Kent State University at Kent

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 700,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,196 (7% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 209 (6% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 18,303
Men / Women 38% / 62%
From State 82%
From Region 10%
Athletes 478 (2.8%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 72%
Black 10%
Hispanic 5%
International 5%
Mixed 4%
Asian 2%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship 702 55% 80% 2% 5% 3% 3% $71,723 49 -0.49 78 96% 7.3%
Accounting 77 — 57% 79% 4% 3% 3% 3% $80,757 36 -0.41 86 96% — — — —
Business Administration 284 — 61% 79% 2% 6% 5% 4% $66,877 29 -0.56 71 95% 7.3% — — —
Entrepreneurship 15 — 47% 80% 0% 7% 0% 13% $67,131 37 -0.38 72 96% — — — —
Finance 113 — 75% 79% 4% 7% 1% 3% $79,994 19 -0.66 86 99% — — — —
Hospitality Management 15 — 20% 73% 0% 13% 0% 7% $57,641 44 -0.27 52 97% — — — —
Human Resources Management 25 — 28% 80% 0% 8% 4% 0% $73,201 44 -0.20 79 100% — — — —
Management Science — — — — — — — — $72,100 49 -0.29 78 — — — — —
Marketing 158 — 41% 84% 1% 3% 3% 3% $73,072 40 -0.35 79 97% — — — —
Construction Management — — — — — — — — $95,576 29 -0.43 94 100% — — — —
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 15 — 27% 87% 0% 7% 0% 0% $56,800 32 -0.43 50 94% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Aeronautics and Engineering 233 77% 82% 0% 3% 3% 5% $93,275 92 -0.29 93 97%
Aerospace Engineering 24 — 62% 75% 0% 0% 8% 0% $94,713 12 -1.03 94 — — — — —
Construction Engineering 51 — 80% 98% 0% 0% 0% 0% $87,854 24 -0.64 91 — — — — —
Electrical & Computer Engineering 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $94,494 3 -1.07 94 — — — — —
Industrial Engineering 6 — 83% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $75,039 0 -2.48 81 98% — — — —
Robotics Engineering 6 — 83% 50% 0% 0% 0% 33% $87,212 3 -1.51 90 — — — — —
Computer Engineering Technology/Technician 11 — 91% 64% 0% 18% 9% 0% $82,489 19 -0.77 87 — — — — —
Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician 11 — 73% 91% 0% 9% 0% 0% $83,595 20 -0.73 88 96% — — — —
Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology 93 — 75% 78% 0% 3% 3% 6% $102,190 72 +0.47 97 97% — — — —
Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician — — — — — — — — $89,539 32 -0.35 91 — — — — —
Automation Engineer Technology/Technician 7 — 100% 86% 0% 0% 0% 0% $85,602 32 -0.26 89 — — — — —
Aviation Management 2 — 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $102,190 72 +0.47 97 97% — — — —
Mechanical/Mechanical Engineering Technology/Technician 19 — 89% 68% 0% 5% 5% 21% $83,595 25 -0.43 88 96% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Architecture and Environmental Design 97 54% 78% 2% 5% 7% 3% $64,092 23 -0.46 66 97%
Architectural Studies 15 — 27% 80% 0% 7% 7% 0% $63,961 26 -0.47 66 — — — — —
Architecture 78 — 60% 78% 3% 5% 6% 4% $64,137 28 -0.45 66 — — — — —
Architecture 4 — 25% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $63,722 26 -0.50 66 97% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Sciences 1,362 33% 75% 2% 7% 5% 4% $58,605 6 -0.65 55 95% 8.3%
Computer Science 98 — 80% 71% 7% 4% 2% 8% $98,567 22 -0.77 95 94% — — — —
Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst 32 — 69% 62% 0% 12% 6% 12% $98,542 62 +0.01 95 97% — — — —
Computer and Information Sciences 1 — 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $76,165 10 -1.07 82 99% — — — —
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design — — — — — — — — $73,853 40 -0.38 80 — — — — —
Applied Mathematics 4 — 0% 75% 25% 0% 0% 0% $78,737 11 -0.95 85 — — — — —
Chemistry 19 — 37% 79% 5% 0% 5% 11% $76,474 78 +0.47 83 93% — — — —
