Health & Safety at Kent State
Helpful Info for Parents and Families of our Students
Keeping our students, faculty and staff safe is a top priority for us at Kent State. Resources are available 24/7 to ensure students are safe, healthy and active.
Holistic Wellness
Flashes Take Care of Flashes
Kent State provides information on mental health and well-being services that support our community across our campus system and abroad. This Info Hub will help you identify resources for yourself or others and provides information to enhance learning around mental health and well-being.
Staying Fit & Active On-Campus
#1 Safest Campus in Ohio
Protecting our Students
Student Safety is our Priority
Kent State is one of the safest campuses in the U.S. as ranked by the Council for Home Safety and Security, and as reported by the Consortium for Higher Education Campus Crime Research and FBI Uniform Crime Statistics.
Campus safety resources are available 24/7 including Police Services, Security Aides and Escorts, Key Card Entry Systems, and Flash Alerts, our emergency text notification system.
- All residence halls remain locked 24 hours a day, seven days a week and are accessed by assigned key cards. Visitors are always escorted. Helpful Residence Services Security Aides patrol each residence hall. They are also available as student escorts between 8:00 pm and 4:00 am, seven days a week.
- Flash Alerts is Kent State’s official emergency text notification system. It can alert subscribers of critical information no matter the time or place.
- All public footpaths throughout the campus are well lit and an on-campus bus service assists students to quickly navigate between buildings, as well as connecting them with nearby local destinations.
Double Honors Awarded to the Kent State Police Department
The campus is patrolled by our award-winning police force 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Kent State University Police Services was one of the first nationally accredited law enforcement agencies in Ohio and the second university police department in the United States to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).
The Kent State Police Department has twice been honored with the designation of Flagship Agency, which recognizes law enforcement agencies that represent extraordinary examples of excellence in law enforcement accreditation.
Parents' Views on Safety at Kent State University
International Parent Story: Watching Your Child Flourish
"When we were considering universities, safety was paramount. The Bahamas is very far away and I wanted my daughter to be in a secure environment while just being able to focus on her schoolwork and not her surroundings.
When I came to visit, my flight was delayed so I arrived on campus about 1:00am and got lost because the campus is huge. In two minutes, the police were pulling me over. That made me feel so good knowing my girl was definitely in a secure environment with eyes everywhere."