Kenyon College Overview

Kenyon College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Gambier, Ohio. The surrounding location of Gambier is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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 1% student loan default rate at Kenyon is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at Kenyon is the bachelor's degree.
• In <nil>, 96% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Kenyon with a bachelor's degree make about $63,557 a year. That's 56% 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

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	Required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Kenyon?

The acceptance rate of Kenyon College is 37%. While it may not be as selective as some schools, it does screen its applicants very carefully. Do what you can to stand out among others in the pool of applicants!

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 31%, and the acceptance rate for women is 41%.

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.

Kenyon received ACT scores from 28% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 32 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 32. 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 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.

Kenyon College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,875 undergraduate students at Kenyon, with 1,868 being full-time and 7 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,868 full-time undergraduates at Kenyon, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	74
Black or African American	58
Hispanic or Latino	134
White	1,284
International Students	190
Other Races/Ethnicities	128

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.

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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