Kenyon College Career Outcomes: $58K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do Kenyon College graduates earn?

The reported median is $57,786 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $55,915 as its benchmark; the difference is $1,871 per year.

Azimuth places the return for Kenyon College in the 73rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $57,786.

That figure is $1,871 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). The median sits in the 43rd percentile nationally.

The earnings scenarios show a wide spread, from a downside of $50,934 to an upside of $102,283. At the upper end, Economics graduates earn a median of $103,791 four years after completion, from 61 degrees awarded.

International/Globalization Studies follows at $72,305, with 21 degrees awarded. The largest program, English Language and Literature, reports $52,945 from 70 degrees awarded.

An estimated 43.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, those continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

How many Kenyon College students return and finish their degrees?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

Returned the following fall: 91.0%
Completed within six years: 85.4%
Pell recipients completed within six years: 84.8%

Source: Kenyon College Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention; B4–B11 six-year completion. Retention and completion follow different entering cohorts.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $50,934
Median · reported: $57,786
Higher estimate: $102,283

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Kenyon College graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

That comparison is not reported for Kenyon College. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Kenyon College caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Kenyon College report the highest earnings?

The four programs with published earnings data show a wide spread four years after completion. Economics leads at $103,791, from 61 degrees awarded.

English Language and Literature, the largest program at 70 degrees awarded, sits at the other end with $52,945. Between them, International/Globalization Studies graduates earn $72,305 from 21 degrees awarded, and Fine and Studio Arts reports $53,620 from 23 degrees awarded.

The median for the largest program, English Language and Literature, is roughly half that of the highest-earning one, Economics. Both are large, but the earnings picture points in different directions.

Social Sciences accounts for 23.6% of bachelor's degrees awarded at Kenyon College, followed by English Language & Literature at 12.6% and Visual & Performing Arts at 11.0%. The largest single program is English Language and Literature, with 70 degrees awarded a year.

Its median earnings four years after completion are $52,945. Economics is both the second-largest program and the highest-earning program with published four-year earnings, with 61 degrees awarded and median earnings of $103,791 four years after completion.

Fine and Studio Arts awards 23 degrees and shows median earnings of $53,620 four years after completion, while International/Globalization Studies awards 21 degrees and shows median earnings of $72,305 four years after completion.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix show a downside of $50,934, a typical outcome of $57,786, and an upside of $102,283. The spread between the highest- and lowest-earning large programs illustrates that variation.

Economics graduates report $103,791 four years out, while English Language and Literature graduates earn $52,945.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of Kenyon College who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $57,786. That figure is $1,871 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size), and Azimuth places it in the 43rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The earnings cohort is 248 completers. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the college's program mix, range from a downside of $50,934 to an upside of $102,283, with the typical scenario matching the observed median.

The spread between the downside and upside is wide. An estimated 43.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix. This estimate is based on the program mix, not on observed enrollment.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

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