30,000+
Kent Campus Undergraduate/Graduate Students
234,000
Alumni Worldwide
6,000+
Students Living on Kent Campus
61%
Female Student Body
14%
Freshman with Exploratory Majors
15%
Undergraduate Minority Students
93%
Students Receiving Financial Assistance
39%
Male Student Body
At Kent State University, our faculty do more than teach. They share, provoke, collaborate and participate. They inspire learning, turning students into independent thinkers — and, more importantly, into doers. Our faculty help students put excellence into action in everything they do.
Ranked among the top 100 national public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s Top Public Schools ranking in its 2016 edition of Best Colleges. This prestigious distinction is recognition of continued growth in academic reputation and student retention. Kent State also ranks in the coveted first-tier list in the Best National Universities category. Kent State is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to make the first tier in the Best National Universities category, and this marks the fifth time in six years the university has received this recognition.
