Class of 2024 Profile
Oberlin’s first-year enrolling students represent 44 states and 41 countries.
2020 Applicant Pool
College of Arts and Sciences
Applicants | 7,919 |
Admitted | 2,999 |
Enrolled | 579* |
193 enrolling students (33%) were admitted through the Early Decision program.
Conservatory of Music
Applicants | 1,480 |
Admitted | 428 |
Enrolled | 141* |
College figures are for first-year applicants only. Conservatory figures also include transfer and graduate students.
*Includes 33 first-year, double-degree students enrolled in both divisions.
Fall 2020 Enrollment
College of Arts and Sciences and the Conservatory of Music
First-Year Students | 680 |
Double Degree (first-year and transfer) | 34 |
Transfer | 19 |
Graduate (conservatory only) | 3 |
Total |
702 |
First-Year Enrolling Class Characteristics
Female students | 61% |
Male students | 39% |
High schools represented | 500 |
Public school students | 68% |
Private school students | 32% |
International students | 10% |
U.S. students of color | 29% |
College of Arts and Sciences Academic Profile
First-year admitted students in the College of Arts and Sciences
Test Score Averages
ACT | 30 - 34 |
SAT/ERW | 670 - 750 |
SAT/Math | 660 - 770 |
(Median 50 percent ranges)
Note: Oberlin will be test-optional starting with the 2020-2021 admissions cycle, and continuing as a pilot program through the 2022-2023 application year.
Class Rank
ranked in top 1% | 18% |
ranked in top 5% | 46% |
ranked in top 10% | 61% |
ranked in top 25% | 89% |
GPA
4.1 GPA weighted / 3.7 GPA unweighted
27% of first-year admitted students had rankings available
American Indian or Alaska Native | 1% |
Asian | 13% |
Black or African American | 10% |
Hispanic or Latino/a/x | 8% |
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | <1% |
*Figures represent a percentage of the incoming class. Percentages include some students in multiple categories. About 10% of incoming students identify with more than one racial/ethnic category.
Data accurate as of 9/29/2020