Explore STEM
Explore STEM Opportunities at Kent State Today!
Kent State University offers a world of educational opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through many of our academic majors and through hands-on, youth STEM activities and innovation camps. Young learners can participate as early as third grade.
Real science happens when students of all ages explore their STEM interests in Kent State’s top-rated makerspaces and state-of-the-art facilities, working with educators who are leaders in their fields of study.
And real science is closer than you think! Kent State offers STEM-focused programs on every campus in our eight-campus system. Discover your connection to STEM interests and in-demand STEM careers at Kent State University.
- Analytics & Economics
Students interested in the mathematics of business, data or economics will find a variety of programs at Kent State that allow them to dig into how economies function and how data powers business today. From business and data analytics to economics, our programs of study connect directly to some of today’s most in-demand careers.
Analytics & Economics
Programs
- Business Analytics - B.B.A.
- Business Analytics - Graduate Certificate
- Business Analytics - M.S.
- Data Analytics - Minor
- Economics - B.A.
- Economics - B.B.A.
- Economics - M.A.
- Economics - Minor
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Please note: STEM is an acronym for the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There is NOT a single, unified definition of STEM. Every agency and organization defines it differently. Some agencies use the CIP to define STEM, and those CIP-to-STEM lists vary from agency to agency (and sometimes even within an agency).
- Business & Manufacturing
Offering programs of study for a variety of business and manufacturing careers, Kent State can help students explore everything from materials chemistry to cybersecurity engineering and computer-aided design. Students in the applied engineering program get hands-on learning experiences in the on-campus foundry.
Business & Manufacturing
Programs
- Actuarial Mathematics - B.S.
- Applied Engineering - Foundry Technology Concentration - B.S.
- Applied Mathematics - B.S.
- Applied Mathematics - Computational Mathematics Concentration - B.S.
- Applied Mathematics - Financial Mathematics Concentration - B.S.
- Applied Mathematics - Probability and Statistics Concentration - B.S.
- CAD for Manufacturing - Undergraduate Certificate
- Chemistry - Materials Chemistry Concentration - B.S.
- Cybersecurity Engineering - B.S.
- Geography - Environmental Geography Concentration - B.A.
- Geography - Geographic Information Science Concentration - B.A.
- Geography - Social Geography Concentration - B.A.
- Mathematics - B.A.
- Mathematics - B.S.
- Mechanical Engineering Technology - A.A.S.
- Physics - B.A.
- Physics - B.S.
- Physics - minor
- Psychology - Child Psychology Concentration - B.S.
- Psychology - Counseling Careers Concentration - B.A.
- Psychology - Pre-Medicine/Pre-Podiatry Concentration - B.S.
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Please note: STEM is an acronym for the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There is NOT a single, unified definition of STEM. Every agency and organization defines it differently. Some agencies use the CIP to define STEM, and those CIP-to-STEM lists vary from agency to agency (and sometimes even within an agency).
- Earth & Our Environment
There are many ways to explore “green careers” at Kent State including traditional programs of study like earth science and environmental management but students can also explore newer fields like conservation biology and green and alternative energy.
Earth & Our Environment
Programs
- Botany - B.S.
- Chemistry - B.A.
- Chemistry - B.S.
- Chemistry - Biochemistry Concentration - B.S.
- Chemistry - Biochemistry-Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy/Pre-Dentistry Concentration - B.S.
- Chemistry - Chemistry Concentration - B.S.
- Chemistry - Industrial Chemistry Concentration - B.S.
- Chemistry - Materials Chemistry Concentration - B.S.
- Earth Science - B.A.
- Earth Science - B.S.E.
- Engineering Technology - Green and Alternative Energy Concentration - B.S.
- Environment Management - A.T.S.
- Environmental and Conservation Biology - B.S.
- Environmental Studies - B.A.
- Geology – B.A.
- Geology – B.S.
- Geography - Environmental Geography Concentration - B.A.
- Geography - Geographic Information Science Concentration - B.A.
- Geography - Social Geography Concentration - B.A.
- Geology – Environmental Geology Concentration – B.S.
