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Oberlin College

Private nonprofit, four-year or above, in Oberlin, Ohio.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

4,302
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
4,288
Undergraduates
14
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

733
Bachelor's degrees awarded
0
Associate's degrees awarded
3
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

81.0%
Graduation rate
81.0%
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

34.0%
Applicants admitted
19.0%
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$67,366
Tuition and fees
$90,692
Price in state, living on campus
$90,692
Price out of state, living on campus

Tuition and fees

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Oberlin College published $67,366 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–⁠25, against $60,240 for 2021–⁠22

Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.

Source: IPEDS

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The figures

Oberlin College published $67,366 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–25, against $60,240 for 2021–22. Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.
Academic yearIn-districtIn-stateOut-of-state
2024–⁠25$67,366$67,366$67,366
2023–⁠24$64,646$64,646$64,646
2022–⁠23$62,024$62,024$62,024
2021–⁠22$60,240$60,240$60,240
The price of a year on campus for an in-state student, 2024–25
ItemPrice
In-state tuition and fees$67,366
Books and supplies$1,908
Food and housing on campus$19,510
Other expenses on campus$1,908
Total, as NCES adds it$90,692

The published price, before any grant or scholarship: what a student is charged, not what a student pays. Each NCES release restates the years before it, so all of these are from the one release.

Faculty pay

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Full-time instructional staff and average salary by academic rank, 2024–25
RankFull-time staffAverage salary, nine-month basis
Professor82$139,073
Associate professor83$107,193
Assistant professor110$75,728
Instructor2$59,000
Lecturer8$69,624
No academic rank10$51,470
All ranks295$101,087

Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.

How this compares

Students enrolled during the year: 4,302
Larger than 82% of the 1,543 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
Graduation rate: 81%
Higher than 87% of the 1,233 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $101,087
Higher than 86% of the 1,464 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.

What former students earn and owe

From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.

$51,715
Median earnings four years after completing
$60,877
Median earnings ten years after entering
$25,488
Median federal debt of graduates
0.0%
Three-year default rate

The college’s entry

Sector
Private nonprofit, four-year or above
Control
Private nonprofit
Grants degrees
Yes
Locale
Town, fringe
County
Lorain County
IPEDS ID
204501

Sources

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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