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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.

Enrollment

Table 1:
Oberlin 2024–25 Undergraduate Enrollment
School Students Enrolled % of Total
Total Undergraduate Enrollment 2,886  
Arts and Sciences 2,371 82.16%
Conservatory 309 10.71%
Double Degree 206 7.14%
Table 2:
2024–25 Undergraduate Enrollment Breakdown
Group Students Enrolled % of Total
Female 1,703 59.01%
Male 1,178 40.82%
Another gender/no answer 5 0.17%
White 1,759 60.95%
Hispanic 265 9.18%
Black 125 4.33%
Asian 147 5.09%
Native American 1 0.03%
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1 0.03%
2 or more races 264 9.15%
Foreign 274 9.49%
No answer/missing 50 1.73%

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 2023, the percent reflects the percentage of students entering in fall 2022 who returned as enrolled students in fall 2023.

Table 3:
Retention by Ethnicity/Race and Year
Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Overall 91.2% 83.0% 90.6% 86.4% 88.8%
Hispanic 91.8% 84.1% 85.5% 92.0% 87.5%
Black 93.5% 88.1% 90.9% 66.7% 96.8%
Asian 92.9% 90.9% 94.1% 89.7% 88.2%
Foreign 94.2% 86.5% 96.9% 95.9% 89.9%

Graduation Rate is the percent of first-time, first-year students who graduate within six years.  For example, for the reporting year 2023, the percent reflects the percentage of students entering in fall 2017 who graduated within six years.

Table 4:
Graduation Rate by Ethnicity/Race and Year
Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Overall 86.4% 86.1% 82.3% 83.4% 79.3%
Hispanic 87.3% 87.3% 84.7% 83.6% 73.4%
Black 80.0% 90.7% 75.0% 84.2% 65.8%
Asian 85.7% 82.1% 73.7% 90.5% 75.0%
Foreign 86.2% 85.5% 86.8% 85.0% 84.7%
Table 5:
Retention by Athletes and Year
Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Overall 91.2% 83.0% 90.6% 86.4% 88.8%
Athletes 91.4% 83.1% 92.0% 79.7% 84.1%
Table 6:
Graduation by Athletes and Year
Group 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Overall 86.4% 86.1% 82.3% 83.4% 79.3%
Athletes 90.4% 88.3% 85.2% 82.0% 76.0%

Degrees

Table 7:
Degrees Conferred
Degree 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Overall 669 644 551 644 682 657
Bachelor of Arts (BA) 564 520 462 521 564 517
Bachelor of Music (BM) 81 91 59 86 91 101
Double Degree (BM/BA) 24 33 30 37 27 39
Table 8:
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