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Please note: STEM is an acronym for the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There is NOT a single, unified definition of STEM. Every agency and organization defines it differently. Some agencies use the CIP to define STEM, and those CIP-to-STEM lists vary from agency to agency (and sometimes even within an agency).
- Education, Law & Forensics
Connecting to several emerging, in-demand careers, programs of study in these areas at Kent State range from chemistry to geology to physics and neuroscience to computer forensics and information security.
Education, Law & Forensics
Programs
- Chemistry - B.A.
- Chemistry - B.S.
- Chemistry - Biochemistry Concentration - B.S.
- Chemistry - Biochemistry-Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy/Pre-Dentistry Concentration - B.S.
- Chemistry - Chemistry Concentration - B.S.
- Chemistry - Industrial Chemistry Concentration - B.S.
- Chemistry - Materials Chemistry Concentration - B.S.
- Computer Forensics and Information Security - Undergraduate Certificate
- Computer Forensics and Security - Minor
- Earth Science - B.A.
- Earth Science - B.S.E.
- Integrated Mathematics - B.S.E.
- Integrated Science - B.S.E.
- Life Science - B.S.E.
- Life Science/Chemistry - B.S.E.
- Neuroscience - B.S.
- Physical Science - B.S.E.
- Physics - B.A.
- Physics - B.S.
- Physics - minor
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Please note: STEM is an acronym for the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There is NOT a single, unified definition of STEM. Every agency and organization defines it differently. Some agencies use the CIP to define STEM, and those CIP-to-STEM lists vary from agency to agency (and sometimes even within an agency).
- Flight & Space
Students interested in aviation can study for a career as a commercial pilot, an air traffic controller, an aerospace engineer and more. Plus, Kent State University has an airport, with its own fleet of aircraft.
Flight & Space
Programs
- Aeronautical Systems Engineering Technology - B.S.
- Aeronautics - B.S.
- Aerospace Engineering - B.S.
- Physics - B.A.
- Physics - B.S.
- Physics - minor
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Please note: STEM is an acronym for the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There is NOT a single, unified definition of STEM. Every agency and organization defines it differently. Some agencies use the CIP to define STEM, and those CIP-to-STEM lists vary from agency to agency (and sometimes even within an agency).
- Medicine, Health Services & Research
At Kent State, students can study science as well as psychology, pre-med, pre-pharmacy, and pre-podiatry and many more healthcare-related programs. The university is noted for its outstanding Colleges of Nursing and Public Health and their exceptional graduates.
Medicine, Health Services & Research
Programs
- Biology - B.A.
- Biology - B.S.
- Biology - Pre-Medicine/Pre-Podiatry/Pre-Dentistry Concentration -B.S.
- Chemistry - B.A.
- Chemistry - B.S.
- Chemistry - Biochemistry Concentration - B.S.
- Chemistry - Biochemistry Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy/Pre-Dentistry Concentration- B.S.
- Cybersecurity Engineering - B.S.
- Exercise Science - B.S.
- Integrated Health Studies - B.S.
- Medical Laboratory Science - B.S.
- Neuroscience - B.S.
- Nursing - B.S.N.
- Nutrition - B.S.
- Physics - Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy/Pre-Podiatry Concentration - B.S.
- Public Health - Pre-Medicine, Dentistry, Osteopathy - B.S.
- Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy - Non-Degree Advising Program
- Pre-Pharmacy - Non-Degree Advising Program
- Psychology - Child Psychology Concentration - B.S.
- Psychology - Counseling Careers Concentration - B.A.
- Psychology - Pre-Medicine/Pre-Podiatry Concentration - B.S.
- Public Health - B.S.P.H.
- Sports Medicine - B.S.
- Zoology - B.S.
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Please note: STEM is an acronym for the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There is NOT a single, unified definition of STEM. Every agency and organization defines it differently. Some agencies use the CIP to define STEM, and those CIP-to-STEM lists vary from agency to agency (and sometimes even within an agency).
- Technology & Engineering
Students at Kent State can choose from a variety of programs offering degrees in everything from pure mathematics to mechanical engineering to cybersecurity to software development and game design. These programs of study connect directly to some of today’s most in-demand careers.
