Oberlin College

Oberlin College

Oberlin College is a selective private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the country. The college’s motto is “Learning and Labor.” While its school colors are often casually referred to as “crimson and gold,” they are actually cardinal red and mikado yellow. Those colors were formally designated for the college by a faculty committee in 1889 and were drawn from the family coat of arms of John Frederick Oberlin. They remain in the official registry of school colors maintained by the American Council on Education. Oberlin is known for having more alumni who earn PhDs than any other liberal arts college in the nation.

Oberlin is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the Five Colleges of Ohio consortium.

Oberlin’s nearly 3,000 students, nearly 2,400 are enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences, a little over 400 in the Conservatory of Music, and the remaining 180 or so in both College and Conservatory under the five-year Double Degree program.

Oberlin College Rankings

• BEST UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING PROGRAM RANKING IN U.S.
• TOP MUSIC SCHOOLS RANKING IN 2010
• TOP 100 PRIVATE COLLEGES RANKING
• TOP 100 LIBERAL ART UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE IN 2010

Schools of Oberlin College

Areas of Study
KEY: MAJOR MINOR CONCENTRATION
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African American Studies
Anthropology
Arabic (see French and Italian)
Archeological Studies
Art History
Biochemistry
Biology
Business
Chemistr
Chinese Language, Literature, and Culture
Cinema Studies
Classics
Cognitive Sciences
Comparative American Studies
Comparative Literature
Computer Science
Creative Writing
Dance
East Asian Studies
Economics
Engineering Program, 3-2
English
Environmental Studies
French
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
Geology
German
German Studies
Greek Language and Literature
Hispanic Studies
History
Individual Major
Interdisciplinary Performance
International Studies
Italian
Japanese Language and Literature
Jewish Studies
Latin Language and Literature
Latin American Studies
Law and Society
Mathematics
Middle East and North African Studies
Musical Studies / Double Degree
Neuroscience
Peace and Conflict Studies
Philosophy
Physics & Astronomy
Politics
Pre-Professional Careers: Education
Pre-Professional Careers: Law
Pre-Professional Careers: Premed
Psychology
Religion
Rhetoric and Composition
Russian Language
Russian and Eastern European Studies
Sociology
Spanish
Studio Art
Theater
Third World Studies
Visual Art

Oberlin College Tuition and Fees

Oberlin College Costs 2008-09

Oberlin College News

• Professor John Scofield Testifies In Front Of U.S. House of Representatives - Fri, 18 May 2012
  Professor of Physics John Scofield was recently invited to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology at a hearing to examine the criteria green building ratings systems are based upon.

  
  

  

• Student-Run Venture Produces Fresh Crop of Collegiate Apparel - Thu, 17 May 2012
  Take a dedicated group of underclassmen from different majors, let them design and market a line of T-shirts on practically a dime, and the result is a new brand of collegiate apparel that never looked so fresh, so creative… so Oberlin.

  
  

  

• Annual Honors Banquet Recognizes Student Achievements - Thu, 17 May 2012
  The annual Conservatory of Music Honors and Awards Banquet, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments by conservatory students, was held this Tuesday evening. Several conservatory students received awards for demonstrating excellence in their areas of undergraduate study as well as in performance, music education, graduate study, and professional development.

  
  

  

• Annual Honors Banquet Recognizes Student Achievements - Thu, 17 May 2012
  This past Tuesday, conservatory students, faculty, and administrators gathered for the Honors & Awards Banquet. The annual tradition distinguishes certain students for demonstrating excellence in their areas of undergraduate study as well as in performance, music education, graduate study, and professional development. “Without question, the reason to be at Oberlin is the students,” Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull says.

  
  

  

• Kate Thomson-Jones Wins ACLS Fellowship - Wed, 16 May 2012
  Assistant Philosophy Professor Kate Thomson-Jones has earned a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to support her leading work in the philosophical examination of the digital arts.

  
  

  

• Oberlin-in-London Study Away Program Celebrates 30th Anniversary - Wed, 16 May 2012
  For the past few decades, Oberlin-in-London has served as one of the cornerstones of the college’s study away program, offering students the opportunity to study abroad in an intimate academic environment with Oberlin faculty. Each spring, two faculty members from different departments collaborate on developing an inter-disciplinary curriculum that allows students to engage in experiential, on-site learning.

  
  

  

• Student and Faculty Team Present at Professional Music Theory Conference - Tue, 15 May 2012
  Assistant Professor of Music Theory Sigrun Heinzelmann and her student, Amy Hess ’12, will be presenting a paper at the Twenty-Third Annual Conference of Music Theory Midwest on May 18–19, 2012. Hosted by the University of Michigan, the professional conference features a selection of music theory presentations by scholars in the field. Acceptance at this conference is based on a blind, peer-review process and is highly competitive. Most of the selected papers come from university professors and graduate students; Hess is the only undergraduate who will present at this year’s conference.

  
  

  

• David Evans ’63 Wins Elite Prize in Chemistry - Fri, 11 May 2012
  David A. Evans ’63, a Harvard University researcher, has been awarded the Welch Award in Chemistry — a major prize bestowed to the nation’s foremost and elite chemists — for his pioneering work in synthetic organic chemistry. The $300,000 award is given annually by the Houston-based Welch Foundation to foster basic chemical research that benefits humankind.

  
  

  

• Alexander Malikov ’12 to be Featured on Performance Today - Fri, 11 May 2012
  Beginning May 14, senior pianist Alexander Malikov ’12 will be featured as Young Artist in Residence on the highly acclaimed radio show, Performance Today. The Minnesota based program, which was created by National Public Radio and is now produced by American Public Media, is America’s most popular classical music radio show.

  
  

  

• Sullivan Fortner ’08 Awarded Prestigious Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship - Wed, 09 May 2012
  Jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner ’08 has been awarded the prestigious Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship by the Leonore Annenberg Fund for the Performing and Visual Arts. The Fund offers awards each year to exceptionally talented young artists who have completed their formal training and “possess the potential to become the cultural and community leaders of the next generation.”