College for 43 years

• 2012 Seniors Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa - 2012-05-14 00:00
  Twenty-three graduating seniors were inducted into the Wabash College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on Saturday afternoon during Commencement Weekend.

• Deans Award Honors and Praise to Seniors - 2012-05-13 00:00
  Tyler Wade, Kevin McCarthy, and Peter Gunderman received the top honors for seniors at Saturday’s Deans’ Breakfast, but Dean of Students Mike Raters ’85 praised the entire Class of 2012 for adding a deeper meaning to the motto, "Wabash Always Fights."