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#12 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#90 Best Value Schools
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#59 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#33 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#11 Most Innovative Schools
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#210 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#39 First-Year Experiences
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#29 Learning Communities
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#18 Writing in the Disciplines
Oberlin College is ranked #33 in National Liberal Arts Colleges. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
78
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
92
Graduation and retention rank
40
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
86%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
90%
Social Mobility Rank
210
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
76%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
87%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
90%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-4
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.9
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
13
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
19
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
96.7%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
93%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
77.8%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
9:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
27
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1280-1490
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
53%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
42
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
47
Average alumni giving rate
26.8%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