Financial Mathematics 11 — 45% 55% 0% 9% 0% 18% $78,487 10 -0.96 84 — — — — —
Geosciences 10 — 80% 70% 0% 0% 0% 10% $63,519 49 -0.14 65 91% — — — —
Mathematics 6 — 67% 67% 0% 0% 17% 17% $79,328 51 -0.23 85 100% — — — —
Physics 9 — 67% 67% 0% 0% 0% 33% $75,975 23 -0.55 82 — — — — —
Biochemistry 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $66,255 22 -0.47 70 — — — — —
Biology 104 — 23% 77% 4% 7% 5% 2% $58,908 16 -0.88 56 96% — — — —
Biotechnology 7 — 43% 71% 14% 0% 0% 14% $69,228 41 -0.20 75 100% — — — —
Botany 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,717 19 -0.84 28 — — — — —
Neuroscience 19 — 16% 58% 0% 11% 21% 11% $60,446 19 -0.57 59 — — — — —
Environmental Studies 62 — 26% 84% 0% 3% 2% 0% $55,935 36 -0.34 48 96% — — — —
Zoology 34 — 29% 76% 3% 3% 6% 3% $50,596 33 -0.45 34 93% — — — —
American Sign Language (ASL) 3 — 0% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $48,430 3 -1.77 28 100% — — — —
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation 6 — 17% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,430 3 -1.77 28 100% — — — —
Economics 16 — 81% 88% 0% 0% 0% 6% $86,431 39 -0.43 90 96% — — — —
African American Studies 1 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $50,015 20 -0.73 32 — — — — —
Comparative Studies 1 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $50,021 20 -0.73 32 — — — — —
English 59 — 20% 83% 2% 5% 8% 0% $45,643 16 -0.83 21 95% — — — —
French 4 — 25% 75% 25% 0% 0% 0% $41,884 4 -1.44 13 96% — — — —
General Studies 79 — 47% 77% 3% 9% 5% 0% $59,594 71 +0.22 57 92% 8.3% — — —
German — — — — — — — — $49,351 20 -0.77 30 — — — — —
History 43 — 40% 88% 0% 5% 5% 2% $51,420 29 -0.54 36 98% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 51 — 49% 59% 4% 22% 6% 2% $52,297 27 -0.48 38 — — — — —
Language Interpretation and Translation 1 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $65,444 77 +0.66 69 93% — — — —
Philosophy 2 — 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $49,903 17 -0.87 32 — — — — —
Russian 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,974 19 -0.81 29 — — — — —
Spanish 6 — 17% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $41,884 4 -1.44 13 96% — — — —
Anthropology 34 — 15% 74% 0% 12% 6% 3% $47,348 8 -0.86 25 100% — — — —
Geography — — — — — — — — $50,061 7 -1.39 32 96% — — — —
Geography and Environmental Studies 9 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,938 18 -0.83 45 — — — — —
Humanities/Humanistic Studies 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,594 71 +0.25 57 92% 8.3% — — —
Intercultural and International Studies 3 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,730 14 -0.73 55 — — — — —
International Affairs 8 — 25% 25% 0% 12% 0% 50% $63,650 29 -0.47 66 86% — — — —
Natural Resources/Conservation 23 — 17% 74% 9% 0% 9% 0% $55,935 26 -0.54 48 96% — — — —
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution 9 — 33% 22% 0% 11% 22% 33% $58,859 14 -0.72 56 — — — — —
Political Science 40 — 55% 75% 0% 5% 10% 8% $60,050 17 -0.90 58 96% — — — —
Psychology 366 — 18% 76% 2% 7% 5% 2% $49,041 16 -0.91 29 94% — — — —
Sociology 37 — 24% 73% 0% 14% 5% 0% $46,691 6 -0.92 23 95% — — — —
Sport Psychology 7 — 29% 86% 0% 14% 0% 0% $50,002 22 -0.77 32 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 133 — 26% 81% 1% 9% 5% 2% $56,073 28 -0.53 48 97% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Communication and Information 313 43% 72% 2% 12% 4% 3% $57,730 5 -0.64 53 97% 8.9%
Human Computer Interaction 16 — 44% 88% 0% 0% 0% 12% $65,969 30 -0.69 70 — — — — —
Advertising and Public Relations 20 — 40% 65% 0% 10% 5% 5% $70,250 27 -0.57 76 95% — — — —
Business Analytics 14 — 79% 79% 7% 0% 0% 7% $75,765 15 -0.95 82 — — — — —
Communication 16 — 56% 50% 0% 25% 0% 12% $53,040 20 -0.82 40 — — — — —
