Fact Sheet Final

OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Quick Facts

Located in Needham, MA, Olin was founded in the late 1990s to revitalize engineering education and educate a new generation of innovators. Starting from a clean slate, Olin has reinvented the engineering curriculum to be about innovation, entrepreneurship and addressing global challenges.

CLASS PROFILE

RANKINGS + AWARDS

ENROLLMENT: 346 students –

Olin’s rich learning environment is reflected in its outstanding results on the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) which gauges levels of students’ involvement with their learning. In 9 out of 10 NSSE metrics, Olin scored above the 90th percentile mark. These metrics measure Level of Academic Challenge, Active and Collaborative Learning, Student-Faculty Interaction, Supportive Learning Environment and Enriching Educational Experiences.

45% women/55% men

ORIGINS: 43 states, 18 foreign

nationals, 23 with international backgrounds AVERAGE: Entering GPA 4.3/4.0 scale (weighted) TESTING: SAT median is 1490 (combined math/verbal) NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS: 41% AP SCHOLARS: 81%

GRADUATE OUTCOMES

RANKINGS n US News & World Report (2010): #8 Best Undergraduate

Engineering Programs, non-doctoral n Princeton Review: Best 373 Colleges and Best Value Colleges n StateUniversity.com: Top 2000 U.S. Colleges and Universities: #16 n PARADE Magazine: College A-List n Fiske Guide 2011 Best Buy Schools

EMPLOYED: 55%

n Parents & Colleges: #1 Top Ten Financial Aid Providers

GRADUATE SCHOOL IN ENGINEERING, MATH OR SCIENCE: 30%

AWARDS + HONORS

GRADUATE SCHOOL IN BUSINESS, LAW, MEDICINE OR EDUCATION: 7%

INSTITUTIONAL

ENTREPRENEURS: 5%

n Chronicle of Higher Education: One of Nation’s Top Producers

OTHER: 3% FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS: 8 NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS: 30; HONORABLE MENTIONS: 15 GOLDWATER SCHOLARS: 1 TOP EMPLOYERS: Apple,

athenahealth, Google, Microsoft, Rockwell Automation TOP GRADUATE SCHOOLS: Carnegie

Mellon University, Cornell University, Harvard University, MIT, Stanford University

n Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Innova Award for Innovation

of Fulbright Scholars INDIVIDUAL n Leavey Award presented to Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship

Stephen Schiffman n Vanguard Women in Information Technology Scholarship awarded

to Kathryn Sullivan ‘11 n ASEE Meritorious Service Award presented to Founding Provost

David Kerns n ASEE “Best Student Presentation” Award: Casey Canfield ‘10, under

the guidance of Associate Professor Yevgeniya V. Zastavker n NIST Scholarship for 2010 SURF Program awarded to Poorva Singal ‘12 n NSF Early Career Development (CAREER) Award presented to

Associate Professor Debbie Chachra n NSA Young Investigator Award presented to Associate Professor

Sarah Spence Adams

EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM ENGINEERING EDUCATION

OLIN INNOVATES

Olin aspires to help catalyze change in engineering education and the practice of engineering by serving as a model for other institutions. Here are some of the ways Olin has made a difference in engineering education during 2010:

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student receives a halftuition merit scholarship for 4 years

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Olin’s student body is nearly gender balanced, a rarity in engineering education

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Olin has no traditional academic departments and no tenure

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Olin is among the top 20 most selective colleges and universities in the country

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Every Olin student must start and run a business

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Olin’s alumni giving rate is ranked #1 in the nation, according to the Council for Aid to Education

n Olin was featured in the PBS NEWSHOUR DIGITAL TOWN HALL

“Education for Innovation” event in December 2010 as one of two global examples of innovation in education. n

OLIN-STANFORD PARTNERSHIP – in November 2010, Olin and Stanford University agreed to work together to transform engineering education in the areas of curriculum, pedagogy and organizational change.

n Olin sponsored an INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DESIGN

SUMMIT (IDDS) in July 2010. IDDS is a gathering of 48 participants representing 17 countries working together to produce innovative, scalable technologies and enterprises to improve the lives of people living in poverty around the world. n Olin co-hosted, alongside partner schools Babson and Wellesley

Colleges, an NAE GRAND CHALLENGE REGIONAL SUMMIT: The Educational Imperatives of the Grand Challenges at Wellesley College. The event attracted more than 400 educators, business people, policy makers and others concerned with revamping the nation’s education system to deal with these challenges.

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS n

Average Grant Expenditures (past 5 years): $1,539,445

n At this event Babson-Olin-Wellesley announced a tri-campus

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NSF: Exploring the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Project-Based Learning Among Engineering Students ($400,084)

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NIH: A Mathematical Model of Microvascular Remodeling: Endothelial Dysfunction In Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension ($273,000)

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NSF Collaborative Research: National Dissemination of the Long-Term Undergraduate Research (LURE) Model ($677,894)

initiative focusing on environmental sustainability. n Olin co-hosted the ENGINEER OF THE FUTURE 3.0 SUMMIT in

November 2010, attracting nearly 300 national and international participants to discuss new directions for engineering education. n Olin co-hosted the 2nd NAE GRAND CHALLENGE SUMMIT with

Duke University and USC in September 2010. The event attracted more than 1,000 registrants, including 400 students, to discuss the world’s most critical engineering problems. n Olin kicked off its INITIATIVE FOR INNOVATION IN ENGINEERING

EDUCATION (I2E2) Summer Institute in June 2010. The topic of this week-long institute was “Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century: Designing for Student Engagement.” n OLIN’S CURRICULUM HAS ATTRACTED WORLDWIDE ATTENTION,

as more than 17 U.S. and international institutions interested in learning about Olin’s innovations visited over the last year.

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