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Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio·Public, 4-year or above·Great Lakes·kent.edu
6-yr Graduation
64%
+1.5pp vs R1 Research
Total enrollment
26,374
peer median 26,412
Avg net price
$20,787
+$5.0k vs R1 Research
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About

Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio located in Ashtabula, Burton, East Liverpool, Jackson Township, New Philadelphia, Salem, and Warren, along with additional regional and international facilities in Cleveland, Independence, and Twinsburg, Ohio; New York City; and Florence, Italy.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
24,611
24,611 candidates competed
Admitted
21,248
86.3% acceptance rate
Enrolled
4,304
20.3% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
64%+1.5pp vs R1 Research
4-year graduation
49%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
64%
Full-time retention
81%

Pell equity

15.6pp gap
Pell recipients
53%729 of 1371
Non-Pell (all)
69%2027 of 2954
Subsidized loan, no Pell
67%1090 of 1618
No Federal Aid
70%937 of 1336

Non-Pell students graduate at a 15.6-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 329 Title IV programs, 89 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 4 fail. 236 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
329
Passing
89
27.1% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
4
1.2% of portfolio
Fail rate
1.2%
+0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

329programs
  • Passing89 · 27.1%
  • No Data236 · 71.7%
  • Failing4 · 1.2%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
2
Recoverable
2
At Risk
6
Watch
15
Safe
68
No data
236

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

93
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-6.5%
$32,557 vs $34,808
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-5.3%
$53,674 vs $56,700
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Associate Degree · Education
-1.8%
$34,197 vs $34,808
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-0.6%
$56,380 vs $56,700
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+2.6%
$35,710 vs $34,808
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
Bachelor Degree · Education
+3.1%
$35,900 vs $34,808
Zoology/Animal Biology
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+3.1%
$35,875 vs $34,808
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+4.1%
$36,241 vs $34,808

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

7
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Associate Degree · Education
-1.8%
−$611
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-0.6%
−$320
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+2.6%
+$902
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
Bachelor Degree · Education
+3.1%
+$1,092
Zoology/Animal Biology
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+3.1%
+$1,067
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+4.1%
+$1,433
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+4.7%
+$1,621

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

86
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
84%
$29,826 debt · $35,710 earn
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
74%
$39,485 debt · $53,674 earn
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
73%
$36,900 debt · $50,393 earn
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
Undergraduate Certificate · Education
73%
$26,500 debt · $36,334 earn
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
Bachelor Degree · Education
72%
$26,000 debt · $35,900 earn
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
71%
$25,873 debt · $36,241 earn
Zoology/Animal Biology
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
70%
$24,962 debt · $35,875 earn
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
69%
$25,000 debt · $36,429 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1915Next review Aug 2035

Programmatic accreditations · 19

Action history · 23

  1. Aug 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  2. Apr 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Didactic Program in Dietetics
  3. Apr 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIETI) - Dietetic Internship
  4. Feb 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
  5. Jul 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Clinical doctoral program in Audiology

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$15,280
$30–48k$15,718
$48–75k$17,296
$75–110k$23,685
$110k+$26,278

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$20,787
+$4,997vs R1 Research median $15,790
Federal loans
50.1%
In-state tuition
$13,232
Out-of-state
$23,082

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 10,687 students received $57.3M in Pell grants, alongside $157.7M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
10,687
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$57.3M
$57,270,155 total
Direct Loans
$157.7M
24,296 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

10k
’20
9k
’21
9k
’22
9k
’23
11k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$39.7M
9,496 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$48.6M
11,081 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$34.8M
1,651 loan awards
Parent PLUS$27.2M
1,765 loan awards
Grad PLUS$7.4M
303 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 9,229 borrowers who entered repayment, 143 (1.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.5%
-0.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
9,229
Defaulted
143
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
9.2%
2017
8.5%
2018
5.8%
2019
1.5%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Kent State University at Kent

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs242
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

5,150 total completions
01Health Professions
1,10221.4%
02Business
1,01319.7%
03Education
61311.9%
04Psychology
4418.6%
05Visual/Performing Arts
4368.5%
06Computer Sciences
4208.2%
07Multi/Interdisciplinary
4118.0%
08Communication
3096.0%
09Biological Sciences
2274.4%
10Social Sciences
1783.5%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
26,374
12-mo unduplicated
30,666
Undergraduate
24,373
Graduate
6,293

Gender split

Men
37%11,421
Women
63%19,245

Race / ethnicity composition

White
73.0%
Black
9.7%
Hispanic
4.9%
Two or more
4.2%
Non-resident
4.0%
Asian
2.4%
Unknown
1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.0%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
478
263 M · 215 W
Women athletes
45.0%
Athletic aid
$8.3M
Total student aid
Budget
$37.2M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$4.5M
$3.7M
Recruiting expense
$503K
$182K
Head-coach salaries
$216K
$111K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 12

