Award-Winning Academic Programs
Fashion
- Top rankings for the School of Fashion Design and Merchandising:
- #1 Fashion Design School in the Midwest
- #1 Fashion Merchandising School in the Midwest
- #7 Fashion Merchandising School in the U.S.
- #8 Fashion Design School in the U.S.
- Kent State's Fashion School is ranked Top 25 in the world by the popular fashion news site Fashionista in its 2019 rankings report.
Master of Business Administration Program
- Kent State ranks No. 129 on the Best Business Schools: Full-Time MBA list, making it the highest-ranked public institution in northern Ohio for this category.
- The Master of Business Administration is offered by the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Online MBA Program Ranks #1 in Northern Ohio By U.S. News & World Report
- The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship (formerly named the College of Business Administration) ranked as one of the nation's most outstanding Business Schools by the Princeton Review
- Kent State University’s Online MBA - Business Analytics concentration ranks #25 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
- Kent State’s Online MBA Ranked #23 In The Nation By The Princeton Review
- Kent State University’s Online MBA program is ranked #35 in the nation according to Fortune's Best Online MBA Programs 2021
rankings. - The TFE Times rankings of Kent State graduate business programs include: Master of Business Analytics ranked 37th, Master of Economics ranked 58th and Master of Accounting ranked 86th.
Additional Award-winning Academic Programs
- Topping off its newest recognitions in 2023, Kent State ranks No. 19 on the Best Rehabilitation Counseling Programs list, making it the highest-ranked institution – public or private – in Ohio.
- Kent State ranked No. 66 in the Best Nursing Schools: Master’s list, making it the highest-ranked public institution in northern Ohio for this program.
- Ranked No. 99 in the Best Education Schools list, once again making it the highest-ranked graduate education school in northern Ohio for this program.
- Kent State ranked No. 105 in Best Public Health Schools list.
- Ranked No. 133 in the Best Mathematics Programs list, making it once more the highest-ranked public institution in northern Ohio for this program.
- Kent State ranked No. 136 in Best Physics Schools list, making it again the highest-ranked public institution in northern Ohio for this program.
- Ranked No. 140 in the Best Earth Sciences Programs list, making it once more the highest-ranked public institution in northern Ohio for this program.
- Kent State ranked No. 166 in Best Public Affairs Programs list.
- Kent State ranked No. 171 in Best Computer Science Schools list.
- Kent State ranked No. 192 in Best Chemistry Programs list.
- Top 100 of Best Graduate Education Schools by U.S. News & World Report
- Kent State University ranks No. 7 in the 2021 Top Master’s in Public Health ranking by Intelligent.
- Kent State University has been ranked in the Top 50 of Study.com’s Best Theatre Bachelor's Degree Programs
- Kent State has the largest university fleet of aircraft (34) in Ohio
- Kent State University’s Exploratory Program receives national recognition.
- Kent State is the highest-ranked public institution in northern Ohio on the Best Undergraduate Nursing Programs list.
- Kent State’s academic programs are recognized on the Best Undergraduate Business Programs list and the Best Undergraduate Computer Science Programs list.