Gambier, OH · Private nonprofit
31%
Acceptance rate
1,440
SAT Average
$29,383
Avg net price
1,753
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 508 |
| Bachelor’s 97 |
| Bachelor’s 79 |
| Bachelor’s 64 |
| Bachelor’s 52 |
| Bachelor’s 47 |
| Bachelor’s 28 |
| Bachelor’s 27 |
| Bachelor’s 25 |
| Bachelor’s 25 |
| Bachelor’s 23 |
| Bachelor’s 16 |
| Bachelor’s 16 |
| Bachelor’s 9 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- North Coast Athletic Conference
Projected sponsored sports23
Athletic participation
499 unique student-athletes · 22 varsity teams
Early Decision Option 1
Binding · CSS Profile due Nov 15 · FAFSA due Jan 15
Early Decision Option 2
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 15
Regular Decision
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 15
· Apply with Common App or Coalition
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $71,196
- Required fees
- $324
- Food and housing
- $15,640
- Books and supplies
- $1,900
- Other expenses
- $1,950
- Total
- $91,010
- $74,5502019–2019–20
- $71,4802020–2120–21
- $80,2702021–2221–22
- $83,8002022–2322–23
- $87,5902023–2423–24
- $91,0102024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $29,383 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 59%
- Average share of need met
- 1%
- Average need-based grant
- $59,495
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Kenyon College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Kenyon College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Kenyon College runs two binding Early Decision rounds. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Kenyon College withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
412 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Feb 1. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 23.1% in 2021–22, and an ACT, down from 25.1%.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
7.5% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
8% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
High-school GPA and class rank of enrolled first-years, as reported to the Common Data Set.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Kenyon College rates 2 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Level of applicant's interest
- Important
- Interview
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Kenyon College leaves 3 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
Without the rank spread of enrolled students, there’s no top-of-class signal to place a transcript against.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Kenyon College's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $29,383 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 242 of 412 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Kenyon College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Kenyon College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
91.3% of Kenyon College’s first-years return for a second year and 86.8% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03