In recent years, national publications have recognized that Wabash does what it says it will:

Teach men to think critically, act responsibly, live humanely, and lead effectively.

Here is where we stand:

• National Survey of Student Engagement (2007)
  Freshmen Respondents-Liberal Arts Colleges
  
  • #1 Level of Academic Challenge
  • #1 Active and Collaborative Learning
  • #1 Student Interactions with Faculty
  • #1 Enriching Educational Experiences
  • #1 Supportive Campus Environment
  
  Senior Respondents-Liberal Arts Colleges
  • #1 Level of Academic Challenge
  • #1 Student Interactions with Faculty
  • #1 Supportive Campus Environment
    
    

     

    • Princeton Review (2010)
       
      
      • Academic rating of 98 (range of 60-99)
      • #3  Most Accessible Professors 
      • #3  Everyone Plays Intramural Sports
      • #4  Best Athletic Facilities 
      • #4  Jock Schools
      • #8  School Runs Like Butter 
      • #10 Students Pack the Stadiums
      • #14 Great Financial Aid
      • #14  Professors Get High Marks
      • #14 Major Fraternity and Sorority Scene
        
         
    • Featured in the college guidebook Colleges That Change Lives
      
      
    • #32 among all colleges and universities in the 2009 Forbes.com America's Best Colleges rankings. 
       
    • #32 in 2009 Forbes.com America's 100 Best College Buys.
       

    Thinking Critically

    • The Princeton Review sums up the academic environment by quoting a comment from a recent course evaluation, "It's a lot harder than I thought it would be, but I've done better than I expected to."

    Act Responsibly

    • Loren Pope, in Colleges that Change Lives, says "A Wabash man has the freedom, as one professor put it, "to be who you are. You are free to slump and recover. You accept the consequences. You can't hide." He can even fail and pick himself up and start over. He won't get kicked out. Dealing with such responsibility is important to a young person's development.

    Live Humanely

    • The sense of community is so palpable, it's as much a part of the atmosphere as the great trees and lawns or the New England feel of its lovely quadrangle. I can't remember ever having been at a place where I heard the pronoun "we" so frequently, even more than "I". (Loren Pope, Colleges That Change Lives)

    Lead Effectively

    • The result of a Wabash education speaks for itself, as noted in Colleges That Change Lives,

      • Thirteen percent of alumni have Ph.D.s, a higher figure than most Ivies.
      • An amazing 12% of alumni hold the title "president" or "chairman."
      • Only two Ivies have a higher percentage of alumni in Who's Who.
      • At only four of the 11 Ivies and Little Ivies do the seniors perform as well or better on the MCAT.
      • Three-fourths of graduates go on to graduate or professional school within five years.