Kenyon College
Private College in Gambier, OH. Six-year graduation rate 82%. Median 10-year earnings $71,830.
Students who entered Kenyon College reach a median of $71,830 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Completion is a strength: 82% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $18,527, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 82% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Kenyon College admits 31% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in three applicants are turned away. 7,726 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 18% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 11% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 680–743 | 48 (11%) |
| SAT Math | 678–760 | |
| ACT Composite | 31–33 | 42 (10%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Kenyon College →Academics
Six-year completion runs to 82% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 92% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate population is 2,184 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,753 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $46,859 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $18,242 while those at $110k+ pay $51,432. Grant aid reaches 81% of students at an average of $41,244. Federal borrowing reaches 26% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 455 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $18,242 |
| $30–48k | $26,319 |
| $48–75k | $19,156 |
| $75–110k | $23,757 |
| $110k+ | $51,432 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 463 of these 1,753 students, totalling $2,772,376 — an average of $5,988 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Knox County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)