Oberlin College

Oberlin College is a private, liberal art college in Oberlin, OH. It is a notable college, currently ranked one hundred and seventh in the USA, with a 36% acceptance rate. It has a smaller student body with full-time enrollment of 2,929 undergraduate students. Oberlin has 45 different majors across three disciplines. The most common picks are Music Performance, Political Science and Government, and Biology, which combined represent 23% of students. If you are planning on getting a degree in music, Oberlin is a great choice for you, because its music program is one of the highest ranking in the United States. Additionally, Oberlin College placed 1st in Ohio on our most liberal colleges list. For those of you located in Ohio, full price tuition costs $57,804 a year. Non-Ohio residents have to dish out $52,299 a year. Before you rule out applying due to the price, be conscious that just about 9/10 of Oberlin students receive monetary support. 85% of Oberlin College undergraduates graduate college and begin the next stage of their lives: work. A couple years after graduating, graduates earn a median yearly income of $27,400. After four additional years of work experience, the alumni's median yearly wage climbs 48.9% to $40,800, which is 1.7% beyond the national median. Some of you might also want to hear that ACT scores are submitted by 47% of applicants. In addition, 21% of courses are on the small side, with 20 to 39 students, and 75% of classes have only 2 to 19 students. Concerning your pocketbook, be aware that Oberlin undergraduates spend around $8,091 on housing per year and Oberlin students awarded federal grants receive $6,337 in financial aid on average. Related to demographics, 5% of undergrads at Oberlin are from households with an annual income between $30k and $48k and 45% of undergrads are 20 or 21. On the subject of the campus experience, 89% of undergraduates live on campus. To wind things up, six years after receiving their diplomas, the highest-earning quartile of graduates take home $60,600 or more and 11% of alumni are out of work two years after receiving their degrees.