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Scoring Mechanism: Each of the 46 distinct data points is evaluated using unique mathematical models, scoring based on its position within the overall data distribution.

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The school page currently displays an evaluation card that includes an overall rating and ratings across five key categories, totaling 46 data points. The five categories are: Geographic Community, Academic Strength, Matriculation Level, Extracurricular Activities, and FindingSchool Reviews. Visitors can easily view the overall score and ratings for each dimension (ranging from A+ to C). For boarding schools, detailed total score rankings are also included

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The entire scoring system is based on mathematical models derived from statistical analysis of samples from hundreds of schools across various levels. Each data point receives a corresponding rating based on its percentile position within the overall predicted distribution.

  • In the boarding school evaluation:: A- and above account for 45% of the total, B- and above account for 40%, C accounts for 15%.

  • In the day school evaluation: A- and above account for 30% of the total, B- and above account for 51%, C and others account for 19%.

2025 Evaluation Methodology

1. [30% - Matriculation Dimension] : Ivy League admission rate, admission rate for Top 25 National Universities and Top 5 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 50 National Universities and Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 100 National Universities and Top 25 Liberal Arts Colleges, along with a summary of historical admissions data.

2. [24% - Academic Dimension]: Course offerings (AP, IB, Honors, and Advanced courses), percentage of teachers with a master’s degree or higher, percentage of AP exam scores of 3, 4, or 5, average scores on standardized tests (SAT and ACT), scores in AMC math competitions, and results in FRC robotics competitions.

3. [14% - Extracurricular Activities]: Alumni donation rate, number of clubs and activities, ratings for competitive sports teams, and ratings for arts programs.

4. [12% - FindingSchool Reviews] : FindingSchool website rating, review comments on FindingSchool, and historical rating trends.

5. [8% - Geographic Community]: State resource evaluation, density score of nearby top universities, distance to the nearest international airport, convenience of local amenities, transportation convenience, city crime rate, and educational level of the local population.

Overall
A
Matriculation A-
Academics A-
Extracurriculars A+
Community B+
Reviews A-
Ivy League Partnership
Founded in 1813, Kimball Union Academy is a coeducational boarding and day school serving over 300 students in grades 9-12 and a postgraduate year. Kimball Union's unique location in the heart of the Upper Connecticut River Valley, and its proximity to Dartmouth College have long made it the preferred choice for students seeking an educational experience that develops the whole person as scholar, athlete, artist and global citizen. Our beautiful 1300 acre acre campus includes state-of-the-art facilities and many opportunities to enjoy its pristine, rural, village setting.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$77200
Enrollment
338
International Students
20%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
85%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:5
Endowment
$82 millions
AP
24
Average SAT Score
1360
Average ACT Score
32
Class Size
10
Boarding %
80

