About 18 percent of Kenyon graduates go directly to graduate or professional schools. Of those applying to business and law schools, 99 percent are accepted. In the last 3 years, 91% of those applying to medical school have been accepted. Within five years of graduation, more than 60 percent further their education.
Graduate and Professional School Advising
Kenyon students planning careers in architecture, busineess, engineering, the health professsions, law, library and information sciences, psychology and social work, teaching, and theology have access to special faculty advisors as well as a dedicated graduate and professional school advisor.
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100%of Kenyon students and recent graduates who applied to medical school last year were accepted.
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98% of Kenyon students who apply to graduate school are accepted into one of their top three choices.
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8this where Kenyon ranks in the country (ahead of every Ivy) for the proportion of STEM grads to earn a doctorate in a STEM field.
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91students have been named NCAA Postgraduate Scholars, ranking Kenyon second among Division III institutions.
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Where Our Alumni Study
Kenyon graduates are accepted at some of the nation's top institutions for professional schools and graduate programs.Following is a sampling.
Biochemistry major, Yale University
Biology major, University of Chicago
Biology major, Harvard Medical School
Chemistry major, Johns Hopkins University
Classics major, Tufts University
English major, Duke University
History major, University of Texas
Modern Languages and Literatures, Dartmouth Medical School
Molecular biology major, Cleveland Clinic
Music and molecular biology major, University of Colorado
Neuroscience major, Michigan State University
Physics major, Northwestern University
Political science major, Wright State University
Psychology major, Mayo Medical School
Religion and biology major, University of Tennessee
Spanish and history major, Washington University
Synoptic (self-designed) major, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Biology major, University of Virginia
Economics and political science major, University of Virginia
English major, Vanderbilt University
English major, Washington University
English major, New York University
Math and Political Science major, Yale University
Modern Languages and Literatures major, University of Chicago
Philosophy major, Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley
Political science major, University of Texas, Austin
Political science and economics major, Stanford University
Political science and English major, University of Michigan
Political science major, University of Wisconsin
Political science major, Washington University
Political science major, William and Mary
Psychology major, Northeastern University
Economics major, University of Chicago
Economics major, College of William and Mary
Economics major, Dartmouth College
Economics major, Harvard Business School
Economics major, University of California, Berkeley
International studies major, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
International studies major, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Political science major, University of Chicago
Political science major, Harvard Business School
Political science major, Loyola Graduate School of Business
American studies majors
M.A. program in urban planning and policy, University of Illinois-ChicagoKenan-Lewis Fellowship Program, Woodberry Forest School, Orange, Virginia
Anthropology majors
Ph.D. program in archaeology, Harvard UniversityPh.D. program in cultural anthropology, University of ChicagoPh.D. program in Latin American studies, Stanford University
Art history majors
Ph.D. program in art history, Stanford UniversityPh.D. program in art history, University of ChicagoM.A. program in art history, Yale University
Biochemistry majors
Ph.D. medical program, Penn State Medical SchoolPh.D. program in chemistry, Princeton UniversityPh.D. program in pharmacology, Duke University
Biology majors
Ph.D. program in molecular evolution, Yale UniversityPh.D. program in ecology, Washington UniversityMedical degree program, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts UniversityPh.D. program in biological and biomedical science, Harvard Medical SchoolPh.D. program in biological and biomedical studies, Yale University
Chemistry majors
Ph.D. program in chemistry, Boston UniversityPh.D. program in chemistry, California Institute of TechnologyPh.D. program in plant and microbial biosciences, Washington University in St. LouisPh.D. program in chemistry, Yale University
Classics majors
Ph.D. program in classics, Columbia UniversityPh.D. program in classics, Cornell UniversityPh.D. program in classics, University of Virginia
Drama majors
M.F.A. program in film studies, University of Southern CaliforniaM.F.A. program in theater, Tisch School of the Arts, New York UniversityM.F.A. program in theater, Yale School of Drama
Economics majors
Ph.D. program in economics, George Mason UniversityJ.D., Wake Forest University School of Law
English majors
M.S. program in elementary education, Northwestern University, ChicagoPh.D. program in postcolonial studies, University of California, BerkeleyM.A. program in creative writing, Iowa Writers Workshop, University of IowaM.F.A. program in film studies, Stanford UniversityM.A. program in communication, culture, and technology, Georgetown UniversityM.A. program in elementary education, University of PennsylvaniaPh.D. program in English, Cornell UniversityRadcliffe Program in Publishing, Columbia School of Journalism
Gender & sexuality studies majors
M.A. program in women's, gender and sexuality studies, State University of New YorkM.A. program in Higher Education Student Affairs, Western Michigan University
History majors
Ph.D. program in public policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillM.A. program in library and information science, University of Illinois
International studies majors
M.A. program, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia UniversityM.P.P. Program in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityGraduate certificate in Chinese and American studies, Hopkins-Nanjing Center
Mathematics majors
Ph.D. program in statistics, Carnegie Mellon UniversityM.A. program in higher education, University of Pennsylvania
Modern languages and literatures majors
M.A. program in International Relations, Columbia UniversityPh.D. program in Chinese literature, Harvard UniversityPh.D. program in Slavic studies, Princeton University
Molecular biology majors
Ph.D. program in biomolecular chemistry, University of WisconsinVeterinary program, Ohio State UniversityVeterinary program, Cornell University
Music majors
Ph.D. program in ethnomusicology, University of WashingtonM.A. program in music, Indiana UniversityM.A. program in music, Boston Conservatory
Neuroscience majors
Research fellow, National Institute of Mental HealthPh.D. in neuroscience, Vanderbilt UniversityPh.D. in neuroscience, University of MichiganPh.D. in neurobiology, Harvard University
Philosophy majors
M.A. program in philosophy, Oxford University (U.K.)M.Div. program, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara UniversityM.A. program in the history and philosophy of science and medicine, Trinity College, England
Physics majors
Ph.D. program in astronomy, University of California, BerkeleyPh.D. program in nuclear medical imaging, University of ChicagoPh.D. program in cosmology and particle physics, University of IllinoisM.A., program in quantitative methods in social sciences, Columbia University
Political science majors
Ph.D. program in political science, University of ChicagoPh.D. program in international studies, Johns Hopkins UniversityPh.D. program in political science, Georgetown UniversityPh.D. program in political science, University of Texas, Austin
Psychology majors
M.S. program in marketing, Johns Hopkins, BaltimorePh.D. program in social psychology, Stanford UniversityProgram in clinical psychology, California Institute of Integral StudiesPh.D. program in clinical psychology, University of Texas, AustinPh.D. program in social psychology, Northwestern University, Chicago
Religious studies majors
M.A. program in history of religions, University of ChicagoM.Div. program, Yale Divinity SchoolPh.D. program in English, Cornell University
Sociology majors
Ph.D. program in sociology, University of ChicagoPh.D., Johns Hopkins UniversityPh.D. program in sociology, University of Wisconsin, MadisonM.A. program in sociology, Washington University
Studio art majors
M.F.A. program, Rhode Island School of DesignM.F.A. program, Stanford UniversityM.A. program in architecture, University of Virginia