Kent State University-Kent Campus

Kent State University-Kent Campus Admissions

Applications to the undergraduate programs have an application fee of $30. Students should contact the University or visit its website to see if it is still accepting applications for the term in which they wish to enroll. In addition to the application form and fee, students must provide high school transcripts and test scores. Applications can be submitted on-line. Students who are admitted generally have completed the Ohio college preparatory curriculum, which includes four units in English, three units in mathematics, three units of science, three units of social studies, two units of foreign language, and one unit of the arts. Students will also generally have a high school grade point average of 2.5 or higher and an ACT score of 21 or SAT score of 980 or higher.

Students who are applying for programs in aeronautics, architecture, dance, education, fashion design and fashion merchandising, interior design, journalism and mass communications, music, nursing, theatre, and visual communication design must meet special requirements in addition to the general university requirements for admission. Some programs will require an audition. Students who are applying to the six-year B.S./M.D. medical program operated in conjunction with the northeastern Ohio Universities College of medicine must submit special applications. This is a highly competitive program, and only 35 students are chosen out of approximately 600 applications annually.

Graduate students apply to either the Graduate School of Education, the Graduate School of Management, or to Research and Graduate Studies. Students should consult individual departments and programs for their specific requirements. Students must also be admitted to the University.

Kent State’s admissions processes—visit scheduling, application submission, etc.—are all accessible via the University’s website. Admissions policies for freshmen differ depending on each student’s experience in high school. Among those given priority consideration are students with 16 hours of college prep high school curriculum, a cumulative GPA of 2.5, and an ACT test score of 21 or greater. Following this priority admissions policy, students with a 2.2 GPA and a high school diploma or GED are considered next. Some students’ admissions applications may be deferred and the student referred to one of Kent State’s Regional Campuses.

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