Oberlin College

Oberlin College
Former names
Oberlin Collegiate Institute
(1833–1864)
MottoLearning and Labor
TypePrivate liberal arts college
EstablishedSeptember 2, 1833; 191 years ago (1833-09-02)
Academic affiliations
Endowment$1.09 billion (2021)[2]
PresidentCarmen Twillie Ambar
Academic staff
327 (2017)[3]
Students2,785 (2019)[3]
Location
Oberlin, Ohio
,
U.S.

41°17′35″N 82°13′18″W / 41.29306°N 82.22167°W / 41.29306; -82.22167
CampusSuburban
Colors    Red & gold[4]
NicknameYeomen / Yeowomen
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III – NCAC
MascotYeobie the Squirrel[5]
Websiteoberlin.edu

Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world.[6] The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States.[7]

In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 1837, the first to admit women[8] (other than Franklin College's brief experiment in the 1780s).[9] It has been known since its founding for progressive student activism.[10]

The College of Arts & Sciences offers more than 60 majors, minors, and concentrations. Oberlin is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the Five Colleges of Ohio consortium.

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  2. ^ Vietze, Anisa. "College Endowment Surpasses $1 Billion". Oberlin Review. Archived from the original on March 20, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  3. ^ a b NCES, "College Navigator" Archived January 16, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "Oberlin College Visual Style Guide" (PDF). oberlin.edu. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 23, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "Oberlin is Going Nuts Over Its New Athletics Mascot". Oberlin College and Conservatory. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  6. ^ "Oberlin History". Oberlin College and Conservatory. February 23, 2017. Archived from the original on September 16, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  7. ^ "Oberlin Conservatory of Music". www.kennedy-center.org. Archived from the original on December 25, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  8. ^ Faustine Childress Jones-Wilson; Charles A. Asbury; D. Kamili Anderson; Sylvia M. Jacobs; Margo Okazawa-Rey (1996). Encyclopedia of African-American Education. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 339–. ISBN 978-0-313-28931-6. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  9. ^ "Mission and History". Franklin and Marshall College. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  10. ^ Hartocollis, Anemona (June 14, 2019). "Oberlin Helped Students Defame a Bakery, a Jury Says. The Punishment: $33 Million". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019.