Kent State University is located in Kent, Ohio. There are regional campuses located in Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull County, and Tuscarawas County. Kent State University was founded in 1910 as a teacher-training school and received university status in 1935. The University now awards associate, bachelor
| Overall Score (about) | 85.7 |
| Total Cost On-Campus Attendance | $25,886 |
| Admission Success rate | N/A |
| ACT / SAT 75%ile scores | 25 / 1210 |
| Student Ratio Students-to-Faculty | 22 : 1 |
| Retention (full-time / part-time) | 81% / 50% |
| Enrollment Total (all students) | 28,122 |
The University is composed of a number of different schools and colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, the College of Business Administration, the College of Communication and Information, the College of Education, the College of Fine and Professional Arts, the College of Nursing, the Honors College, the School of Technology, and the College of Continuing Studies. There are interdisciplinary programs in biomedical sciences, financial engineering, and information architecture and knowledge management.
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Kent State proudly proclaims itself home to 74 different centers and institutes for specialized study. These centers are often the results of private partnerships or other opportunities available to University faculty. The unique areas addressed by these centers include conflict management, bibliography, nuclear research, child development, computational mathematics, liquid crystals, nursing research, speech and hearing, literacy education, violence prevention, and workforce development.
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.
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In-state tuition and fees for undergraduate students were $7504 in 2004-2005. Students applying from out of state and graduate students will have different costs.
Kent State encourages applicants to begin reviewing scholarship opportunities between September and December prior to the year of application. The University
In addition to the numerous classroom, dormitory, and administration buildings, Kent State University has a number of research centers and institutes, including the Liquid Crystal Institute, the Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence, and the Institute for Bibliography and Editing.
The 12 story Kent State University Library offers electronic catalogs and on-line databases, in additional to physical volumes stored on site. It is a member of OhioLink, which allows students to make online requests to borrow books from university, college, and other libraries throughout the state of Ohio.
Kent State is home to a number of living-learning communities, which houses students together based on shared academic and extracurricular interests. A community may consist of an entire dormitory or segments of a dormitory. Students study, play, and live together. Such communities at Kent State include the honors community, science learning community, and the physical education preparation community. Along the same line, Kent State offers themed learning communities such as the wellness community and the professional arts community.
The Recreational Services office at Kent State offers students a multitude of on- and off-campus activities to enjoy, including aquatics, wellness events, and club sports. The University is also home to a thriving Greek community, which can help any student settle in and enjoy the entire college experience.
Kent State University is an NCAA Division I school, with baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, track & field, and wrestling for men and basketball, cross-country, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, track & field, and volleyball for women. The team nickname is the Golden Flashes. The University competes in the Mid-American Conference.
The University cheerleading teams cheers for various sports and also competes on its own in cheerleading competitions. There is also a dance team.
Kent State University athletic teams have won conference championships in several sports, including baseball and basketball, and have had 143 individual championships. There have been 55 All-America student athletes.
Sports facilities include a field house, a stadium, a soccer field, a softball field, outdoor track, and an athletic and convocation center.
Athletics is the sixth and final
One of the most unique and quirky events in all of university tradition is the Black Squirrel Festival, where Kent State students and the community commemorate the 1961 introduction of the black squirrel into America from London, Ontario, an event facilitated by one of Kent State
The town of Kent is a mid-sized town (population 30,000) located in northeastern Ohio, approximately 50 miles from Cleveland. It is adjacent to the city of Akron, and is approximately 100 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Kent proudly proclaims itself as one of the country
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