KENYON COLLEGE G-8

Gambier, OH 43022-9623
Tel: (740)427-5000
Free: 800-848-2468
Admissions: (740)427-5776
Fax: (740)427-2634
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.kenyon.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1824. Setting: 1,200-acre rural campus with easy access to Columbus. Endowment: $143.8 million. Research spending 2003-04: $287,071. Educational spending 2003-04: $14,032 per student. Total enrollment: 1,634. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 3,808 applied, 38% were admitted. 49% from top 10% of their high school class, 88% from top quarter, 98% from top half. 29 National Merit Scholars, 6 class presidents, 19 valedictorians, 28 student government officers. Full-time: 1,611 students, 53% women, 47% men. Part-time: 23 students, 57% women, 43% men. Students come from 46 states and territories, 28 other countries, 78% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 3% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 0% 25 or older, 98% live on campus, 1% transferred in. Retention: 92% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: English; social sciences and history; visual/performing arts. Core. Calendar: semesters. Services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, internships. Off campus study. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 1 recommendation, counselor recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 3.5 high school GPA, 2 recommendations, interview. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 1/15, 12/1 for early decision plan 1, 1/15 for early decision plan 2. Notification: 4/1, 12/15 for early decision plan 1, 2/1 for early decision plan 2.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $45. Comprehensive fee: $37,440 includes full-time tuition ($31,260), mandatory fees ($910), and college room and board ($5270). College room only: $2480. Room and board charges vary according to housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 138 open to all; national fraternities, local fraternities, local sororities; 19% of eligible men and 7% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: music groups, Student Theater Organization, writing organizations, student radio station, Ballroom Dance Club. Major annual events: Summer Send-off, Philander's Phebruary Phling, Take Back the Night. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing designed to accommodate 1,530 students; 1,574 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through senior year. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Olin Library plus 1 other with 826,059 books, 141,663 microform titles, 8,574 serials, 173,783 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $2.1 million. 300 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Gambier, a hamlet in central Ohio, is 47 miles northeast of Columbus, and just east of Mount Vernon. It is a village dating from pre-Civil War days and many buildings of that era still remain.