Kenyon College Overview

Kenyon College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Gambier, Ohio. Kenyon is located in the countryside, which is perfect for students who enjoy a rural lifestyle.

What Is Kenyon College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Kenyon since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Kenyon is the bachelor's degree.
• In a recent academic period98% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Kenyon with a bachelor's degree make about $71,830 a year. That's 76% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from Kenyon to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Kenyon College?

Contact details for Kenyon are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022
Phone:	740-427-5000
Website:	www.kenyon.edu

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How Do I Get Into Kenyon?

You can apply to Kenyon online at: https://www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for Kenyon

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Kenyon?

Kenyon has a fairly low acceptance rate of 34%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 29%, and the acceptance rate for women is 38%.

Average Test Scores

About 15% 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 690 and 760. Math scores were between 660 and 755.

Kenyon received ACT scores from 16% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 33 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 0. Composite scores were between 31 and 34.

Can I Afford Kenyon College?

The overall average net price of Kenyon is $48,335. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Kenyon, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $7,029 a year. That adds up to $28,116 over four years for those students.

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Kenyon College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,615 undergraduate students at Kenyon, with 1,610 being full-time and 5 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,610 full-time undergraduates at Kenyon, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Kenyon College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	73
Black or African American	57
Hispanic or Latino	116
White	1,099
International Students	147
Other Races/Ethnicities	118

Geographic Diversity

Ohio students aren't the only ones who study at Kenyon College. At this time, 39 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 50 countries are represented at Kenyon. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Canada, and South Africa.

Kenyon College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General English Literature	86	86
Economics	61	61
General Psychology	47	47
Political Science & Government	41	41
Romance Languages	34	34
Fine & Studio Arts	31	31
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	28	28
Mathematics	25	25
History	24	24
General Biology	23	23
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	21	21
International Studies	20	20
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	19	19
Sociology	17	17
Physics	16	16
Natural Resources Conservation	14	14
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	14	14
Anthropology	13	13
Philosophy	9	9
Chemistry	8	8
Drama & Theater Arts	8	8
Music	7	7
Ethnic Studies	6	6
Religious Studies	6	6
Classical Languages & Literature	5	5
East Asian Languages	5	5
Dance	5	5
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	1	1
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	1	1
Germanic Languages	0	0
TOTAL	595	595

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Curt Smith under License

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