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Oberlin College offers Colleges services in Oberlin OH, OH area.
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- Mission
- Oberlin's combination of a leading liberal arts college and a world-class music conservatory creates an unparalleled learning environment. 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 coed program (1841). Our esteemed history of challenging intellectual and social conventions continues to shape the student experience today. Our learning community prizes creativity and individuality while upholding high standards of intellectual inquiry, debate, and service to society. While faculty members are focused on undergraduate teaching, they often make significant contributions to their fields through writing, research, and performance. Oberlin students join and create more than 150 of their own organizations. Each year more than 1,200 participate in community service. Nearly 75 percent go abroad for learning experiences during their college careers. 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 on or off campus. In the Business Scholars Program, for example, students interact with alumni to learn about careers in finance and consulting. The Creativity & Leadership Program, open to students in any major, offers entrepreneurship courses and grants to help students put innovative ideas into practice. About 170 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. In Feb. 2010, President Obama presented the conservatory with the National Medal of Arts, the highest US award given to artists and patrons. Oberlin's commitment to artistic expression includes an abundance of performances in theater, dance, poetry, popular music, and improvisational comedy. 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. Research labs include a supercomputer, confocal microscope, and 600-MHz NMR spectrometer. Each summer about 100 students receive stipends to work with faculty in science, social science, and the humanities. Campus architecture is also distinct with buildings designed by Cass Gilbert, Minoru Yamasaki, Robert Venturi and William McDonough. 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. Opening in 2010 is a LEED platinum-rated facility for jazz studies and music recording that is the world's first green building for music. About 90 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 students who participate. Nine residential coops and four dining coops (including Kosher and vegan) are student-run and provide experiences in shared responsibility and decision-making.
- General Information
- Most Selective, Medium School, Private School - No Affiliation Listed, Small Town, Co-Ed, Graduate Students - Low, Total Minority - High, Asian Students - High, Out of State - High, Any Cost, Diagnostic Testing Service, Reader Service for the Blind, Handicapped Student Services, Note taking Services, Study Abroad, Campus Publications, Dormitories, Foreign Student Organizations, Honor Student Organizations, Minority Student Organizations, Radio/TV Station, Religious Organizations, Student Government, Student/Faculty Ratio - Low
- Campus Description
- 440-acre campus in Oberlin, 34 miles from Cleveland. Served by air; major airport serves Cleveland; bus and train serve Elyria (nine miles). School operates transportation to Cleveland every third Saturday. Public transportation serves campus.
- Other Admission Requirements
- High School Diploma NOT required, GED accepted, TOEFL test ONLY required, SAT/ACT tests NOT required, Financial statement NOT required, Advance deposit NOT required, Pre-application form NOT required, Separate application form NOT required
- School Type
- Private not-for-profit (no religious affiliation), 4-year or above
- Atmosphere And Personality
- Bustling, Cozy, High Energy, Laid Back Casual
- Costs
- 2010-2011 Tuition and Fees: $41,577
- Email
- [email protected]
- Cross Streets
- N. Professor and W. Lorain
- City Type
- Midsize Suburb
- Entrance Difficulty
- Very difficult
- Selectivity
- most selective
- Parking
- Available
- Campus Size
- 440 acres
- Setting
- suburban
- Noise Level
- Bustling
- Highest Degree Offered
- Masters
- Institutional Control
- Private
- Instate Tuition Fees For Grad 1 Yr
- $32750
- Application Deadline
- 15-Jan
- Instate Tuition For Undergrad For 1 Yr
- $38012
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Undergrad
- $1580
- On Campus Room And Board Charges
- $9870
- Percentage Of Students Admitted
- 32.66
- Room Charge For 1 Yr On Sharing With 1 Person
- $5150
- Academic Calendar
- 4-1-4
- Year Founded
- 1833
- Founded In
- 1833
- Graduate Application Fee
- $100
- Total Number Of Admissions
- 2288
- Total Number Of Applicants
- 7006
- International Application Fee
- $75
- Undergraduate Application Fee
- $35
- Application Fee
- $35
- Mailing Address Available Only
- N
- Web Site
- http://catalog.oberlin.edu/