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2021-2024)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 1 +
#2 Columbia University 1 +
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 +
#5 Yale University 1 +
LAC #1 Williams College 1 +
#6 University of Chicago 1 +
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 +
#9 California Institute of Technology 1 +
#9 Duke University 1 +
#9 Northwestern University 1 +
LAC #2 Amherst College 1 +
#13 Dartmouth College 1 +
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
#17 Rice University 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
#21 Emory University 1 +
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 +
#23 Georgetown University 1 +
#23 University of Michigan 1 +
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#42 Boston University 1 +
#42 Tulane University 1 +
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 +
#49 Purdue University 1 +
#55 University of Miami 1 +
#59 University of Washington 1 +
#63 George Washington University 1 +
#68 St. Lawrence University 1 +
#72 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 +
#72 Reed College 1 +
#72 Sarah Lawrence College 1 +
#83 Elon University 1 +
LAC #17 Colby College 1 +
LAC #17 Colgate University 1 +
#93 University of Denver 1 +
#117 University of Vermont 1 +
LAC #25 Bates College 1 +
#136 University of New Hampshire 1 +
LAC #38 Bucknell University 1 +
LAC #50 Connecticut College 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2024 2021-2023 2018-2022 2020 2019 Total
All schools 30 26 240 38 30
#1 Princeton University 1 +admitted 1
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 4 1 7
#3 Harvard College 1 1
#5 Yale University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 1 3
#6 University of Pennsylvania 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 1 1 admitted 4
#7 California Institute of Technology 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2
#7 Duke University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2
#9 Brown University 3 1 admitted 4
#9 Northwestern University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2
#12 University of Chicago 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 1 3
#12 Columbia University 1 +admitted 1 2
#12 Cornell University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 3 2 7
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2 1 5
#15 University of California: Berkeley 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 1 3
#17 Rice University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2
#18 Vanderbilt University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2
#18 Dartmouth College 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2 1 5
#21 University of Michigan 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 1 1 admitted 4
#22 Georgetown University 1 +admitted 1
#24 Washington University in St. Louis 3 2 5
#24 Emory University 1 +admitted 2 3
#24 University of Virginia 1 1
#24 Carnegie Mellon University 5 1 1 admitted 7
#28 University of California: San Diego 4 1 1 admitted 6
#28 University of Southern California 3 1 4
#28 University of California: Davis 1 1
#33 University of California: Irvine 1 1
#35 University of California: Santa Barbara 4 1 5
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 2 2
#35 New York University 6 2 8
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 1
#39 Boston College 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 5 3 admitted 10
#40 Tufts University 1 1
#40 University of Washington 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2 1 5
#40 Rutgers University 1 1 admitted 2
#43 Boston University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 6 1 admitted 9
#47 Lehigh University 3 3
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 4 1 admitted 7
#49 Purdue University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 7 1 2 admitted 12
#53 Northeastern University 15 2 1 admitted 18
#53 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 1
#53 College of William and Mary 1 1
#58 University of Connecticut 3 1 1 admitted 5
#60 Brandeis University 4 1 admitted 5
#60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3 2 5
#60 Michigan State University 1 1
#67 Syracuse University 8 1 2 admitted 11
#67 University of Miami 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 1 1 4
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 3 3
#67 George Washington University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 9 1 3 admitted 15
#73 Tulane University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2 4
#73 Indiana University Bloomington 1 1
#82 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 3 3
#82 University of Illinois at Chicago 1 1
#86 Clemson University 1 1
#89 Fordham University 3 1 4
#89 Southern Methodist University 1 1
#98 Texas Christian University 1 1
#98 Rochester Institute of Technology 4 4
#98 University of Oregon 1 1
#105 University of Colorado Boulder 2 2
#105 American University 6 1 3 admitted 10
#115 University of New Hampshire 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 8 10
#115 University of Utah 3 3
#115 Howard University 1 1 admitted 2
#115 University of Arizona 1 1
#115 University of San Francisco 3 3
#124 James Madison University 1 1 2
#124 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 1
#124 University of Denver 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 3 5
#133 Elon University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 4 1 7
#133 University of Vermont 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 11 2 3 admitted 18
#133 Chapman University 4 4
#133 Miami University: Oxford 1 1
#137 University of Alabama 2 2
#142 Clarkson University 2 2
#142 Clark University 1 1
#151 Colorado State University 1 1
#159 University of Massachusetts Lowell 3 3
#163 Adelphi University 2 2
#170 Quinnipiac University 2 2
#178 Catholic University of America 1 1
#185 Oklahoma State University 1 1
#209 Florida Atlantic University 1 1
#209 Sacred Heart University 1 1
#249 University of Maine 1 1 2
#249 Suffolk University 1 1 2
#249 Pace University 1 1
#269 Utah State University 1 1
#303 Montana State University 2 2
#304 Florida Gulf Coast University 1 1
#304 University of Hartford 2 2
#332 University of Findlay 1 1
#342 Lesley University 2 1 3
#361 Husson University 1 1
#369 long island university-liu post 1 1 2
Penn State University Park 5 1 admitted 6
Prairie View A&M University 1 1
University of Maryland: College Park 1 1
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 5 3 1 admitted 9
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2024 2021-2023 2018-2022 2020 2019 Total
All schools 12 11 130 21 13
#1 Williams College 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2 1 admitted 5
#2 Amherst College 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 1 3
#3 United States Naval Academy 1 1
#4 Wellesley College 2 1 3
#4 Pomona College 1 1
#7 United States Air Force Academy 1 1 2
#9 Bowdoin College 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2
#11 Wesleyan University 2 1 1 admitted 4
#11 Middlebury College 4 4
#16 Vassar College 1 1
#16 Harvey Mudd College 1 1
#16 Hamilton College 3 3
#16 Smith College 1 1
#21 Colgate University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2 1 admitted 5
#21 Haverford College 2 1 3
#24 Bates College 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2 4
#25 University of Richmond 1 1
#25 Colby College 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2 4
#27 College of the Holy Cross 3 2 1 admitted 6
#30 Lafayette College 3 1 4
#30 Bucknell University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2 1 5
#33 Colorado College 3 1 admitted 4
#35 Occidental College 1 1
#35 Franklin & Marshall College 2 2
#38 Skidmore College 6 2 1 admitted 9
#39 Kenyon College 2 2
#39 Trinity College 9 2 1 admitted 12
#39 Pitzer College 1 1
#39 Denison University 1 1
#45 Union College 9 2 1 admitted 12
#46 Furman University 2 2
#46 Connecticut College 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 13 2 4 admitted 21
#46 Dickinson College 1 1
#56 Rhodes College 2 1 3
#59 St. Lawrence University 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 14 2 18
#67 Reed College 1 +admitted 1
#70 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 4 6
#72 Bard College 2 2
#73 Lake Forest College 1 1
#86 Stonehill College 1 1
#86 Ursinus College 1 1 2
#89 University of Puget Sound 1 1
#100 Sarah Lawrence College 1 +admitted 1 +admitted 2 1 5
#116 Ohio Wesleyan University 1 1
#116 Saint Michael's College 5 5
#124 Illinois College 1 1
#124 Goucher College 2 2
#130 Roanoke College 3 3
#130 Eckerd College 1 1
#163 Gordon College 1 1
Oberlin College 1 1 admitted 2
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021-2024 2021-2023 2018-2022 2020 2019 Total
All schools 0 0 3 0 0
#3 McGill University 1 1
#16 Queen's University 2 2