Technology & Engineering
Programs
- Actuarial Mathematics - B.S.
- Animation Game Design - B.S.
- Applied Mathematics - B.S.
- Applied Mathematics - Computational Mathematics Concentration - B.S.
- Applied Mathematics - Financial Mathematics Concentration - B.S.
- Applied Mathematics - Probability and Statistics Concentration - B.S.
- Chemistry - B.A.
- Chemistry - B.S.
- Computer Engineering Technology - B.S.
- Computer Science - Cybersecurity Concentration - B.S.
- Computer Science - Data Engineering Concentration - B.S.
- Computer Science - Game Programming Concentration - B.S.
- Computer Science - Robotics and Embedded Systems Concentration - B.S.
- Cybersecurity - A.A.B.
- Cybersecurity Engineering - B.S.
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology - A.A.S.
- Emerging Media and Technology - B.S.
- Emerging Media and Technology - M.S.
- Engineering Technology - B.S.
- Information Technology - A.A.B.
- Information Technology - B.S.I.T.
- Mathematics - B.A.
- Mathematics - B.S.
- Mechanical Engineering Technology - A.A.S.
- Mechanical Engineering Technology - B.S.
- Mechatronics Engineering - B.S.
- Mechatronics Engineering Technology - B.S.
- Software Development - minor
- Technical Modeling Design - A.A.S.
- Web Design and Development - minor
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Please note: STEM is an acronym for the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There is NOT a single, unified definition of STEM. Every agency and organization defines it differently. Some agencies use the CIP to define STEM, and those CIP-to-STEM lists vary from agency to agency (and sometimes even within an agency).
Young learners in grades 3-8 can find STEM camps, campus tours and other learning opportunities on Kent State’s Kent Campus and several of our Regional Campuses. These programs are designed so that young students can explore their interests and discover the STEM areas they enjoy most.
Check out the upcoming opportunities for elementary and middle school students!
Girls Geared for Engineering Summer Camp
Campers will experience the intersection of imagination and engineering on the Kent State University campus in this multi- disciplinary, week-long day camp in July.
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
Girls and other gender minorities are invited to the Kent campus on October 22, 2022, for STEM activities that will introduce participants to engineering and related career fields.
Summer STEM and Innovation Camps
Young campers get the opportunity to gain experience with 3D printing, LEGO WeDo™ systems, drones, coding, robotics and much more throughout July and August.
- Junior Adventures with Robots
- Full STEAM Ahead with LEGO ® SPIKE ™ Essential
- Programming in Minecraft
- Creating Your Own Escape Room in Fortnite Creative
- Digital Game Design
- Explorations in Extended Reality
High school students are invited to Kent State’s campuses for tours, activities and events to explore Kent State STEM majors and learn more about exciting opportunities in STEM careers.
Check out the upcoming opportunities for high school students!
Summer Programs and Camps
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
Girls and other gender minorities are invited to the Kent campus on October 22, 2022, for STEM activities that will introduce participants to engineering and related career fields.
Nikki Kukwa Memorial Aeronautics Camp
Fifteen female, high school students will receive a free, three-day camp experience, July 13 - 15, 2022, through the Nikki Kukwa Memorial Aviation Fund and Kent State University’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering.
TRIO Upward Bound Summer Institute
Three federal Pre-College/TRIO Upward Bound programs (Classic, Math Science and Health Professions) that seek to increase educational opportunities and diminish barriers for first-generation, low-income students and families through comprehensive services in targeted school districts.
Learn More About TRIO Upward Bound programs
Scholarships and Aid for Incoming STEM Students
Choose Ohio First - This scholarship opportunity is offered to new Kent State students who are residents of Ohio and have motivation for STEM education and engaging in work-based learning experiences.
College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) Scholarships – Students majoring in a CAE program ranging from incoming first-year students through undergraduate seniors are eligible to apply. Varying criteria and areas of study. Apply with a single application!
Scholarship Universe - After admittance to Kent State, students can use the Scholarship Universe search portal to find additional scholarship opportunities.
