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Kent State University at Kent was awarded 434 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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Kent State landed the #388 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Kent State held the #509 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 96 colleges in Ohio, Kent State is ranked at #14.
With an acceptance rate of 87%, Kent State has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 18% of students accepted to Kent State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 610. Math scores were between 500 and 600.
The student to faculty ratio at Kent State University at Kent is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Kent State University at Kent is 59%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 81% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Kent State University at Kent enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Kent State the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 41%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 21,621 undergraduates at Kent State with 17,361 being full-time and 4,260 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,793 | $15,021 | $19,508 | $21,662 | $22,520 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Kent State, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Kent State, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $7,633 a year. That adds up to $30,532 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Kent State is 5.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Kent State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Executive Office, 2Nd Floor Library, Kent, OH 44242-0001 |
| Phone: | 330-672-3000 |
| Website: | www.kent.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/kentstate |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/kentstate |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 495 | $57,586 |
| General Psychology | 335 | $26,258 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 278 | $36,188 |
| Business Administration & Management | 272 | $39,013 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 223 | $35,399 |
| Public Health | 203 | $30,380 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 182 | $29,304 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 181 | $30,737 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 173 | $30,631 |
| General Biology | 161 | $26,413 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 23,636 students took at least one online class at Kent State University at Kent. This is an increase from the 15,862 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 23,636 | 8,011 |
| 2019-2020 | 15,862 | 4,016 |
| 2018-2019 | 15,098 | 4,008 |
| 2017-2018 | 15,070 | 3,953 |
| 2016-2017 | 14,235 | 3,828 |
Learn more about online learning at Kent State University at Kent.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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