Oberlin Group

The Oberlin Group is a group of selective liberal arts colleges formed in 1984. The name of the group was derived through the site of the first conference of college presidents, Oberlin College: the colleges represented at the conference had produced an exceptional number of graduates who later earned doctorates in scientific fields. The original list of colleges in the Oberlin Group was:

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• Albion College (MI)
• Alma College (MI)
• Amherst College (MA)
• Antioch College (OH)
• Barnard College (NY)
• Bates College (ME)
• Beloit College (WI)
• Bowdoin College (ME)
• Bryn Mawr College (PA)
• Bucknell University (PA)
• Carleton College (MN)
• Colgate University (NY)
• Colorado College (CO)
• Davidson College (NC)
• Denison University (OH)
• DePauw University (IN)
• Earlham College (IN)
• Franklin & Marshall College (PA)
• Grinnell College (IA)
• Hamilton College (NY)
• Harvey Mudd College (CA)
• Haverford College (PA)
• College of the Holy Cross (MA)
• Hope College (MI)
• Kalamazoo College (MI)
• Kenyon College (OH)
• LaFayette College (PA)
• Macalester College (MN)
• Manhattan College (NY)
• Middlebury College (VT)
• Mount Holyoke College (MA)
• Oberlin College (OH)
• Occidental College (CA)
• Ohio Wesleyan University (OH)
• Pomona College (CA)
• Reed College (OR)
• Smith College (MA)
• St. Olaf College (MN)
• Swarthmore College (PA)
• Trinity College (CT)
• Union College (NY)
• Vassar College (NY)
• Wabash College (IN)
• Wellesley College (MA)
• Wesleyan University (CT)
• Wheaton College (IL)
• Whitman College (WA)
• Williams College (MA)
• College of Wooster (OH)