Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Needham, Massachusetts
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 377 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 25%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $17,057per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 96%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $138,83210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Every student admitted to Olin receives a merit-based tuition scholarship.
Source: Admission + Financial Aid | Olin College of Engineering | Olin ...
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 25%About 3 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1493–1558Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
Enter your numbers to see where they'd fall among Franklin W Olin College of Engineering's first-year students. This isn't a prediction: it shows how you compare with students who enrolled, using the sources linked below.
Leave out anything you don't have. Your numbers stay in this browser and fill in on other school pages. See my list
Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $17,057full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $89,669sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $69,378Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 96%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 98%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $138,83210 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $13,845federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 377Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 19%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- Not reportedparents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA — admits 41%
- Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CA — admits 43%
- Hult International Business School Cambridge, MA — admits 60%
- Patrick Henry College Purcellville, VA — admits 77%
Also worth a look
- Pacific Oaks College Pasadena, CA — admits 34%
- Brescia University Owensboro, KY — admits 35%
- Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CA — admits 43%
- Baptist University of Florida Graceville, FL — admits 36%
- Trinity College of Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL — admits 53%
- College of Saint Mary Omaha, NE — admits 45%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Franklin W Olin College of Engineering, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
Spot something wrong? Report a data error.