Admission
According to The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Knox is considered to be a more selective institution, with a lower rate of transfer-in students. For the school year commencing in 2011, more than 3,200 students applied, 1,600 were admitted and 460 chose to enroll. Of the class commencing in September 2011, 43 percent of students were in the top tenth of their class, 79 percent in the top quarter. The ACT composite Mid-50 percent Range was 26–30, the SAT Mid-50 percent Range 1190–1380.
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