unitid 154527 · Waverly, IA · private nonprofit 4-year · town (distant)
Wartburg College
- enrollment 2023
- 1,478
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
76%
54th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,452
64th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
22%
undergrads on Pell grants
24th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
64%
finish within 150% time
62nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$64,359
79th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$32,908
after aid, aided students
86th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$56,201
after entry, Title IV students
60th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$27,000
89th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $21,688 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $83,926
- First-generation students
- 17%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $26,250
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business/Commerce, General. | 57 | $71,653 | $27,000 |
| Biology, General. | 29 | $70,681 | $27,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 28 | $47,608 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 27 | $52,111 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 23 | $50,772 | $25,757 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | 22 | — | $27,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 20 | $49,328 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 15 | — | — |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 14 | $48,297 | $26,750 |
| Engineering Science. | 14 | — | — |
| Sociology. | 14 | — | — |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 12 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.