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Kenyon College

Kenyon College is based in the town of Gambier, OH — a private campus in a small-town setting. International students are a visible presence at Kenyon College — 12.2% of its 1,732 undergraduates come from outside the U.S.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$8,865

family income
under $30k

$11,666

$30–48k

$13,777

$48–75k

$22,995

$75–110k

$45,073

over $110k

Average net price

$38,5122023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Kenyon College rose from $31,141 (2008) to $38,512 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$31,141
2009	$30,430
2010	$25,943
2011	$34,498
2012	$28,132
2013	$29,203
2014	$29,516
2015	$28,678
2016	$30,504
2017	$28,961
2018	$32,897
2019	$36,374
2020	$33,706
2021	$39,277
2022	$29,383
2023	$38,512

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$87,5902024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Kenyon College rose from $49,260 (2009) to $87,590 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$49,260
2010	$50,990
2011	$53,280
2012	$55,680
2013	$57,910
2014	$59,960
2015	$62,160
2016	$64,360
2017	$66,670
2018	$69,230
2019	$71,740
2020	$74,550
2021	$71,480
2022	$80,270
2023	$83,800
2024	$87,590

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$26,080
2001	$27,550
2002	$28,710
2003	$30,330
2004	$31,260
2005	$33,930
2006	$36,050
2007	$38,140
2008	$40,240
2013	$45,640
2014	$47,330
2015	$49,140
2016	$51,200
2017	$53,560
2018	$55,930
2019	$58,570
2020	$55,020
2021	$63,310
2022	$66,490
2023	$69,330

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $71,520 before grants and other attendance costs. At Kenyon College, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,732 — Kenyon College is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

82.3% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Kenyon College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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82.3%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Kenyon College has held near 82.3% from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	85.5%
1992 cohort	82.3%
1993 cohort	82.6%
1994 cohort	82.6%
1995 cohort	84%
1996 cohort	81.8%
1997 cohort	84.1%
1998 cohort	84.3%
1999 cohort	83%
2000 cohort	87.4%
2001 cohort	84.2%
2002 cohort	87.9%
2003 cohort	89.2%
2004 cohort	86.3%
2005 cohort	86.8%
2006 cohort	89.9%
2007 cohort	89.1%
2008 cohort	89.2%
2009 cohort	87.4%
2010 cohort	90.5%
2011 cohort	90.6%
2012 cohort	87%
2013 cohort	90.6%
2014 cohort	89%
2015 cohort	86.5%
2016 cohort	87.3%
2017 cohort	86.8%
2018 cohort	82.3%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	—	$11,875
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$16,603	$11,625
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$16,375	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$16,537	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$17,019	$3,938
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$16,897	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$16,125	$3,563
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,037	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$16,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$16,125	$3,800
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$17,125	$4,625
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$18,226	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$16,715	$7,750
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$18,570	$7,750
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$19,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$19,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$18,500	$7,250
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$18,000	$5,875
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$18,655	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$19,000	$6,000
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$18,527	$6,492

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$46,627

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$52,468

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$71,830

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Kenyon College admitted 2,397 of 7,726 applicants in Fall 2024. The 31% rate describes that application pool.

31%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $69,330 tuition · 2023–24 1,732 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1358–15031600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Kenyon College received 7,726 applications and admitted 2,397 (31%), with 439 enrolling.

Kenyon College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Kenyon College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 680–743 and Math was 678–760 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1358–1503 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	680	720	743
SAT Math	678	700	760
ACT Composite	31	32	33

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

31%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Kenyon College's admission rate fell from 66.4% to 31%. The rate alone cannot explain the change. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	66.4%
Fall 2002	51.7%
Fall 2003	45.6%
Fall 2004	38.4%
Fall 2005	36.1%
Fall 2006	32.8%
Fall 2007	29.2%
Fall 2008	31.3%
Fall 2009	38.5%
Fall 2010	39.3%
Fall 2011	33.5%
Fall 2012	36%
Fall 2013	38.4%
Fall 2014	25.1%
Fall 2015	25.6%
Fall 2016	26.6%
Fall 2017	33.8%
Fall 2018	35.8%
Fall 2019	34.1%
Fall 2020	36.9%
Fall 2021	36.5%
Fall 2022	34.3%
Fall 2023	30.7%
Fall 2024	31%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1358–1503Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1180	1380
Fall 2002	1230	1410
Fall 2003	1220	1410
Fall 2004	1230	1420
Fall 2005	1240	1420
Fall 2006	1230	1420
Fall 2007	1240	1420
Fall 2008	1240	1430
Fall 2009	1230	1400
Fall 2010	1250	1430
Fall 2011	1250	1430
Fall 2012	1240	1410
Fall 2013	1230	1410
Fall 2014	1230	1420
Fall 2015	1240	1420
Fall 2016	1230	1440
Fall 2017	1263	1460
Fall 2018	1280	1470
Fall 2019	1270	1460
Fall 2020	1280	1460
Fall 2021	1340	1500
Fall 2022	1350	1515
Fall 2023	1360	1500
Fall 2024	1358	1503

