Oberlin College and Conservatory | Oberlin College and Conservatory

Oberlin College and Conservatory | Oberlin College and Conservatory
Oberlin College and Conservatory
Video Description: Oberlin Scenes
This silent video makes quick cuts, showing the green space and buildings around campus followed by students and faculty engaging in discussions, working in labs, and performing music.
The scenes include:
An aerial shot of Finney Chapel and the center of the Oberlin Campus.
A student is planting a plant into dirt.
A trumpeter plays, viewed through the strings of a bass.
A yellow converse shoe on the foot of a statue.
The scenery of the koi pond in front of the Conservatory building.
A timelapse of students walking between Mudd Library and Wilder Hall.
An aerial shot of solar panels in a field.
A student is seated on a bench in a museum gallery, taking notes.
A student and a professor are sitting together at a desk conducting a science project.
A professor responds to a student.
Lab partners are doing an experiment while wearing lab coats and goggles.
A professor explains a graph to two students.
Two students and a professor crouch over an experiment in the woods.
One student plays a drum kit while another plays alto sax.
A conservatory professor gives tips to students in a jazz combo.
The back of a conductor conducting an orchestra.
A student writes an equation on the blackboard as a professor stands behind him.
Someone wearing a suit gives a speech on a stage, in front of a map of the world.
A student is working on their computer in a “womb” chair.
A violinist plays in a bright, sunny room.
A student reaches up with plant tweezers to trim a plant in a greenhouse.
A coach is giving a speech to athletes.
A tennis player serves.
A close-up of a student’s fingers as they grip the rock climbing wall.
Runners get positioned to start a race.
Students play the trombone, bass and drums on stage at the Cat and the Cream.
An aerial zooming out shot of Tappan Square.
The video then loops back to the beginning.
One college, one conservatory, one community. Infinite possibilities.
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College of Arts and Sciences
Conservatory of Music
Find Your Area of Study
At Oberlin, the options are nearly endless. (But you can narrow this
list down if it’s helpful.)
Arts and Sciences
BA+BFA in Integrated Arts
Featured
Dual Degree
Arts and Sciences
Data Science
Featured
Major, Integrative Concentration
Arts and Sciences
Environmental Science
Featured
Major
Arts and Sciences
,
Conservatory
African American Music Minor
Minor
Arts and Sciences
Africana Studies
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Anthropology
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Archaeological Studies
Major
Arts and Sciences
Art History
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
,
Conservatory
Arts Administration and Leadership
Integrative Concentration
Arts and Sciences
,
Conservatory
Arts and Creative Technologies Minor
Minor
Arts and Sciences
Astronomy
Conservatory
Baroque Cello
Major, Minor, Graduate
Conservatory
Baroque Flute
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Baroque Violin
Major, Minor, Graduate
Conservatory
Bassoon
Major, Performance Diploma, Artist Diploma
Arts and Sciences
Biochemistry
Major
Arts and Sciences
Biology
Major
Arts and Sciences
Book Studies
Minor
Arts and Sciences
Business
Major, Integrative Concentration
Conservatory
Cello
Major
Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Cinema and Media
Major
Conservatory
Clarinet
Major, Performance Diploma, Artist Diploma
Conservatory
Classical Guitar
Major
Arts and Sciences
Classics
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Cognitive Sciences
Minor
Arts and Sciences
Communication Studies
Major
Arts and Sciences
Comparative American Studies
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Comparative Literature
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Composition
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Computer Science
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Conducting
Graduate
Arts and Sciences
Creative Writing
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Critical AI Studies
Minor
Arts and Sciences
Dance
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Double Bass
Major
Arts and Sciences
East Asian Studies
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Economics
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Education Studies
Integrative Concentration
Arts and Sciences
Engineering, 3-2
Major
Arts and Sciences
English
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Environmental Studies
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Ethnomusicology
Minor
Arts and Sciences
Financial Economics
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Flute
Major, Performance Diploma, Artist Diploma
Arts and Sciences
Food Studies
Integrative Concentration
Conservatory
Fortepiano
Graduate
Arts and Sciences
French and Italian
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Geosciences
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
German Language and Literatures
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Global Health
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Harp
Major
Conservatory
Harpsichord
Major, Minor, Graduate
Arts and Sciences
Hispanic Studies
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Historical Instruments
Graduate
Conservatory
Historical Keyboard Instruments
Graduate
Conservatory
Historical Oboes
Graduate
Conservatory
Historical Performance
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
History
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Horn
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Improvisation
Minor
Arts and Sciences
Individual Major
Major
Conservatory
Interdisciplinary Performance Minor
Minor
Arts and Sciences
International Affairs
Integrative Concentration
Conservatory
Jazz Composition
Major
Conservatory
Jazz Performance
Major
Arts and Sciences
Jewish Studies
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Journalism
