Kenyon College's admit rate has held within a 6.4-point band over 6 reported cycles.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 30.1% | 412 | 85.4% | 91.0% | 1,430 |
| 2024-2025 | 31.0% | 439 | 82.2% | 91.6% | 1,420 |
| 2023-2024 | 30.7% | 455 | — | — | — |
| 2022-2023 | 34.3% | 531 | — | — | — |
| 2021-2022 | 36.5% | 558 | — | — | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 29 percentage points.
Kenyon College's 85.4% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 29.1 pp.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Kenyon College applicants most commonly also apply to range from 13.6% admit to 59.5% admit — a 45.9 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Admit rate has tightened 6.4 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Kenyon College's admit rate fell from 36.5% (2021-2022) to 30.1% (2025-2026) — a 6.4 pp drop. Year-over-year: 36.5 → 34.3 → 30.7 → 31.0 → 30.1. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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