Needham, MA · Private nonprofit
25.2%
Acceptance rate
1,540
SAT Average
$20,575
Avg net price
373
Enrollment
| Field |
|---|
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 94 |
| Bachelor’s 94 |
| Engineering, GeneralBachelor’s 37 |
| Electrical and Electronics EngineeringBachelor’s 30 |
| Mechanical EngineeringBachelor’s 27 |
Deadline for submitting the Common Application
FAFSA due Jan 15
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $61,772
- Required fees
- $4,626
- Food and housing
- $20,810
- Books and supplies
- $240
- Other expenses
- $2,221
- Total
- $89,669
- $74,2862019–2019–20
- $76,8462020–2120–21
- $79,0242021–2221–22
- $81,4862022–2322–23
- $86,4742023–2423–24
- $89,6692024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $20,575 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, 2023–24
- First-years with need-based aid
- 51%
- Average share of need met
- 99%
- Average need-based grant
- $56,825
- Required forms
- FAFSA
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
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- 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 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 3 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2023–24).
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 3 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in Franklin W Olin College of Engineering's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Franklin W Olin College of Engineering admits in-state applicants at 14.3%, out-of-state applicants at 26.2%, and international applicants at 12.5%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
98 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 41% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
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
46% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
ACT composite
22% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 100% who submitted one.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.90
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering rates 9 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Class rank
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Very important
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- Talent / ability
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Level of applicant's interest
- Very important
- Volunteer work
- Important
- Work experience
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the rank spread of enrolled students, there’s no top-of-class signal to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering’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 $84,494 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $20,575 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 50 of 98 first-years in the 2023–24 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 2023–24
Cost of attendance $84,494
Averages among the 50 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Franklin W Olin College of Engineering offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
98.7% of Franklin W Olin College of Engineering’s first-years return for a second year and 92.2% 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
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03