by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Olin College was awarded 131 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general engineering.
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Olin College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
Olin College has a very low acceptance rate of 18%, making it one of the most selective out of all the colleges and universities in the nation. It's probably a good idea to apply to other schools in addition to Olin College just in case you don't make the cut.
About 41% of students accepted to Olin College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 780. Math scores were between 760 and 800.
The student to faculty ratio at Olin College is an impressive 8 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Olin College is 79%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 100% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Olin College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Olin College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 80%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Olin College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 310 undergraduates at Olin College with 290 being full-time and 20 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,008 | $859 | $14,300 | $17,308 | $35,262 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Olin College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Olin College, approximately 23% of students took out student loans averaging $7,908 a year. That adds up to $31,632 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Olin College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1000 Olin Way, Needham, MA 02492-1200 |
| Phone: | 781-292-2300 |
| Website: | www.olin.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/FWOlinCollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/OlinCollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Engineering | 33 | $91,352 |
| Electrical Engineering | 22 | NA |
| Mechanical Engineering | 21 | NA |
This is a decrease from the 310 students who took online classes the previous year.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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