AP Scores

(2022-2023)
Number of students took AP test
182
Number of tests taken
272
42%
22%
25%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(24)
Chinese Language and Culture
English Literature and Composition
Latin
Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
Chinese Language and Culture
English Literature and Composition
Latin
Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
English Language and Composition
Environmental Science
European History
French Language and Culture
Studio Art: 2-D Design
United States History
World History
Music Theory
Computer Science A
Spanish Language and Culture
Physics 2
Studio Art: Drawing
Studio Art: 3-D Design
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Sports

(16)
Alpine Skiing
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Golf
Alpine Skiing
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Golf
Ice Hockey
Lacrosse
Mountain Biking
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Track and Field
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(42)
Baking for Benefit
BIPOC Affinity Group
Broadcasting Team
Chinese Culture Union
Investment Club
Model UN
Baking for Benefit
BIPOC Affinity Group
Broadcasting Team
Chinese Culture Union
Investment Club
Model UN
Queer-Straight Alliance
Recreational Skiing & Snowboarding
Tea Club
Fire Brigade
Film Club
Penny Fellowship (community service)
Math Team
Boy Scouts
Book Club
Math Peer Tutors
Chess Club
Yearbook
Neuroscience Club
One Love Club
Jewish Student Club
Young Americans Club
Farm Team
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Arts

(30)
Art History
Ceramics
Digital Photography
Drawing
Film Production
Painting
Art History
Ceramics
Digital Photography
Drawing
Film Production
Painting
Sculpture
Studio Art
Woodworking
Design
Digital Fabrication
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http://www.kua.org
57 Main Street, Meriden, NH 03770
603-469-2100
admission@kua.org
New Hampshire

Basic Info

Co-ed
Boarding Grades: 9-12, PG
Rural
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1813
Campus Size: 1300 acres
Boarding Rate: 80%
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 02/01
Interview: On Campus
Pre Interview: Required Vericant
School Code:
TOEFL: 8012
SSAT: 4390
Spots for Chinese Students Next Year: 10

Frequently Ask Questions about Kimball Union Academy

Tell me a bit about Kimball Union Academy.
Kimball Union Academy is Co-ed private boarding school located in New Hampshire, US. It was founded 1813 , and currently has about 338 students, 20.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.kua.org.
Does Kimball Union Academy have rigorous academic requirements?
Kimball Union Academy is offering 24 AP courses.

In recent years, 22 of their students score 4 and 5 in AP exams.

Kimball Union Academy also have 85% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Kimball Union Academy students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 9.4% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 13.4% go to top 25, and about 2.4% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Kimball Union Academy?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Kimball Union Academy’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Kimball Union Academy’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Kimball Union Academy in 2024 is $77,200 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at admission@kua.org .
Where is Kimball Union Academy located?
Kimball Union Academy is located in the State of New Hampshire of USA.
How popular is Kimball Union Academy on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Kimball Union Academy is among the most popular schools, within top 60 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Kimball Union Academy has been favorited by 558 users.
How to start with an application with Kimball Union Academy?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Kimball Union Academy. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Kimball Union Academy’s official site: http://www.kua.org or call them at 603-469-2100.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Kimball Union Academy?
Yes, here are few: Cardigan Mountain School, Proctor Academy and New Hampton School.

What is the FindingSchool rating for Kimball Union Academy?
The overall rating for Kimball Union Academy is A.

The section ratings of Kimball Union Academy are:
A- for Matriculation
A- for Academics
A+ for Extracurriculum
B+ for Community
A- for Students and Parents reviews

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Population (2022) 609,023
Cost of Living Higher than average 54%
Nearby Airport Logan International Airport

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