by our College Data Analytics Team
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Kent State University at Kent was awarded 133 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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Kent State is ranked #250 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Kent State held the #388 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 91 colleges in Ohio, Kent State is ranked at #9.
The acceptance rate at Kent State University at Kent is 88%, which is higher than many other schools to which you may be applying. But don't think getting into Kent State is a sure thing. The admissions staff is still going to review your application to see if you are a good fit for the school.
About 20% 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 490 and 620. 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 78% 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Kent State for first-time, full-time students is 48%, which is better than 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,195 | $14,464 | $15,126 | $20,190 | $24,176 |
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 60% of students took out student loans averaging $8,031 a year. That adds up to $32,124 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 715 | $66,990 |
| Business Administration & Management | 359 | $43,509 |
| General Psychology | 343 | $28,474 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 271 | $36,351 |
| Public Health | 247 | $39,159 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 239 | $36,625 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 237 | $35,860 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 196 | $33,980 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 191 | $33,040 |
| Marketing | 174 | $44,567 |
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 2022-2023, 15,813 students took at least one online class at Kent State University at Kent. This is a decrease from the 23,636 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 15,813 | 4,363 |
| 2021-2022 | 23,636 | 8,011 |
| 2020-2021 | 15,862 | 4,016 |
| 2018-2019 | 15,070 | 3,953 |
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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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