Located just outside Cleveland, Ohio, Oberlin College is a leading, private liberal arts college and conservatory of music.
The College of Arts and Sciences offers a four-year undergraduate program leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. The Conservatory of Music offers four-year undergraduate programs of professional and academic studies leading to the Bachelor of Music degree. Oberlin is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Higher Learning Commission.
Changes Related to COVID-19
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Oberlin has temporarily changed its academic calendar in order to de-densify the campus. This involves among other things, spreading out student enrollment over three full terms rather than two to mitigate the chance of viral spread. This data will be updated in January 2021 to better reflect our total enrollment and retention rates for the 20/21 academic year.
Enrollment Breakdown
Table 1:
Oberlin Enrollment for 2019-2020
| School |
Students Enrolled |
% of Total |
| Total Undergraduate Enrollment |
2,846 |
|
| Arts and Sciences |
2,284 |
80.3% |
| Conservatory |
364 |
12.8% |
| Double Degree |
198 |
7.0% |
Table 2:
Enrollment Breakdown
| Group |
Students Enrolled |
% of Total |
| Female |
1,663 |
58.4% |
| Male |
1,183 |
41.6% |
| White |
1,725 |
60.6% |
| Hispanic |
240 |
8.4% |
| Black |
155 |
5.4% |
| Asian |
125 |
4.4% |
| Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
1 |
0.0% |
| 2 or more races |
225 |
7.9% |
| No answer/missing |
26 |
0.9% |
| Foreign |
349 |
12.3% |
Retention and Graduation Rates
Table 3:
Retention by Ethnicity/Race and Year
| Group |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
| Overall |
88.6% |
91.3% |
89.0% |
91.2% |
| Hispanic |
87.0% |
89.1% |
89.5% |
93.1% |
| Black |
92.6% |
87.3% |
82.3% |
89.2% |
| Asian |
89.3% |
94.8% |
87.5% |
91.0% |
| Foreign |
94.3% |
94.0% |
94.1% |
94.3% |
Table 4:
Graduation Rate by Ethnicity/Race and Year
| Group |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
| Overall |
85.4% |
86.3% |
86.5% |
86.4% |
| Hispanic |
79.3% |
77.3% |
73.2% |
87.0% |
| Black |
80.3% |
86.9% |
74.6% |
81.7% |
| Asian |
82.8% |
87.5% |
94.8% |
90.0% |
| Foreign |
83.3% |
90.2% |
88.5% |
84.5% |
Degrees
Table 5:
Degrees Conferred
| Degree |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
| Bachelor of Music |
85 |
82 |
96 |
78 |
| Bachelor of Arts |
554 |
588 |
606 |
562 |
| BM/BA (Double Degree) |
37 |
31 |
31 |
24 |
Table 6:
PhDs Granted to Oberlin College Graduates
2008 to 2019
| Academic Area |
PhDs Awarded |
| Total |
891 |
| Life Sciences |
215 |
| Physical Sciences and Earth Sciences |
83 |
| Mathematics and Computer Sciences |
38 |
| Psychology and Social Sciences |
187 |
| Engineering |
18 |
| Education |
61 |
| Humanities and Arts |
266 |
| Other non-Science/​Engineering |
23 |
