Wartburg College
Built for athletes. The numbers a recruit needs and a coach won't volunteer: roster room, the money behind the program, admissions fit, what a family really pays, campus life and safety.
Wartburg College is a private liberal arts college in Waverly, IA (town setting), with 1,454 undergraduates (49% women), affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church. It admitted 99% of 2,543 applicants — bottom quarter for selectivity among Division III schools; the middle half of admitted students scored 978–1235 on the SAT and 19–27 on the ACT (test-optional). Cost of attendance is $64,502 a year for out-of-state students; aided first-year students paid $23,321 on average after grants (upper half for affordability in its division). 67% of students graduate within six years. The most common bachelor's degrees are in business, education, biological sciences. The campus reported 0.67 violent offences per 1,000 students a year over 2022–2024 — upper half for safety among Division III schools.
Against Division III schools
Percentile among 421 Division III institutions; higher is better on every bar.
Selectivity, graduation, net price and safety (violent offences per 1,000 students, three-year average). Method.
Where Wartburg College ranks
1 top-ten finish among Division III schools, across 60 data-built lists.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Town
- Type
- Private · Liberal arts college
- Affiliation
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 67%
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $51,040
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 0 burglaries · 3 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 3 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Your coaches
Research Wartburg College
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Wartburg College teams on the site
| Program | Conference | Roster | Cap | Coaches | Budget | Per player | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Soccer | American Rivers Conference | 30 | — | 3 | $181k | $6,026 | — | |
| Baseball | American Rivers Conference | 62 | — | 1 | $288k | $4,650 | — | |
| Men's Basketball | American Rivers Conference | 27 | — | 1 | $244k | $9,055 | — | |
| Women's Basketball | American Rivers Conference | 20 | — | 1 | $180k | $8,978 | — | |
| Men's Cross Country | American Rivers Conference | 65 | — | 3 | $125k | $1,926 | — | |
| Women's Cross Country | American Rivers Conference | 33 | — | 3 | $64k | $1,926 | — | |
| Football | American Rivers Conference | 184 | — | 1 | $558k | $3,031 | — | |
| Men's Golf | American Rivers Conference | 15 | — | 2 | $81k | $5,393 | — | |
| Women's Golf | American Rivers Conference | 9 | — | 1 | $104k | $11,526 | — | |
| Men's Soccer | American Rivers Conference | 44 | — | 1 | $196k | $4,444 | — | |
| Softball | American Rivers Conference | 24 | — | 1 | $213k | $8,885 | — | |
| Men's Tennis | American Rivers Conference | 16 | — | 4 | $59k | $3,697 | — | |
| Women's Tennis | American Rivers Conference | 16 | — | 4 | $55k | $3,427 | — | |
| Men's Track & Field | American Rivers Conference | 119 | — | 1 | $123k | $1,035 | — | |
| Women's Track & Field | American Rivers Conference | 68 | — | 1 | $69k | $1,015 | — | |
| Women's Volleyball | American Rivers Conference | 23 | — | 1 | $166k | $7,220 | — | |
| Men's Wrestling | American Rivers Conference | 65 | — | 19 | $386k | $5,945 | — | |
| Women's Wrestling | American Rivers Conference | 33 | — | 3 | $212k | $6,416 | — |
The whole athletics department — every team with staff and aid totals.