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

31–33Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	27	31
Fall 2002	27	32
Fall 2003	27	32
Fall 2004	27	31
Fall 2005	28	31
Fall 2006	27	32
Fall 2007	28	32
Fall 2008	28	32
Fall 2009	28	32
Fall 2010	28	32
Fall 2011	28	32
Fall 2012	28	32
Fall 2013	28	32
Fall 2014	28	32
Fall 2015	28	32
Fall 2016	29	33
Fall 2017	29	33
Fall 2018	29	33
Fall 2019	29	33
Fall 2020	30	33
Fall 2021	31	34
Fall 2022	31	34
Fall 2023	31	34
Fall 2024	31	33

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

1,732Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Kenyon College rose from 1,571 (Fall 2002) to 1,732 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,571
Fall 2003	1,586
Fall 2004	1,605
Fall 2005	1,629
Fall 2006	1,631
Fall 2007	1,653
Fall 2008	1,634
Fall 2009	1,616
Fall 2010	1,618
Fall 2011	1,647
Fall 2012	1,657
Fall 2013	1,694
Fall 2014	1,651
Fall 2015	1,698
Fall 2016	1,688
Fall 2017	1,661
Fall 2018	1,719
Fall 2019	1,734
Fall 2020	1,610
Fall 2021	1,868
Fall 2022	1,877
Fall 2023	1,753
Fall 2024	1,732

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

92%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Kenyon College has held near 92% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	92%
Fall 2003 cohort	96%
Fall 2004 cohort	91%
Fall 2005 cohort	92%
Fall 2006 cohort	95%
Fall 2007 cohort	94%
Fall 2008 cohort	91%
Fall 2009 cohort	92%
Fall 2010 cohort	94%
Fall 2011 cohort	94%
Fall 2012 cohort	96%
Fall 2013 cohort	94%
Fall 2014 cohort	93%
Fall 2015 cohort	91%
Fall 2016 cohort	93%
Fall 2017 cohort	91%
Fall 2018 cohort	89%
Fall 2019 cohort	89%
Fall 2020 cohort	91%
Fall 2021 cohort	88%
Fall 2022 cohort	91%
Fall 2023 cohort	92%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Kenyon College

9.5% of Kenyon College's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Kenyon College as a primarily residential campus of 1,732 undergraduates — and 91.6% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Kenyon College's SAT section-percentile sums are 1358–1503 — their midpoint is above the OH four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Kenyon College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Kenyon College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Kenyon College31%

Ohio median75.9%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Kenyon College$71,520

Ohio median$29,500

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Kenyon College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Kenyon College$71,830

Ohio median$52,356

National median$53,781

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Kenyon College, Ohio and national reference values
Metric & basis	Kenyon College	Ohio median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	31%	75.9%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$71,520	$29,500	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$71,830	$52,356	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Kenyon College, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Kenyon College federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 4 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Economics	$103,791
International/Globalization Studies	$72,305
Fine and Studio Arts	$53,620
English Language and Literature, General	$52,945

These 4 fields listed for Kenyon College measure earnings after completion. The $71,830 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 28 additional Kenyon College fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Kenyon College report?

Kenyon College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1358–1503 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Kenyon College's acceptance rate?

31% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 2,397 admitted from 7,726 applicants.

How much does Kenyon College cost?

At Kenyon College, tuition is $71,520. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Kenyon College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $71,830. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Ohio

Oberlin College — 34.2% admitted
Denison University — 17.4% admitted
Art Academy of Cincinnati — 34.5% admitted
Kettering College — 76.5% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.