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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?

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$53,158 Avg Cost After Aid
34% Acceptance Rate
  • Oberlin has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1.
  • The student loan default rate at Oberlin is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
  • The highest award offered at Oberlin is the master's degree.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 89% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from Oberlin with a bachelor's degree make about $52,483 a year. That's 29% 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?

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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

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 Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Oberlin?

34% Acceptance Rate
63% Of Accepted Are Women
34% Submit SAT Scores
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 34%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 31%, and the acceptance rate for women is 37%.

Average Test Scores

About 34% 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 680 and 750. Math scores were between 658 and 710.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Oberlin College  ( 680 to 750 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Oberlin College  ( 658 to 710 )
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800
Oberlin received ACT scores from 22% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 32 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 32. Composite scores were between 30 and 34.

ACT English Scores for Oberlin College  ( 32 to 35 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Oberlin College  ( 27 to 32 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Oberlin College  ( 30 to 34 )
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36

Can I Afford Oberlin College?

$53,158 Net Price
38% Take Out Loans
0.7% Loan Default Rate
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 38% of students took out student loans averaging $5,077 a year. That adds up to $20,308 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Oberlin is 0.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Oberlin College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,905 Full-Time Undergraduates
58% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,942 undergraduate students at Oberlin, with 2,905 being full-time and 37 being part-time.

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There are also 11 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,905 full-time undergraduates at Oberlin, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 132
Black or African American 161
Hispanic or Latino 241
White 1,762
International Students 319
Other Races/Ethnicities 290

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.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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