Kent State University at Kent Overview

Kent State University at Kent is a public institution situated in Kent, Ohio. Kent is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Kent State University at Kent Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Kent State is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at Kent State is the doctor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 55% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Kent State bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $45,019 a year. That's about 10% more than their peers at other schools.
• It takes the average Kent State student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Kent State University at Kent?

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

How Do I Get Into Kent State?

You can apply to Kent State online at: https://www.kent.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for Kent State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Kent State?

Kent State has the high acceptance rate of 87%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

Average Test Scores

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.

Kent State received ACT scores from 66% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 25. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Kent State University at Kent?

The overall average net price of Kent State is $28,361. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. 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 1.5%. 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.

Kent State University at Kent Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 21,133 undergraduate students at Kent State, with 16,988 being full-time and 4,145 being part-time.

There are also 5,464 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 16,988 full-time undergraduates at Kent State, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Kent State University at Kent students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	349
Black or African American	1,512
Hispanic or Latino	729
White	12,788
International Students	459
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,151

Geographic Diversity

Ohio students aren't the only ones who study at Kent State University at Kent. At this time, 38 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 99 countries are represented at Kent State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Kent State University at Kent

There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 36 master’s degree programs available online at Kent State. In 2020-2021, 23,636 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Kent State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 8th most popular in Ohio for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Kent State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Kent State University at Kent was -0.4%. This is the #1,851 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Kent State regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By JonRidinger under License

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