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Olin College of Engineering

Basic Information

Type Private
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 (71th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (34th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

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 test_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 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; +1 is one standard deviation above. The emphasized lines at +2 and −2 mark two standard deviations. One chart per macro-category; all charts share a common y-axis.

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Olin College of Engineering 102 55% / 45% 9% $111,696
Electrical Engineering 21 52% / 48% 10%
Engineering 52 56% / 44% 10% $118,914
Mechanical Engineering 29 55% / 45% 7% $98,756