Oberlin College and Conservatory

Oberlin College and Conservatory is a private institution that was founded in 1833. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,986 (fall 2022), and the campus size is 440 acres. It utilizes a 4-1-4-based academic calendar. Oberlin College and Conservatory's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, #51. Its tuition and fees are $64,646.

Oberlin College and Conservatory is located in Oberlin, Ohio, 35 miles southwest of Cleveland. Among the 150 or so student organizations are the Student Senate, Oberlin Film Series and Swing Dance. Athletics play a big role in student life, as well, and Oberlin fields more than 20 NCAA Division III athletic teams, known as the Yeomen. Intramural sports include bowling, 4-on-4 basketball, frisbee, and cycling. All students are required to live either in College housing or an Oberlin Student Cooperative Association (OSCA) co-op. OSCA, Oberlin’s largest student organization, offers an alternative to College-run housing and dining.

Oberlin College and Conservatory is comprised of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Conservatory of Music, which offers Bachelor of Music degrees and a number of master’s programs and is regarded as one of the best undergraduate music schools in the country. The four-week winter term in January enables students to pursue a specific topic through an individual or group project; past projects have included traveling to India to study Gandhi and an intensive group course on electronic music. Oberlin also has the Experimental College, which offers for-credit courses taught by students, administrators, townspeople and faculty that tend to focus on nontraditional subjects like the fundamentals of rock climbing or community organizing. For $5 each, students can rent up to two works of art for a semester by artists such as Picasso and Toulouse-Lautrec through the Art Rental program.