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
105 M · 100 W
$1.7M
Football
110 M · —
$10.4M
Baseball
40 M · —
$1.8M
Lacrosse
— · 39 W
$834K
Wrestling
39 M · —
$970K
Basketball
15 M · 15 W
$5.1M

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.15
30 offenses · 26,106 students

3-year trend

1.202 yrs ago0.891 yr ago1.15Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
85
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
89
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
11
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
4

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
14
Fondling
14
Arson
1
Aggravated assault
1

By location

30total
  • On campus27
  • Non-campus3

Includes 21 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

1
Domestic violence
17
Dating violence
13
Stalking
31 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

  • Sexual orientation2
  • Religion1

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons20
Drugs1524
Liquor5722

Residence-hall fires

  • Wright Hall1 fire
    OtherDamage $0-$99

Data quality: 2 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
20.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
919

Kent State University at Kent vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Kent State University at Kent selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectKent State University at Kent
64%—26,374$20,787R1 Research
Ball State University
62%85.5%21,089$14,940R2 Research
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
61%81.0%17,594$24,022R2 Research
Clemson University
87%38.3%29,077$22,253R1 Research
Georgia State University
53%55.4%34,944$15,931R1 Research
Miami University-Oxford
80%75.4%18,838$28,384R2 Research
Northern Illinois University
49%69.8%15,414$13,391R2 Research
Ohio University-Main Campus
65%85.0%26,323$21,637R1 Research
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
86%60.6%50,737$32,875R1 Research
Temple University
75%80.4%29,640$28,198R1 Research
Texas Tech University
69%72.6%40,757$19,070R1 Research
The University of Texas at Arlington
54%79.9%44,956$13,951R1 Research
University at Albany
61%69.1%17,560$17,167R1 Research
University of Houston
65%73.9%47,980$14,276R1 Research
University of Memphis
51%72.0%20,276$12,397R1 Research
University of Mississippi
72%96.6%26,449$13,314R1 Research
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
56%88.5%18,012$10,965R2 Research
University of North Texas
61%72.2%46,864$15,649R1 Research
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
75%76.6%30,851$15,300R1 Research
University of Oregon
72%88.3%24,404$22,182R1 Research
University of South Florida
77%43.2%49,622$9,812R1 Research
University of Southern Mississippi
49%99.1%13,170$21,708R1 Research
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
53%90.7%22,450$15,014R1 Research
Utah State University
57%92.5%28,904$14,936R1 Research
Virginia Commonwealth University
63%92.6%28,464$23,433R1 Research
Western Michigan University
58%84.6%16,744$15,273R2 Research
Peer group median63%79.9%26,412$15,790

Institutions like Kent State University at Kent

Explore the federal data for institutions in Kent State University at Kent's comparison group.

IPEDS

Campuses

The 7 campuses that make up Kent State University at Kent.

IPEDS

Kent State University at Kent Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Institutional Research
Email
ctl [at] kent.edu
Phone
330-672-3000
Address
330 Heer Hall, 635 Loop Rd, Kent, OH 44242

Institutional Research plays a crucial role in supporting Kent State University's mission by collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data to inform decision-making processes across the institution.

Visit IR office page
Team
8 members
  • Linnea Stafford
    Director, Institutional Research
  • Sandra Brown
    Institutional Data and Information Director
  • Jennifer Garretson
    Institutional Data Information Officer
  • Shannon Helfinstine
    Director, Institutional Accreditation and Assessment
  • Louise Hookway
    Institutional Data Information Officer
  • Amir Jabbari
    Institutional Research Information Officer
  • Mary Marcin
    Institutional Data Information Officer
  • Kjera Seregi
    Senior Institutional Research Information Officer

Common Data Set

Kent State University at Kent's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.

Source publications

Reports & documents (5)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Frequently asked questions about Kent State University at Kent

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Kent State University at Kent.

What is the graduation rate at Kent State University at Kent?

Kent State University at Kent reports a 6-year graduation rate of 64% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Kent State University at Kent?

Kent State University at Kent reports a total enrollment of 26,374 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Kent State University at Kent?

The average net price at Kent State University at Kent is $20,787 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Kent State University at Kent?

Kent State University at Kent's yield rate is 20.3%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Kent State University at Kent located?

Kent State University at Kent is located in Kent, Ohio 44242-0001.

Who runs Institutional Research at Kent State University at Kent?

Kent State University at Kent's IR work is done by the Institutional Research.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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