Historical Acceptance Rates

Kenyon College's overall acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 30.71%, with 8,218 applicants and 2,524 accepted students. This marks a decline from a 34.3% acceptance rate in both 2023 and 2022, where the number of applicants was similar at 8,116. In contrast, the acceptance rate was higher at 36.89% in 2021 for 7,601 applicants. Since 2017, when the acceptance rate was as low as 26.6%, there has been some fluctuation, but the trend suggests increasing competitiveness in recent applications.