Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Kenyon

At Kenyon College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 32.60%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 31.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Kenyon College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.52%, and the 2024 yield is 18.01%.

The number of Kenyon applicants decreased by 1.26% (102 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 32.60%, and this year's acceptance rate is 31.01% at Kenyon College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 29.99% and women students' rate is 35.14%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Kenyon College than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Kenyon College over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	38.38%	41.74%	36.28%
2014-15	25.06% -13.32%	27.19% -14.55%	23.51% -12.77%
2015-16	25.63% 0.57%	27.70% 0.51%	24.27% 0.76%
2016-17	26.58% 0.95%	19.02% -8.69%	37.09% 12.82%
2017-18	33.84% 7.26%	31.97% 12.96%	35.29% -1.80%
2018-19	35.83% 1.99%	32.60% 0.63%	38.34% 3.05%
2019-20	34.09% -1.74%	30.52% -2.08%	37.14% -1.20%
2020-21	36.89% 2.80%	31.97% 1.45%	41.20% 4.06%
2021-22	37.00% 0.10%	31.00% -0.97%	41.00% -0.20%
2022-23	34.30% -2.69%	29.13% -1.88%	38.45% -2.55%
2023-24	31.01% -3.30%	27.01% -2.11%	34.01% -4.45%
Average	32.60%	29.99%	35.14%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.52% where the current academic year yield is 18.01%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Kenyon College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.04%	34.05%	28.87%
2014-15	27.06% -3.98%	28.45% -5.60%	26.14% -2.73%
2015-16	28.89% 1.83%	29.73% 1.28%	28.26% 2.12%
2016-17	28.61% -0.28%	30.37% 0.64%	27.36% -0.90%
2017-18	23.89% -4.72%	25.29% -5.08%	22.91% -4.45%
2018-19	24.46% 0.56%	28.56% 3.27%	21.74% -1.18%
2019-20	21.44% -3.01%	24.63% -3.93%	19.20% -2.53%
2020-21	18.28% -3.17%	19.53% -5.09%	17.42% -1.78%
2021-22	17.99% -0.28%	20.02% 0.48%	17.02% -0.41%
2022-23	19.07% 1.08%	21.01% 0.99%	17.90% 0.88%
2023-24	18.01% -1.06%	17.98% -3.03%	18.03% 0.13%
Average	23.52%	25.42%	22.26%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,609, the average number of admitted is 2,144, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 485.

The number of Kenyon applicants decreased by 1.26% (102 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Kenyon College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,054	1,556	483
2014-15	6,635 63.67%	1,663 6.88%	450 -6.83%
2015-16	6,644 0.14%	1,703 2.41%	492 9.33%
2016-17	6,403 -3.63%	1,702 -0.06%	487 -1.02%
2017-18	5,603 -12.49%	1,896 11.40%	453 -6.98%
2018-19	6,152 9.80%	2,204 16.24%	539 18.98%
2019-20	6,662 8.29%	2,271 3.04%	487 -9.65%
2020-21	6,614 -0.72%	2,440 7.44%	446 -8.42%
2021-22	7,601 14.92%	2,812 15.25%	506 13.45%
2022-23	8,116 6.78%	2,784 -1.00%	531 4.94%
2023-24	8,218 1.26%	2,548 -8.48%	459 -13.56%
Average	6,609	2,144	485

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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