Integrative Concentration
Arts and Sciences
Latin American Studies
Major
Arts and Sciences
Law and Society
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Linguistics
Minor
Arts and Sciences
Literary Translation
Minor
Arts and Sciences
Mathematics
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Middle East and North Africa Studies
Minor
Arts and Sciences
,
Conservatory
Music and Cognition Minor
Minor
Arts and Sciences
,
Conservatory
Music and Popular Culture Minor
Minor
Conservatory
Music History
Minor
Conservatory
Music Minor
Minor
Conservatory
Music Theater
Major
Conservatory
Music Theory
Minor
Arts and Sciences
,
Conservatory
Musical Pathways
Minor
Arts and Sciences
Musical Studies
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Musicology
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Neuroscience
Major
Conservatory
Oboe
Major, Performance Diploma, Artist Diploma
Conservatory
Opera Theater
Conservatory
Organ
Major, Minor, Graduate, Artist Diploma
Arts and Sciences
Peace and Conflict Studies
Integrative Concentration
Conservatory
Pedagogy, Advocacy, and Community Engagement
Integrative Concentration
Conservatory
Percussion
Major
Arts and Sciences
Philosophy
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Physics
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Piano
Major, Minor, Artist Diploma
Conservatory
Piano and Vocal Accompanying
Major
Conservatory
Piano Pedagogy
Minor
Conservatory
Piano Technology
Graduate
Arts and Sciences
Politics
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Pre Law
Arts and Sciences
Pre Medical
Arts and Sciences
Psychology
Major
Arts and Sciences
Public Humanities
Integrative Concentration
Conservatory
Recorder
Major, Minor, Graduate
Conservatory
Recording Arts and Production
Major
Arts and Sciences
Religion
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Sociology
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Spanish
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Sport Studies and Management
Integrative Concentration
Arts and Sciences
Statistical Modeling
Minor
Arts and Sciences
Studio Art
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Theater
Major, Minor
Conservatory
TIMARA
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Trombone
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Trumpet
Major, Minor
Conservatory
Tuba
Major
Conservatory
Viola
Major
Conservatory
Viola da Gamba
Major, Minor, Graduate
Conservatory
Violin
Major
Conservatory
Voice
Major, Minor
Arts and Sciences
Writing and Communication
Minor
Didn’t find what you’re looking for?
See the full lists of majors, minors, and concentrations here:
Arts and
Sciences Areas of Study
Conservatory of
Music Areas of Study
There are many great colleges and many great conservatories. There is only one Oberlin.
Academic & artistic excellence
We offer one of the world’s great undergraduate educations. We will cultivate your curiosity and help you master the tools necessary to engage humanity’s most vexing challenges, debates, and artistic frontiers.
Learning & Labor
It’s not just our motto, it’s our practice. Hands-on experience is a critical part of an Oberlin education. In research and scholarship, in creative work and performance, we make the connections between learning and doing, between imagination and action.
A restlessness of innovation
From the very beginning—as the first college to adopt a policy to admit Black students and the first to grant undergraduate degrees to women in a co-ed program—we have championed critical work that yields necessary progress: new discoveries, new music and art, new ideas, new ventures, new cultural practices and norms.
Find your people. Find your muse.
With its longstanding commitments to access, diversity, and inclusion, Oberlin is the perfect laboratory in which to study and design the world you want. You’ll always feel that you belong here—we’ll celebrate you just as you are, without compromise. We’re a place where individual flourishing is a collective endeavor—we believe that it takes more than yourself to be yourself.
Photo credit: Matthew Lester
Faculty mentorship
Every Oberlin experience is a collaborative enterprise between students and faculty. Your faculty mentors—world-renowned scholars, artists, teachers, and citizens—will guide and push you, invested fully in your promise and in your future. They will challenge you to approach your education with a critical mind and a resilient heart.
An ideal location
In a quintessential college town in the heart of the Midwest, our picturesque location provides small-town charm and safety. It gives us lots of room to breathe and the freedom to explore and apply new ideas. Whether on campus, in the city of Oberlin, or in nearby Cleveland, you’ll find an expansive menu of cultural, social, and service programming.
Ready to launch
When our students graduate, they land in the most interesting places. We do amazing, life-changing, creative work. Our alumni use their Oberlin educations to give the world more joy, hope, meaning, and justice—serving collectively as a global force for good. In every field, on every stage, Obies help people find the way forward.
Oberlin prepares its graduates to change the world for good. In 2025, we celebrated a milestone of change for our campus:
We achieved carbon neutrality!
Learn how we did it
“Not only are my teachers brilliant at what they do, they’re some of the most compassionate and supportive people I know. They’ve offered me invaluable guidance and pushed me in new creative directions that have ultimately made me a better artist and a better human being.”
Josh Augustin ’20
Admissions and Financial Aid
College of Arts and Sciences
Conservatory of Music
College of Arts and Sciences Admissions
(800) 622-6243 or (440) 775-8411
38 E. College St., Oberlin, OH 44074
Conservatory of Music Admissions
(440) 775-8413
39 W. College St., Oberlin, OH 44074
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Double Degree Program
You have exceptional musical talent and intellectual enthusiasm.
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