Kenyon acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Kenyon admitted 2,138 of 7,091 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 30.2%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Kenyon counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Kenyon acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 7,091 | 2,138 | 30.2% | 412 | 19.3% |
| 2024-25 | 7,726 | 2,397 | 31.0% | 439 | 18.3% |
| 2023-24 | 8,218 | 2,524 | 30.7% | 455 | 18.0% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Kenyon
Kenyon waitlist
Kenyon SAT and ACT scores
What Kenyon says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Kenyon rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Level of applicant's interest
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay, Recommendations
- Important: Class rank, Standardized test scores, Interview, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Level of applicant's interest
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Recommendations, Application essay
- Important: Class rank, Standardized test scores, Interview, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Level of applicant's interest
Kenyon testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-optional for all applicants (the page titles it 'Temporary Test-Optional Policy'); scores may still be submitted for consideration.
From Kenyon’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
The 2023-24 C1 prints men and women only, so that year's totals are their sums. The share submitting an SAT is printed as a decimal and shown as a percent.
Kenyon acceptance rate questions
- What is the Kenyon acceptance rate?
- Kenyon's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 7,091 first-year applicants and 2,138 admitted, an acceptance rate of 30.2%. It was 31.0% in 2024-25 and 30.7% in 2023-24.
- What is the Kenyon early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 231 of 663 early decision applicants were admitted (34.8%), against 30.2% of all applicants. Early decision applicants are a different pool who commit to enroll, so the two rates are not a like-for-like comparison.
- What SAT scores do Kenyon students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1400 to 1495, and ACT submitters scored 31 to 34. 7.5% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Kenyon waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Kenyon offered 1,439 applicants a place on the waitlist; 808 accepted one, and 63 were admitted from it.
- Does Kenyon require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-optional for all applicants (the page titles it 'Temporary Test-Optional Policy'); scores may still be submitted for consideration.
Applying to Kenyon?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Kenyon says it weighs.
Source: Kenyon Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Kenyon. All official acceptance rates