Oberlin College
Work 173 W. Lorain Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
Work(440) 775-8411
Admissions E-mail: college.admissions@oberlin.edu
Web site: http://www.oberlin.edu
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Tier 1
College Category:
Liberal Arts Colleges
Liberal Arts Colleges
Overview : Oberlin College
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Institutional Control: | Private |
| Year founded: | 1833 |
| Religious affiliation: | N/A |
| Academic calendar: | 4-1-4 |
| Total number of undergraduates: | 2,839 |
| Setting: | suburban |
| Endowment: | $828,714,935 |
| Fall Admissions | |
| Application deadline: | 1/15 |
| Application fee: | $35 |
| Fall 2008 Acceptance rate: | 32.7% |
| Selectivity: | most selective |
| Expenses | |
| Costs: | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $40,004 |
| Mission | |
| School mission: | As one of the nation's premier liberal arts colleges, Oberlin is committed to rigorous academics, artistic excellence, and social justice. Oberlin College was the first in America to adopt a policy to admit students of color (1835) and the first to award bachelor degrees to women in a coeducational program (1841). Its esteemed history of challenging intellectual and social conventions continues to shape the student experience. Academics are balanced by a strong interest in the arts and a commitment to society. Oberlin has nearly as many international students as it does students from Ohio. Rather than being defined by an academic discipline, Oberlin students join and create more than 140 of their own organizations. Each year more than 1,200 sign up for community service and nearly 75 percent experience international study or service during their college years. Since 1920, more Oberlin graduates have earned PhDs than have graduates of any other four-year institution. During the January Winter Term, students explore the value of self-education. They devise and pursue programs of independent study or research and undertake, on or off campus, numerous projects beyond the regular curriculum. In the Business Scholars Program, for example, students shadow successful Oberlin alums in finance and consulting. The Creativity & Leadership Program, open to students in any major, offers interdisciplinary courses and grants to help students put innovative ideas into practice. While Oberlin professors make important contributions to the arts and sciences through writing and research, their primary focus is teaching undergraduates. Oberlin's combination of a leading liberal arts college and a world-class music conservatory creates an unparalleled learning environment. About 200 students are enrolled in a five-year, double-degree program to earn baccalaureates in music and liberal arts. Students in the arts and sciences and the conservatory share residence and dining halls in the same location, joined in their commitment to pushing the boundaries of their determination, intellect, and creativity. Music students broaden their education with classes in the liberal arts, and share their talents on campus in nearly 500 performances annually. Oberlin's atmosphere of artistic expression includes an abundance of performances in theater, dance, poetry, popular music, and improvisational comedy. Campus architecture is also distinct with buildings designed by Cass Gilbert, Minoru Yamasaki, Robert Venturi and William McDonough. The Allen Memorial Art Museum collection ranks among the top five of any academic museum in the country. The Science Center (2002) is designed to promote collaboration across disciplines. Each summer about 100 students receive stipends to work with faculty in science research labs that include a supercomputer, confocal microscope, and 600-MHz NMR spectrometer. The Environmental Studies Center features the largest photovoltaic array in Ohio, and is one the largest solar-powered academic buildings in the country. This model for green architecture includes an interactive display of how the building systems utilize renewable resources to provide heat, electricity, and recycle wastewater. Under construction is a LEED platinum rated facility for jazz studies that will be the world's first green building for music. Close to 88 percent of Oberlin students live on campus. Students may opt to live in one of nine program houses, including Afrikan Heritage House, Asia House, German House, and Third World House. The 600-plus-member cooperative housing organization is the largest on any US campus, in terms of the percentage of participating students. Nine residential coops and four dining coops (including Kosher and vegan) are student-run and provide experiences in shared responsibility and decision-making. |
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