Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 5.2-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 4 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 3 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 25.0%
- No Data3 · 75.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
New England Commission of Higher Education
Action history · 2
- Sep 2021Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
- Nov 2011Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 75 students received $453K in Pell grants, alongside $706K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 48 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at OLIN
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
OLIN vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions OLIN selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectFranklin W Olin College of Engineering | 96% | — | 405 | $25,171 | — |
| — | 95.8% | 389 | — | — | |
| 88% | 14.0% | 106 | $73,043 | — | |
| 78% | 76.9% | 2,334 | $42,513 | — | |
| — | — | 39 | — | — | |
| Peer group median | 88% | 76.9% | 389 | $42,513 |
Institutions like OLIN
Explore the federal data for institutions in OLIN's comparison group.
- California
San Francisco Bay University
Grad rate—Admit rate95.8%Enrollment389Net price—View data - New York
Webb Institute
Grad rate88%Admit rate14.0%Enrollment106Net price$73,043View data - Indiana
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Grad rate78%Admit rate76.9%Enrollment2,334Net price$42,513View data - Illinois
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment39Net price—View data
OLIN Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Institutional Research + Decision Support serves to connect people with the information they need to make good decisions in relation to Olin.
Visit IR office page- Vilosh VeeramaniDirector of Institutional Research + Decision Support
Common Data Set
OLIN's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C1928 applied → 201 admitted (21.7%) → 98 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Highly selective — 21.7% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Women were admitted at 3.1× the rate of Men (41.7% vs 13.4%).
Waitlist outcome
C253 offered a waitlist spot, 33 accepted it, 10 admitted (30.3% of those who stayed on).
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $82,310 (2023-2024).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $82,310 → about $25,485 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($56,825); 99% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H10% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H530% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $17,284 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 92%; first-year retention 99%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 10 pts below the overall rate (82% vs 92%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I30% of classes have under 20 students; 0% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~100% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B28% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D11 transfer applicants → 1 admitted (100.0%) → 1 enrolled
Source publications
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