About 18 percent of Kenyon graduates go directly to graduate or professional schools. Of those applying to business and law schools, 99 percent are accepted. In the last 3 years, 91% of those applying to medical school have been accepted. Within five years of graduation, more than 60 percent further their education.

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Kenyon students planning careers in architecture, busineess, engineering, the health professsions, law, library and information sciences, psychology and social work, teaching, and theology have access to special faculty advisors as well as a dedicated graduate and professional school advisor.

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  • 100%of Kenyon students and recent graduates who applied to medical school last year were accepted.

  • 98% of Kenyon students who apply to graduate school are accepted into one of their top three choices.

  • 8this where Kenyon ranks in the country (ahead of every Ivy) for the proportion of STEM grads to earn a doctorate in a STEM field.

  • 91students have been named NCAA Postgraduate Scholars, ranking Kenyon second among Division III institutions.

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Where Our Alumni Study

Kenyon graduates are accepted at some of the nation's top institutions for professional schools and graduate programs. Following is a sampling.

Biochemistry major, Yale University

Biology major, University of Chicago

Biology major, Harvard Medical School

Chemistry major, Johns Hopkins University

Classics major, Tufts University

English major, Duke University

History major, University of Texas

Modern Languages and Literatures, Dartmouth Medical School

Molecular biology major, Cleveland Clinic

Music and molecular biology major, University of Colorado

Neuroscience major, Michigan State University

Physics major, Northwestern University

Political science major, Wright State University

Psychology major, Mayo Medical School

Religion and biology major, University of Tennessee

Spanish and history major, Washington University

Synoptic (self-designed) major, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Biology major, University of Virginia

Economics and political science major, University of Virginia

English major, Vanderbilt University

English major, Washington University

English major, New York University

Math and Political Science major, Yale University

Modern Languages and Literatures major, University of Chicago

Philosophy major, Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley

Political science major, University of Texas, Austin

Political science and economics major, Stanford University

Political science and English major, University of Michigan

Political science major, University of Wisconsin

Political science major, Washington University

Political science major, William and Mary

Psychology major, Northeastern University

Economics major, University of Chicago

Economics major, College of William and Mary

Economics major, Dartmouth College

Economics major, Harvard Business School

Economics major, University of California, Berkeley

International studies major, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

International studies major, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Political science major, University of Chicago

Political science major, Harvard Business School

Political science major, Loyola Graduate School of Business

American studies majors

M.A. program in urban planning and policy, University of Illinois-Chicago

Kenan-Lewis Fellowship Program, Woodberry Forest School, Orange, Virginia

Anthropology majors

Ph.D. program in archaeology, Harvard University

Ph.D. program in cultural anthropology, University of Chicago

Ph.D. program in Latin American studies, Stanford University

Art history majors

Ph.D. program in art history, Stanford University

Ph.D. program in art history, University of Chicago

M.A. program in art history, Yale University

Biochemistry majors

Ph.D. medical program, Penn State Medical School

Ph.D. program in chemistry, Princeton University

Ph.D. program in pharmacology, Duke University

Biology majors

Ph.D. program in molecular evolution, Yale University

Ph.D. program in ecology, Washington University

Medical degree program, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University

Ph.D. program in biological and biomedical science, Harvard Medical School

Ph.D. program in biological and biomedical studies, Yale University

Chemistry majors

Ph.D. program in chemistry, Boston University

Ph.D. program in chemistry, California Institute of Technology

Ph.D. program in plant and microbial biosciences, Washington University in St. Louis

Ph.D. program in chemistry, Yale University

Classics majors

Ph.D. program in classics, Columbia University

Ph.D. program in classics, Cornell University

Ph.D. program in classics, University of Virginia

Drama majors

M.F.A. program in film studies, University of Southern California

M.F.A. program in theater, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

M.F.A. program in theater, Yale School of Drama

Economics majors

Ph.D. program in economics, George Mason University

J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law

English majors

M.S. program in elementary education, Northwestern University, Chicago

Ph.D. program in postcolonial studies, University of California, Berkeley

M.A. program in creative writing, Iowa Writers Workshop, University of Iowa

M.F.A. program in film studies, Stanford University

M.A. program in communication, culture, and technology, Georgetown University

M.A. program in elementary education, University of Pennsylvania

Ph.D. program in English, Cornell University

Radcliffe Program in Publishing, Columbia School of Journalism

Gender & sexuality studies majors

M.A. program in women's, gender and sexuality studies, State University of New York

M.A. program in Higher Education Student Affairs, Western Michigan University

History majors

Ph.D. program in public policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

M.A. program in library and information science, University of Illinois

International studies majors

M.A. program, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

M.P.P. Program in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Graduate certificate in Chinese and American studies, Hopkins-Nanjing Center

Mathematics majors

Ph.D. program in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University

M.A. program in higher education, University of Pennsylvania

Modern languages and literatures majors

M.A. program in International Relations, Columbia University

Ph.D. program in Chinese literature, Harvard University

Ph.D. program in Slavic studies, Princeton University

Molecular biology majors

Ph.D. program in biomolecular chemistry, University of Wisconsin

Veterinary program, Ohio State University

Veterinary program, Cornell University

Music majors

Ph.D. program in ethnomusicology, University of Washington

M.A. program in music, Indiana University

M.A. program in music, Boston Conservatory

Neuroscience majors

Research fellow, National Institute of Mental Health

Ph.D. in neuroscience, Vanderbilt University

Ph.D. in neuroscience, University of Michigan

Ph.D. in neurobiology, Harvard University

Philosophy majors

M.A. program in philosophy, Oxford University (U.K.)

M.Div. program, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University

M.A. program in the history and philosophy of science and medicine, Trinity College, England

Physics majors

Ph.D. program in astronomy, University of California, Berkeley

Ph.D. program in nuclear medical imaging, University of Chicago

Ph.D. program in cosmology and particle physics, University of Illinois

M.A., program in quantitative methods in social sciences, Columbia University

Political science majors

Ph.D. program in political science, University of Chicago

Ph.D. program in international studies, Johns Hopkins University

Ph.D. program in political science, Georgetown University

Ph.D. program in political science, University of Texas, Austin

Psychology majors

M.S. program in marketing, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore

Ph.D. program in social psychology, Stanford University

Program in clinical psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies

Ph.D. program in clinical psychology, University of Texas, Austin

Ph.D. program in social psychology, Northwestern University, Chicago

Religious studies majors

M.A. program in history of religions, University of Chicago

M.Div. program, Yale Divinity School

Ph.D. program in English, Cornell University

Sociology majors

Ph.D. program in sociology, University of Chicago

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Ph.D. program in sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

M.A. program in sociology, Washington University

Studio art majors

M.F.A. program, Rhode Island School of Design

M.F.A. program, Stanford University

M.A. program in architecture, University of Virginia