Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Acceptance rate
25.2%
2025
Tuition per year
$63,742
$84,552 with room and board
Peer median $23,938
Undergraduates
405
Student-faculty ratio 9:1
Peer median 10 : 1
Graduation rate
82.3%
4-year; 6-year rate 93.7%
“Peers” are all 11 private engineering and technology schools in the U.S. (by Carnegie Classification).
About
- Type
- Private nonprofit, 4-year
- Location
- Needham, Massachusetts
- Website
- www.olin.edu
- Undergraduates
- 405
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
This collegeRanked colleges nearby
- Setting
- Suburb of a large city
- Nearest major city
- Boston, about 15 mi
- Nearest international airport
- Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), about 15 mi
- Also known as
- Olin College of Engineering
- Academic calendar
- Semester
- Religious affiliation
- Not applicable
- President
- Dr. R. May Lee (President)
- Phone
- 7812922300
- City
- Needham, Massachusetts
- Address
- 1000 Olin Way, Needham, MA 02492-1200
Rankings & Admission
Acceptance rate by gender, 2025
In 2020: men 9.7%, women 32.5%.
Test Scores
2025 admitted students, 25th–75th percentile · 25% submitted SAT, 0% submitted ACT · SAT/ACT optional: considered if submitted
How Hard Is It to Get In
about 3 in 10
1,000 applicants in 2025, 25.2% admitted
252 admitted 748 not admitted Yield 43.7%
Degrees & Majors
Graduates in 2025 (first major)
U.S. studentsInternational
All majors, graduates and earnings IPEDS · College Scorecard
*Depends on whether majors have graduates in 2025 or not, Yes / No
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***Due to privacy policy, graduate salaries are not shown for some majors that has few gradautes
| Major | Graduate Salary | Under |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering, General. | $89,389 | |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering. | - | |
| Mechanical Engineering. | - |
Students
405 students in 2025 · Undergraduate men to women 52:48 · Freshman retention 98.0%
- Continuing undergraduates 263
- First-year undergraduates 104
- Transfers and others 38
Undergraduate race and ethnicity (405)
International Students
International share over the last 10 years · gray line: median of all 11 private engineering and technology schools in the U.S.
29 in 2025 · 10.3% in 2016
Cost
2025 cost per year
$84,552
- Undergraduate tuition
- $63,742
- Room and board
- $20,810
Tuition rose 40% from 2016 to 2025; room and board rose 33%.
Finances · fiscal year 2024
Revenue$63.6M
Expenses$45.7M
Average faculty salary · 2025 (9-month equivalent)
Campus Life
Athletics and varsity athletes NCAA · EADA
No athlete data available for 2025.
No athlete data available for 2024.
No athlete data available for 2023.
Nearby & Safety
Ranked colleges nearby
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Wellesley CollegeWellesley · 2.2 mi
Liberal Arts #10
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Boston CollegeChestnut Hill · 5.6 mi
U.S. News #31
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Boston UniversityBoston · 8.9 mi
U.S. News #34
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Harvard UniversityCambridge · 9.3 mi
U.S. News #3
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Northeastern UniversityBoston · 9.5 mi
U.S. News #42
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Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge · 9.8 mi
U.S. News #1
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Tufts UniversityMedford · 10.9 mi
U.S. News #31
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College of the Holy CrossWorcester · 28.1 mi
Liberal Arts #22
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Brown UniversityProvidence · 33.1 mi
U.S. News #16
Incidents, 2023–2025
From the Clery Act campus safety reports schools file, covering on-campus, non-campus and public property.
Notable Alumni
Notable alumni of Franklin W Olin College of Engineering include Frances Haugen (Facebook whistleblower and data engineer), Etosha Cave (Mechanical engineer; co-founder of Twelve) and Alec Radford (AI researcher who worked at OpenAI from 2016 to 2024).
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Frances Haugen 1980–
Facebook whistleblower and data engineer
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Etosha Cave
Mechanical engineer; co-founder of Twelve
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Alec Radford 1993–
AI researcher who worked at OpenAI from 2016 to 2024
References and Data Sources
Data from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), U.S. News, THE, QS, ARWU and Clery Act campus safety reports. Data insights are written by the Forward Pathway data team from public data.