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Olin College of Engineering

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Location Needham, MA
Population 3,800,000
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 373
Men / Women 53% / 47%
White 41%
Asian 20%
Black 16%
Hispanic 11%
International 7%
Mixed 5%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Engineering 100%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $66,398
Est. Cost of Attendance $86,474
10-Year ROI $483,000
ROI Percentile 100th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 98%
4-Year Graduation Rate 64%
6-Year Graduation Rate 96%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56%)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (34%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 8%
Yield (Unbound) 44%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $2M #289
Humanities & Social Sciences $0M #527
Life & Natural Sciences $0M #570

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 25%
SAT Range 1500 – 1550
SAT Math Range 770 – 790
SAT RW Range 723 – 768
ACT Range 34 – 35

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Olin College of Engineering 102 55% / 45% 9% $118,730 94%
Electrical Engineering 21 52% / 48% 10% $111,393 97
Engineering 52 56% / 44% 10% $128,427 99 96%
Mechanical Engineering 29 55% / 45% 7% $106,657 96 91%