Minnesota Private College Week:
Monday – Friday: June 24 – 29, 2019
Sessions are held twice daily, from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (CST), on 17 campuses across the state. Register Here.
WHY ST. OLAF?
At St. Olaf, we don’t turn out typical college grads. We turn out Oles (Oh-lees). Oles are the people companies want. Oles are the people the planet needs.
Colin Wells, Professor of English
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CAMPUS LIFE
A beautiful campus + tons of student organizations + amazing food = An amazing tight-knit community!
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MAJORS AND PROGRAMS
Explore your options. At St. Olaf you will be able to create a path that will guide your future success.
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STUDY ABROAD
Pack your bags! You will have the opportunity to take advantage of the best program in the nation.
Learn moreMusic can play a part in your education!
St. Olaf offers a liberal arts experience with the benefits of a music conservatory.
St. Olaf offers a liberal arts experience with the benefits of a music conservatory.
We are doers, and that fact is borne out in our work in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields.
The best MBA programs seek people with strong skills in analysis, communication, and leadership. They are looking for Oles.
Oles in all pre-health programs benefit from one-on-one advising, job shadowing and internships at top healthcare organizations.
98%
of 2017–18 first-year students received a St. Olaf scholarship or grant
$41.4K
is the average need-based financial aid package for 2017–18 first-year students
80%
of 2017–18 first-year students received need-based aid
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A visit to St. Olaf allows you to explore our academic programs, experience campus life, and interact with students, professors, and staff.
We encourage you to use your campus visit to begin seeing yourself as an Ole.
MAKING THE INVESTMENT
95% of 2016 graduates are employed, in graduate school, or engaged in full-time service work.
RECENT GRADUATES
In keeping with that call for transparency, St. Olaf regularly tracks the “first destinations” of its graduates after they leave the Hill.
RETENTION AND GRADUATION
St. Olaf College has one of the best first-year to sophomore retention rates among its peers.
TAKE A TOUR
There’s nothing quite like the experience of walking across campus, but for those who can’t make the journey to Northfield, let us show you a few of the great places where St. Olaf students live and learn.
APPLYING TO ST. OLAF
We’re looking for smart, ambitious, creative people who want to be challenged. In a campus community of 3,000 students, with the range of academic and extracurricular programs we offer, we want multifaceted people who will contribute as much to the community as they draw from it.
Oles don’t all look alike or think alike, but what they do share is an enthusiasm. An optimism. A work ethic driven by the knowledge that anything is possible, the answer to every problem is yes, that what’s broken needs fixing, what’s working
can be improved.