Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH · Private nonprofit34.2%
Acceptance rate
1,440
SAT Average
$39,184
Avg net price
2,950
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 733Master’s 3 |
| Bachelor’s 200Master’s 3 |
| Bachelor’s 98Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 84Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 60Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 43Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 43Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 33Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 33Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 28Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 28Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 22Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 6Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 6Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 3Master’s None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- North Coast Athletic Conference
Projected sponsored sports21
Athletic participation
395 unique student-athletes · 21 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Students can only apply to one school via Early Decision, but may still submit Early Action and Regular Decisions applications to other schools. If you are admitted to Oberlin via Early Decision, you will be required to withdraw any other pending applications.
Binding · Financial Aid Deadline due Nov 1
Early Action
Financial Aid Deadline due Nov 1
Early Decision II
Students can only apply to one school via Early Decision, but may still submit Early Action and Regular Decisions applications to other schools. If you are admitted to Oberlin via Early Decision, you will be required to withdraw any other pending applications.
Binding · Financial Aid Deadline due Jan 5
Regular Decision
Financial Aid Deadline due Jan 15
· Apply with Common App, Coalition, or QuestBridge Application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $66,410
- Required fees
- $956
- Food and housing
- $19,510
- Books and supplies
- $1,908
- Other expenses
- $1,908
- Total
- $90,692
- $77,1242019–2019–20
- $79,2962020–2120–21
- $81,5022021–2221–22
- $84,2302022–2322–23
- $87,4042023–2423–24
- $90,6922024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $39,184 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 61%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $59,480
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and Institution's own form
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Oberlin College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Oberlin College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Oberlin College runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Oberlin College admits in-state applicants at 35.7%, out-of-state applicants at 45.4%, and international applicants at 11.1%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
768 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 22% in 2021–22.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
34% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
14% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Oberlin College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 86% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 27% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.60
High-school class rank
Among the 27% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Oberlin College rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Interview
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Oberlin College leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Oberlin College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $92,488 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $39,184 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 468 of 768 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $92,488
Averages among the 468 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Oberlin College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Oberlin College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
88.8% of Oberlin College’s first-years return for a second year and 79.5% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03