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Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Needham, Massachusetts

Olin

https://www.olin.edu

#40 National Colleges

15.69% Admission Rate
Very Selective

347 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Private nonprofit
  • Special Focus Four-Year: Engineering Schools
  • Four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
  • Four-year, very small, highly residential


By Kenneth C. Zirkel - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69468734

Olin College of Engineering (formally, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering) is a private college focused on engineering and located in Needham, Massachusetts. Olin College is noted in the engineering community for its relatively recent founding, small size, project-based curriculum, and large endowment funded primarily by the defunct F. W. Olin Foundation. The college covers half of each admitted student's tuition through the Olin Scholarship.

"Olin College." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 February 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olin_College.
Location

City
Needham, Massachusetts

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Locale
Suburb: Large (outside principal city, in urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more)

Region
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Bachelor's degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Engineering 100.0%

Cost

Tuition
$55,500.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
26.15%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$20,540.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1522 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 800 780 760
Verbal 760 730 700

ACT Scores

35 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 35 34 33
English 35 35 34