by our College Data Analytics Team
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 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general economics.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Kenyon is ranked #333 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
Kenyon is also ranked #11 out of 91 schools in Ohio.
The acceptance rate at Kenyon College is a competitive 34%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
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.
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.
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 98%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 88% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Kenyon College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
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 86%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,615 undergraduates at Kenyon with 1,610 being full-time and 5 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,808 | $17,325 | $20,493 | $28,824 | $51,597 |
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.
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 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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Contact details for Kenyon are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022 |
| Phone: | 740-427-5000 |
| Website: | https://www.kenyon.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General English Literature | 70 | $29,962 |
| Economics | 61 | $58,082 |
| General Psychology | 48 | $39,203 |
| Political Science & Government | 44 | $39,550 |
| History | 33 | NA |
| Romance Languages | 25 | NA |
| General Biology | 24 | NA |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 23 | $23,082 |
| International Studies | 21 | NA |
| Sociology | 21 | NA |
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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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