Oberlin College Overview

Oberlin College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Oberlin, Ohio. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Oberlin draws many to the area.

What Is Oberlin College Known For?

• Oberlin has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Oberlin is the master's degree.
• In a recent academic period68% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Oberlin with a bachelor's degree make about $58,343 a year. That's 43% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from Oberlin to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Oberlin College?

Contact details for Oberlin are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	70 N Professor St, Oberlin, OH 44074
Phone:	440-775-8411
Website:	www.oberlin.edu

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How Do I Get Into Oberlin?

You can apply to Oberlin online at: https://apply.commonapp.org/Login?ma=187

Admission Requirements for Oberlin

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Oberlin?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Oberlin. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 35%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 32%, and the acceptance rate for women is 37%.

Average Test Scores

About 37% of students accepted to Oberlin submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 690 and 760. Math scores were between 670 and 770.

Oberlin received ACT scores from 22% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 33 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 0. Composite scores were between 30 and 33.

Can I Afford Oberlin College?

The overall average net price of Oberlin is $53,158. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Oberlin, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $5,013 a year. That adds up to $20,052 over four years for those students.

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Oberlin College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,647 undergraduate students at Oberlin, with 2,611 being full-time and 36 being part-time.

There are also 11 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,611 full-time undergraduates at Oberlin, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Oberlin College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	122
Black or African American	159
Hispanic or Latino	218
White	1,545
International Students	309
Other Races/Ethnicities	258

Geographic Diversity

Ohio students aren't the only ones who study at Oberlin College. At this time, 39 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 53 countries are represented at Oberlin. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Canada.

Oberlin College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	TOTAL
Music	136	2	138
General Psychology	58	0	58
Economics	58	0	58
General Biology	53	0	53
Political Science & Government	51	0	51
Natural Resources Conservation	49	0	49
History	45	0	45
Fine & Studio Arts	38	0	38
Mathematics	36	0	36
Area Studies	35	0	35
Computer Information Systems	34	0	34
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	28	0	28
Writing Studies	27	0	27
General English Literature	24	0	24
Sociology	23	0	23
Physics	20	0	20
Romance Languages	19	0	19
Drama & Theater Arts	18	0	18
Classical Languages & Literature	16	0	16
Ethnic Studies	14	0	14
Religious Studies	14	0	14
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	14	0	14
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	13	0	13
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	11	0	11
Other Engineering	11	0	11
Legal Professions (Other)	11	0	11
Geological & Earth Sciences	11	0	11
Philosophy	10	0	10
Chemistry	8	0	8
Anthropology	8	0	8
Archeology	6	0	6
Dance	6	0	6
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	5	0	5
Germanic Languages	2	0	2
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	2	0	2
Other Visual Art	1	0	1
TOTAL	915	2	917

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Matthew Trump under License

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