Olin College of Engineering

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Population 3,800,000

Weather

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

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 383
Men / Women 53% / 47%

Racial/Ethnic

White 42%
Asian 24%
Hispanic 13%
Mixed 9%
International 7%
Black 2%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Olin College of Engineering 94 47% 44% 18% 2% 12% 5% $128,433 100 +1.49 98 96%
Electrical Engineering 30 — 43% 50% 13% 0% 17% 3% $153,570 94 +1.72 100 96% — — — —
Engineering 37 — 46% 46% 19% 3% 8% 5% $128,501 95 +2.28 98 100% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 27 — 52% 33% 22% 4% 11% 7% $100,410 62 +0.15 89 91% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $71,930
ROI Percentile 98th

Retention & Graduation

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

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).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Engineering 100.0% 94 47% 44% 18% 2% 12% 5% $128,433 99 +1.49 98 96% —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $1.6M #256 36% $0.1M — — — —
Education $0.2M #350 0% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0 #540 — $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0 #547 — $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0 #622 — $0 — — — —
Total $1.8M #507 33% $0.1M — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 8.0%
Yield (non-ED) 44%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 8% 8% 8%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 25%
SAT Range 1490 – 1560
SAT Math Range 770 – 790
SAT RW Range 720 – 760