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Kenyon College Data & Information Overview

116 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
37% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Kenyon College Ranked?

#209 Best Colleges in Nation
#7 Best Colleges in OH
General Psychology Highest Ranked Major
Quality Badge

2024 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

Kenyon College was awarded 116 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general psychology.

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Overall Quality

Kenyon landed the #209 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.

Kenyon is also ranked #7 out of 96 schools in Ohio.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Kenyon?

37% Acceptance Rate
62% Of Accepted Are Women
25% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

Kenyon College has an acceptance rate of 37%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Kenyon.

Average Test Scores

About 25% of students accepted to Kenyon submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 680 and 750. Math scores were between 660 and 750.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Kenyon College  ( 680 to 750 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Kenyon College  ( 660 to 750 )
200
800
Kenyon received ACT scores from 28% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 31 and 34.

ACT Composite Scores for Kenyon College  ( 31 to 34 )
1
36

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Kenyon College Faculty

9 to 1 Student to Faculty
96% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Kenyon it is much better at 9 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Kenyon College is 96%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  96 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Kenyon College

91% Freshmen Retention
87% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Kenyon College has a freshmen retention rate of 91%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  91 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Kenyon the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 87%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  87 out of 100
0
100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Kenyon College.

Kenyon College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,610 Full-Time Undergraduates
20.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
56.8% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,615 undergraduates at Kenyon with 1,610 being full-time and 5 being part-time.

How Much Does Kenyon College Cost?

$36,374 Net Price
30% Take Out Loans
$17,880 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Kenyon is $36,374. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Kenyon

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$14,958 $18,974 $20,727 $27,798 $48,306

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Kenyon, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Kenyon, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $4,470 a year. That adds up to $17,880 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Kenyon is 0.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Kenyon Graduates Make?

$61,998 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Kenyon with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $61,998 in their early years. That's great news for Kenyon students since it is 46% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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See which majors at Kenyon College make the most money.

Location of Kenyon College

Ohio State
1,610 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Kenyon College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Gambier, Ohio. The surrounding location of Gambier is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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Contact details for Kenyon are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022
Phone: 740-427-5000
Website: https://www.kenyon.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kenyoncollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KenyonCollege

Kenyon College Majors

30 Majors With Completions
383 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
General English Literature 53 $25,057
General Psychology 36 $38,994
Economics 28 $50,959
Political Science & Government 26 $43,334
General Biology 21 NA
Mathematics 16 NA
Sociology 16 NA
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 16 NA
Fine & Studio Arts 15 $18,841
Romance Languages 15 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Kenyon College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

This is a decrease from the 1,236 students who took online classes the previous year.

Learn more about online learning at Kenyon College.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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