Communication 119 — 37% 71% 3% 13% 3% 2% $53,053 20 -0.82 40 96% 8.9% — — —
Journalism 38 — 37% 71% 0% 11% 8% 0% $54,200 17 -0.91 43 97% — — — —
Public Relations 37 — 27% 76% 3% 11% 3% 3% $70,250 40 -0.13 76 95% — — — —
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia 53 — 60% 77% 2% 13% 6% 0% $51,464 45 -0.28 36 99% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Education, Health and Human Services 512 28% 86% 1% 4% 3% 1% $50,000 1 -0.72 32 96%
Exercise Science 72 — 47% 82% 1% 3% 1% 0% $59,322 42 -0.29 57 96% — — — —
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management 6 — 33% 83% 0% 0% 0% 17% $50,314 10 -0.93 33 97% — — — —
Sport Management 33 — 79% 82% 0% 6% 3% 3% $59,322 44 -0.21 57 96% — — — —
Human Development and Family Studies 55 — 2% 75% 7% 9% 4% 0% $45,153 10 -0.96 20 94% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 135 — 4% 90% 0% 2% 2% 0% $46,426 15 -0.87 23 94% — — — —
Education 6 — 83% 50% 0% 33% 17% 0% $46,361 12 -1.02 22 93% — — — —
English Education 17 — 18% 88% 0% 6% 6% 0% $49,506 23 -0.84 31 99% — — — —
Health Teacher Education 4 — 25% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,506 13 -1.02 31 99% — — — —
Mathematics Teacher Education 14 — 29% 93% 0% 7% 0% 0% $49,506 13 -0.79 31 99% — — — —
Middle School Education 46 — 33% 93% 2% 2% 2% 0% $46,426 12 -1.01 23 94% — — — —
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 21 — 57% 76% 0% 10% 0% 10% $49,506 13 -1.02 31 99% — — — —
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education 7 — 57% 86% 0% 0% 14% 0% $49,506 13 -0.79 31 99% — — — —
Social Studies Teacher Education 34 — 65% 91% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,506 10 -1.00 31 99% — — — —
Special Education 32 — 9% 91% 0% 3% 3% 0% $51,328 27 -0.69 36 99% — — — —
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor 5 — 20% 80% 0% 20% 0% 0% $44,490 3 -1.54 18 83% — — — —
Art Education 13 — 8% 85% 8% 8% 0% 0% $49,506 66 +0.29 31 99% — — — —
Music Education 12 — 33% 92% 0% 0% 8% 0% $49,506 61 +0.30 31 99% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Nursing 420 11% 84% 3% 4% 4% 1% $82,456 78 -0.97 87 97% 4.7%
Nursing 420 — 11% 84% 3% 4% 4% 1% $82,456 10 -0.97 87 97% 4.7% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Public Health 199 13% 65% 5% 18% 2% 4% $57,492 5 -0.83 52 96% 8.5%
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist 15 — 7% 67% 7% 0% 7% 7% $60,042 30 -0.37 58 98% — — — —
Communication Sciences and Disorders 42 — 2% 90% 0% 2% 2% 2% $55,927 17 -0.80 48 100% — — — —
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs 22 — 27% 55% 5% 18% 9% 0% $58,813 2 -1.75 55 99% — — — —
Kinesiotherapy/Kinesiotherapist 13 — 38% 62% 0% 31% 0% 0% $66,837 39 -0.22 71 — — — — —
Medical Laboratory Science 5 — 20% 80% 20% 0% 0% 0% $69,831 17 -0.70 75 — — — — —
Public Health 93 — 13% 52% 8% 28% 0% 5% $57,340 21 -0.72 52 93% 8.5% — — —
Long Term Care Administration/Management 9 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $38,539 0 -1.43 8 93% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of the Arts 571 15% 75% 3% 10% 5% 2% $57,648 5 -0.08 52 95%
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 11 — 0% 82% 0% 9% 0% 9% $42,416 19 -0.73 14 87% — — — —
Commercial Photography 4 — 50% 75% 0% 25% 0% 0% $61,140 78 +0.37 61 95% — — — —
Commercial and Advertising Art — — — — — — — — $61,140 78 +0.37 61 95% — — — —
Dance 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $43,059 50 -0.00 15 — — — — —
Design and Visual Communications 87 — 26% 83% 3% 3% 7% 0% $61,140 57 +0.08 61 95% — — — —
Fashion Design 120 — 10% 65% 3% 13% 6% 4% $61,140 44 -0.05 61 95% — — — —
Fashion Merchandising 192 — 7% 74% 3% 10% 3% 3% $63,119 56 +0.15 65 96% — — — —
Interior Design 41 — 7% 78% 2% 10% 2% 0% $61,140 15 -0.79 61 95% — — — —
