<p>Which do you think is better for getting jobs?
Which do you think is better for attending graduate school? (something like Columbia/Stanford)</p>
<p>You need to list fields when asking questions like this. Either school will be fine for most jobs and grad programs..but I am sure each has an edge in certain areas.</p>
<p>Oberlin has a ridiculous grad school acceptance rate.</p>
<p>As in ridiculously poor? 
Qualifier…</p>
<p>Want a job? Go get an engineering degree at a state school. I doubt there’s any serious difference between Kenyon and Oberlin in either area. I recommend choosing whichever school feels best to you.</p>
<p>BTW, graduate school acceptance rates are meaningless. Just about any graduate of a respected college can find a graduate school that will accept them.</p>
<p>^So true. Anybody can get into graduate school. The question was way too general.</p>
<p>Oberlin is generally more respected as an intellectually rigorous institution-- however i think the difference is small enough that it shouldn’t really factor into your decision. I personally prefer Kenyon even though it is slightly less selective, although I’m applying to both.</p>
<p>Not to say money is everything, but check out this:</p>
<p>[Top</a> Liberal Arts Colleges By Salary Potential](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/top-liberal-arts-colleges.asp]Top”>Best Liberal Arts Colleges | Payscale)</p>
<p>A pretty real difference between the two in the long term financial success. The disparity in ranking between the schools is pretty big, 38 schools between them.</p>
<pre><code> Starting salary: Mid-career salary:
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<p>Kenyon: $39,800 $90,300
Oberlin: $42,400 $77,300</p>
<p>Factor in Music Majors, and I think Oberlin does extremely well for that list.</p>
<p>Compensation is tied to what you choose to do for a living and where you live and work. Perhaps more Kenyon grads choose to live in areas of the country that pay higher salaries? Generally higher salaries are paid where the cost of living is also higher, making it a wash. </p>
<p>Just listing mid-career salary alone without considering the dozens of other variables that affect salary is useless.</p>
<p>When your looking at two very similar schools located in the same area of the same state, it makes a very interesting comparison. Yes Plainsman, there are A LOT of variables unaccounted for here, and it’s not entirely clear to me how exact such estimates could possibly be. However, it is an interesting comparison, and that difference between mid-career incomes isn’t small. Plus, it’s not as though one would expect English, which in the past more than a quarter of students have majored in at Kenyon, would be expected to turn out huge salaries. I wouldn’t put a lot of faith in that list, but I don’t think income differences between grads of different schools is an unimportant consideration, and I would call the whole thing “a wash.”</p>
<p>Oberlin vs. Kenyon? Seriously? As long as you work hard at either of these schools, you will be fine. I go to Kenyon and have friends going to Penn, Berkeley, UChicago, Columbia, NYU, Yale, etc next year. Just find a school that is a good fit for you and you will be successful.</p>
<p>Do you mean that your friends are transfering to Penn, berkeley, UChicago…?</p>
<p>^ No, for grad-school, I’m assuming.</p>
<p>My brother went to Kenyon and received a fulbright after his senior year. Then he applied to public health grad school and was accepted (5 for 5) to Columbia, Hopkins, Emory, Yale, Harvard(where he goes now).</p>
<p>His friends attend Georgetown, Berkley law, Columbia Law, Harvard Law, Hopkins Med, etc. Kenyon students do fine.</p>
<p>Don’t know about Oberlin, I assume the graduates do well.</p>