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Reed College & Kenyon College Research
Reed College
Overview
- Location: Portland, OR
- Type: Private liberal arts college
- Category: Top LAC
- Total Enrollment: ~1,278 (Fall 2025)
- Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 9:1
- Average Class Size: 14.5
Admissions (Fall 2024)
- Total Applicants: 9,431
- Admitted: 2,321
- Enrolled: 303
- Acceptance Rate: 24.6%
- Early Decision Acceptance Rate: ~40% (ED applicants are "twice as likely to gain admission")
- Yield Rate: 13%
- Early Round: Offers both ED I (Nov 1) and ED II (Jan 1); also offers EA
- Testing Policy: Test-optional (neither required nor recommended)
- Percent in Top 10% of HS Class: 51%
Academic Profile
- SAT Middle 50%: 1310-1490 (EBRW 680-750, Math 610-770)
- ACT Middle 50%: 30-34
- Average GPA: 3.9 unweighted (82.6% of admitted students have 3.75+)
- Average SAT Mean: 1,392
Demographics (First-Year 2025)
- White: 53%
- Asian: 16%
- Hispanic: 11%
- International: 11%
- Black: 7%
- Native American: 2%
- Gender: 44% women, 34% men, 22% nonbinary
Financial Aid
- Meets 100% of demonstrated need
- Average Aid Package: $59,053
- 60% of students receive financial aid
- Net Price by Income:
- $0-30,000: $13,630
- $30,001-48,000: $13,123
- $48,001-75,000: $19,277
- $75,001-110,000: $26,961
- Over $110,000: $47,974
Athletics
- No varsity athletics -- Reed does not participate in NCAA or any intercollegiate athletic conference
- Has club sports (basketball, rugby, soccer, Ultimate Frisbee) with volunteer coaches
- Founded as a reaction against East Coast Ivy League model including varsity athletics
Notable
- Highest PhD production rate per capita of any US college
- Honor Principle governs academic and social life (no proctored exams)
- Mandatory freshman humanities course (Hum 110)
- Known for intellectual rigor and countercultural ethos
- Steve Jobs attended briefly; alumni include Nobel laureates and MacArthur fellows
- Tuition-free for Oregon/Washington families under $100K income (new program)
Sources
- Reed IR: https://www.reed.edu/ir/admission.html
- Reed IR Enrollment: https://www.reed.edu/ir/enrollment.html
- Reed IR First-Year Ethnicity: https://www.reed.edu/ir/firstyearstuethnic.html
- College Factual Net Price: https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/reed-college/paying-for-college/net-price/
- CollegeData: https://waf.collegedata.com/college-search/reed-college/admission
- BigFuture: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/reed-college/admissions
Kenyon College
Overview
- Location: Gambier, OH
- Type: Private liberal arts college
- Category: Top LAC
- Total Enrollment: ~1,717 (varies by source; 2,249 reported for Fall 2024 by some)
- Average Class Size: 15
- 98% of faculty hold PhD or terminal degree
- 100% residential campus
Admissions (Fall 2024)
- Total Applicants: 7,726
- Admitted: 2,397
- Enrolled: 439
- Acceptance Rate: 31.0%
- Early Decision Acceptance Rate: ~55% (estimated; 227 ED admits = 53% of class; ED comprises 40-45% of class annually)
- Yield Rate: 18%
- Early Round: ED I (Nov 15) and ED II (Jan 15); no EA
- Testing Policy: Test-optional (through Fall 2026)
- Percent in Top 10% of HS Class: 61%
Academic Profile
- SAT Middle 50%: 1370-1473 (EBRW 680-743, Math 678-760)
- ACT Middle 50%: 31-33
- Average GPA: 3.9 unweighted (64% of admits have 3.75+)
Demographics
- White: 57.7%
- International: 9.2%
- Hispanic: 6.3%
- Multiracial: 5.1%
- Asian: 4.6%
- Black: 3.4%
- Gender: 56.2% women, 43.8% men
- Students from 45 US states and 53 countries
- 33% identify as domestic students of color or international
Financial Aid
- Meets 100% of demonstrated need for all four years
- Average Aid Package: $59,726
- 49% of students receive financial aid
- Net Price by Income:
- $0-30,000: $12,582
- $30,001-48,000: $8,105
- $48,001-75,000: $13,076
- $75,001-110,000: $25,672
- Over $110,000: $45,570
Athletics
- NCAA Division III -- North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC)
- 22 varsity sports (11 men's, 11 women's)
- ~660 athletes (~29.3% of enrollment)
- Swimming dynasty: 50+ combined NCAA D-III national championships (men's and women's)
- Women won 25th NCAA D-III swimming title in 2024
Notable
- Home of the Kenyon Review, founded 1939 -- one of America's most prestigious literary magazines
- Strong creative writing program (notable alumni: E.L. Doctorow, Robert Lowell connection)
- Paul Newman (actor) attended Kenyon
- David Foster Wallace connections
- 91% freshman retention rate
- 90% of 2025 graduates employed or in grad school within 6 months
Sources
- Kenyon CDS: https://www.kenyon.edu/offices-and-services/office-of-institutional-research/common-data-sets/
- Kenyon in Numbers: https://www.kenyon.edu/kenyon-in-numbers/
- CollegeData: https://waf.collegedata.com/college-search/kenyon-college/admission
- BigFuture: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/kenyon-college/admissions
- College Factual: https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/kenyon-college/student-life/diversity/
- College Factual Net Price: https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/kenyon-college/paying-for-college/net-price/
- Kenyon Athletics: https://athletics.kenyon.edu/sports/2012/7/17/GEN_0717121513.aspx?tab=quickfacts
Simulation Notes
Reed College
- Unique: No varsity athletics at all -- athletePct and totalAthletes should be 0
- Low yield (13%) reflects that Reed appeals to a specific niche of intellectual, nonconformist students
- ED boost is moderate (~40% vs 24.6% overall, ~1.6x multiplier)
- Gender distribution is unusual: 44% women, 34% men, 22% nonbinary -- for simulation purposes, using women_pct=44
Kenyon College
- Strong ED advantage: ~55% ED rate vs 31% overall (~1.8x multiplier)
- High athlete percentage (29.3%) -- significant hook for admissions
- Swimming powerhouse but D-III, so athletic hooks work differently than D-I
- 100% residential -- distinctive campus culture factor
- Literary tradition (Kenyon Review) is a differentiating factor for essay/humanities-oriented applicants