College · Private nonprofit · Oberlin, OH · Town
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
Admit rate34%
6-yr median pay$39k
Net price / yr$39k
Undergrad size2,887
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $39k/yr for a shot at a $39k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 34% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1447 · ACT 32.
If you get in
2,887 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $87k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $39k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$350k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$155k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$195k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback4.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $67.4k
- Room & board
- $19.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,908
How students pay for it.
Pell grants10%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans31%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr81%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$39k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$58k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 2,887
- Location
- Oberlin, OH
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White61%
- International10%
- Hispanic9%
- Two or more races9%
- Asian5%
- Black4%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students9%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$112k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 36
What you can study.