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Enrollment and Student Outcomes Data

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.

Oberlin Facts 2022–23

Enrollment Breakdown

Table 1:
Oberlin Enrollment for 2022-2023
School Students Enrolled % of Total
Total Undergraduate Enrollment 2986  
Arts and Sciences 2453 82.15%
Conservatory 335 11.22%
Double Degree 198 6.63%
Table 2:
Enrollment Breakdown
Group Students Enrolled % of Total
Female 1,766 59.14%
Male 1220 40.86%
White 1836 61.49%
Hispanic 245 8.20%
Black 136 4.55%
Asian 154 5.16%
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0.00%
2 or more races 285 9.54%
No answer/missing 36 1.21%
Foreign 294 9.85%

Retention and Graduation Rates

Retention is the percent of first time first year students who return as enrolled students one year after entry.  For example, for the reporting year 2022, the percent reflects the percentage of students entering in fall 2021 who returned as enrolled students in fall 2022.

Graduation Rate is the percent of first time first year students who graduate within six years.  For example, for the reporting year 2022, the percent reflects the percentage of students entering in fall 2016 who graduated within six years.

Table 3:
Retention by Ethnicity/Race and Year
Group 2019 2020 2021 2022
Overall 91.2% 83.0% 90.6% 86.6%
Hispanic 93.1% 85.7% 86.0% 92.0%
Black 89.2% 81.1% 89.2% 66.7%
Asian 91.0% 88.2% 91.7% 89.7%
Foreign 94.3% 86.0% 95.5% 85.0%

Table 4:
Graduation Rate by Ethnicity/Race and Year
Group 2019 2020 2021 2022
Overall 86.4% 86.1% 82.2% 83.2%
Hispanic 87.0% 87.7% 83.3% 83.6%
Black 81.7% 87.1% 80.9% 84.2%
Asian 90.0% 87.3% 75.0% 90.5%
Foreign 84.5% 84.4% 85.7% 85.0%

Degrees

Table 5:
Degrees Conferred
Degree 2019 2020 2021 2022
Bachelor of Music 78 91 60 85
Bachelor of Arts 562 519 462 517
BM/BA (Double Degree) 24 33 30 37
Table 6:
PhDs Granted to Oberlin College Graduates
2011 to 2020
Academic Area PhDs Awarded
Total 867
Life Sciences 209
Physical Sciences and Earth Sciences 89
Mathematics and Computer Sciences 41
Psychology and Social Sciences 175
Engineering 20
Education 55
Humanities and Arts 252
Other non-Science/​Engineering 26