Admissions Statistics
Kenyon students are curious, creative, and intrigued by the opportunity to live and learn in the company of friends. They're innovative, self-motivated, tolerant, and talented. Above all, they love to learn.
They come from nearly all 50 states and 41 foreign countries; 47 percent are male, 53 percent are female; 18 percent of the class of 2013 are students of color.
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Details from the class of 2013:
- Early Decision
- Regular Decision
- All Applicants
- Secondary-School Class Rank
- Secondary-School GPA
- Secondary-School Course Selection
- Standardized-Test Scores
- Regional Distribution
- Home States with Largest Enrollments
- The Company We Keep
Early Decision
| Applied | 359 |
| Accepted | 211 |
| Enrolled | 210 |
Regular Decision
| Applied | 3,633 |
| Accepted | 1,327 |
| Enrolled | 264 |
All Applicants
| Applied | 3,992 |
| Accepted | 1,538 |
| Enrolled | 474 |
Secondary-School Class Rank
| Top 1% | 15% |
| Top 5% | 39% |
| Top 10% | 56% |
| Top 20% | 83% |
| Top 30% | 92% |
| Top 40% | 97% |
| Top 50% | 100% |
Secondary-School GPA
| (4.00 scale) | Percentage of class |
| 4.0 or higher | 32% |
| 3.70-3.99 | 30% |
| 3.40-3.69 | 21% |
| 3.00-3.39 | 15% |
| 2.70-2.99 | 2% |
| 2.69 or lower | 0% |
Secondary-School Course Selection
| Percentage of class taking calculus | 55% |
| Median number of science units | 4.4 |
| Median number of AP courses | 4.0 |
Standardized-Test Scores
| SAT | |
| Middle 50% of Critical Reading | 630-720 |
| Middle 50% of Math | 600-680 |
| Middle 50% of Writing | 620-730 |
| Middle 50% of Combined | 1850-2130 |
| ACT | |
| Middle 50% | 28-32 |
Regional Distribution
| Percentage of class | |
| New England | 12.4% |
| Mid Atlantic | 28.9% |
| South | 9.9% |
| Midwest (Ohio: 15.8%) | 25.7% |
| West and Southwest | 17.9% |
| Foreign | 5.2% |
Home States with Largest Enrollments
|
| First-year students enrolled |
| Ohio | 75 |
| New York | 57 |
| California | 45 |
| Maryland | 29 |
| Pennsylvania | 29 |
| Massachusetts | 28 |
| Illinois | 23 |
| New Jersey | 18 |
| Connecticut | 15 |
| Virginia | 12 |
| North Carolina | 10 |
| Tennessee | 8 |
| Texas | 8 |
| Colorado | 7 |
| Washington | 7 |
The Company We Keep
This year, our top ten overlap schools were the following: |
| Oberlin College |
| Middlebury College |
| Brown University |
| Carleton College |
| Wesleyan University (Connecticut) |
| Bowdoin College |
| Vassar College |
| Denison University |
| Macalester College |
| Hamilton College |
Our second group of ten included the following: |
| Grinnell College |
| Washington Unversity (St. Louis) |
| Bates College |
| Yale University |
| Colby College |
| Dickinson College |
| College of Wooster |
| Skidmore College |
| Williams College |
| Swarthmore College |