Enrollment Trends at Oberlin

The student population at Oberlin College is 2,992 (2,986 undergraduate and 6 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 81 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Oberlin is 99.80% which is increased by 92 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 11 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students. All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Oberlin College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,886 where 2,992 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

99.80% of total students is undergraduate students and 0.20% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 92 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 11 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Oberlin than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Oberlin College since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,911	2,894	1,316	1,578	17	10	7
2014-15	2,978 67	2,961 67	1,319 3	1,642 64	17 0	12 2	5 -2
2015-16	2,929 -49	2,912 -49	1,288 -31	1,624 -18	17 0	11 -1	6 1
2016-17	2,912 -17	2,895 -17	1,255 -33	1,640 16	17 0	11 0	6 0
2017-18	2,853 -59	2,827 -68	1,201 -54	1,626 -14	26 9	18 7	8 2
2018-19	2,812 -41	2,785 -42	1,189 -12	1,596 -30	27 1	16 -2	11 3
2019-20	2,863 51	2,846 61	1,183 -6	1,663 67	17 -10	11 -5	6 -5
2020-21	2,658 -205	2,647 -199	1,092 -91	1,555 -108	11 -6	9 -2	2 -4
2021-22	2,953 295	2,942 295	1,224 132	1,718 163	11 0	8 -1	3 1
2022-23	2,992 39	2,986 44	1,220 -4	1,766 48	6 -5	6 -2	0 -3
Average	2,886	2,870	1,229	1,641	17	11	5

Oberlin College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,870 where 2,986 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Oberlin College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,894	2,855	1,295	1,560	39	21	18
2014-15	2,961	2,920	1,297	1,623	41	22	19
2015-16	2,912	2,895	1,284	1,611	17	4	13
2016-17	2,895	2,869	1,243	1,626	26	12	14
2017-18	2,827	2,790	1,183	1,607	37	18	19
2018-19	2,785	2,758	1,178	1,580	27	11	16
2019-20	2,846	2,822	1,170	1,652	24	13	11
2020-21	2,647	2,611	1,081	1,530	36	11	25
2021-22	2,942	2,905	1,212	1,693	37	12	25
2022-23	2,986	2,978	1,216	1,762	8	4	4
Average	2,870	2,870	1,216	1,624	2,870	13	16

Oberlin College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 17 where 6 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Oberlin College since 2013.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17	17	10	7	0
2014-15	17	17	12	5	0
2015-16	17	17	11	6	0
2016-17	17	17	11	6	0
2017-18	26	26	18	8	0
2018-19	27	27	16	11	0
2019-20	17	17	11	6	0
2020-21	11	11	9	2	0
2021-22	11	11	8	3	0
2022-23	6	6	6	0	0
Average	17	17	11	5	17

Oberlin College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.40%. The percentage was 69.46% 10 years ago and Oberlin still has a high percentage of white students. 5.18% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.55% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oberlin College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	3	123	159	213	1	2,022	158
2014-15	3	124	154	215	2	2,071	168
2015-16	0	118	152	224	3	1,991	181
2016-17	0	115	156	221	3	1,923	209
2017-18	1	111	151	219	2	1,829	217
2018-19	0	107	142	234	1	1,734	231
2019-20	0	126	155	240	1	1,730	224
2020-21	0	125	162	220	0	1,570	232
2021-22	0	133	163	245	1	1,792	254
2022-23	0	155	136	245	0	1,837	286
Average	1	124	153	228	1	1,850	216

Oberlin College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Oberlin

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes