College · Private nonprofit · Gambier, OH · Rural
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH
Admit rate31%
6-yr median pay$47k
Net price / yr$39k
Undergrad size1,732
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $39k/yr for a shot at a $47k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 31% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1429 · ACT 33.
If you get in
1,732 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $88k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $39k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$350k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$154k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$196k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $71.5k
- Room & board
- $15.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,900
How students pay for it.
Pell grants10%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans21%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$19k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention91%
Very high — students stay.
Graduation · 6 yr82%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$47k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$72k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,732
- Location
- Gambier, OH
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- Kenyon
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White66%
- International12%
- Hispanic8%
- Two or more races6%
- Asian4%
- Black2%
- Unknown1%
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$110k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 32
What you can study.