Music 10 +10 50% 70% 0% 20% 0% 10% $40,797 16 -0.64 11 94% — — — —
Music Technology — — — — — — — — $40,797 16 -0.64 11 94% — — — —
Musical Theatre 17 — 41% 65% 0% 24% 12% 0% $42,758 33 -0.43 15 98% — — — —
Studio Art 49 — 16% 84% 4% 2% 6% 0% $42,416 31 -0.47 14 87% — — — —
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology 21 — 24% 71% 0% 10% 10% 0% $42,758 47 -0.04 15 98% — — — —
Theatre 16 — 25% 75% 6% 12% 6% 0% $42,758 47 -0.04 15 98% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $13,563
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $23,808
Est. In-State Cost $17,545
Est. Out-of-State Cost $30,798
ROI Percentile 66th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 81%
4-Year Graduation Rate 49%
6-Year Graduation Rate 64%
Transfer-Out Rate 17%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Social Sciences 18.2% 803 25% 73% 2% 9% 5% 3% $51,629 17 -0.84 36 95% 8.9%
Business & Economics 17.8% 785 57% 80% 2% 5% 3% 3% $71,277 29 -0.50 77 96% 7.3%
Arts 16.9% 746 23% 76% 3% 9% 5% 2% $57,774 74 -0.13 53 95% —
Health Sciences 15.3% 676 16% 79% 3% 8% 3% 1% $73,272 31 -0.87 79 97% 5.4%
Education 7.3% 321 23% 88% 0% 4% 2% 1% $47,814 15 -0.90 26 96% —
Professional 6.4% 280 50% 80% 0% 7% 4% 4% $75,446 66 -0.18 82 97% —
Humanities 5.6% 248 38% 75% 2% 11% 7% 1% $52,468 34 -0.39 39 95% 8.3%
Computer Science 3.6% 158 75% 70% 4% 6% 4% 9% $94,000 21 -0.61 94 95% —
Life & Natural Sciences 3.0% 132 23% 74% 4% 7% 7% 4% $59,655 16 -0.79 57 96% —
Agriculture & Food Science 2.5% 111 24% 79% 2% 3% 4% 2% $54,855 25 -0.38 45 95% —
Engineering 2.0% 90 74% 89% 0% 0% 2% 2% $89,007 3 -0.94 91 98% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.3% 59 51% 69% 3% 2% 3% 15% $75,021 40 -0.22 81 93% —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences $14.4M #133 14% $0.0M 40 #124 140 5
Physical Sciences & Math $12.4M #164 36% $0.2M 28 #99 168 7
Life & Natural Sciences $9.2M #169 47% $0.0M 16 #122 134 5
Business & Economics $5.8M #92 0% $0 25 #49 — —
Education $5.1M #98 21% $0.1M 30 #139 — —
Health Sciences $5.0M #163 57% $0.1M 13 #120 49 1
Computer Science $2.5M #180 48% $0 8 #109 57 —
Engineering $2.2M #241 20% $0.5M 2 #209 15 1
Agriculture & Food Science $0.9M #165 42% $0.0M — — — —
Total $57.6M #194 29% $1.0M 162 #131 563 19

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 110 $10.4M $10.4M $0
Track & Field (combined) 105 $696K $696K $0
Baseball 40 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Wrestling 39 $969K $969K $0
Basketball 15 $3.0M $3.0M $0
Golf 12 $637K $637K $0
Total 263 $17.5M $17.5M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 100 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Lacrosse 39 $833K $833K $0
Soccer 30 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Gymnastics 24 $823K $823K $0
Field Hockey 20 $912K $912K $0
Softball 17 $946K $946K $0
Volleyball 17 $800K $800K $0
Basketball 15 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Golf 9 $726K $726K $0
Total 215 $9.2M $9.2M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 205 $1.7M $1.7M $0
Football 110 $10.4M $10.4M $0
Baseball 40 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Lacrosse 39 $833K $833K $0
Wrestling 39 $969K $969K $0
Basketball 30 $5.1M $5.1M $0
Soccer 30 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Gymnastics 24 $823K $823K $0
Golf 21 $1.4M $1.4M $0
Field Hockey 20 $912K $912K $0
Softball 17 $946K $946K $0
Volleyball 17 $800K $800K $0
Total 478 $37.2M $37.2M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 82%
Yield (non-ED) 20%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 82% 82% 82%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 60%
SAT Range 1010 – 1240
SAT Math Range 500 – 610
SAT RW Range 510 – 630