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Kent State University at Kent

Kent, OH · Public · Bachelor-granting · 19,320 undergrads · 86% admitted

Do students finish?
64% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?
$30,567/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$122,268 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$45,388 median, 10 yrs after entry
25th pct $27,117 median $45,388 75th pct $66,038

68% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

55 Bachelor's programs · $17,468 to $58,436 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt
Construction Management.Bachelor's $58,436 $22,500
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $57,586 $25,000
Computer Science.Bachelor's $57,552 $22,500
Computer Systems Analysis.Bachelor's $52,914 $23,625
Industrial Engineering.Bachelor's $52,124 $26,500
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.Bachelor's $52,059 $25,000
Mathematics.Bachelor's $47,806 $19,250
Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $47,664 $22,300
Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $45,393 $24,758
Air Transportation.Bachelor's $42,752 $23,711
Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $41,266 $25,000
Marketing.Bachelor's $40,576 $24,178
Business/Managerial Economics.Bachelor's $40,382 $25,000
Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $39,013 $24,909
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.Bachelor's $38,379 $24,417
Chemistry.Bachelor's $37,520 $24,892
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General.Bachelor's $37,172 $26,975
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $36,445 $27,000
Hospitality Administration/Management.Bachelor's $36,391 $25,000
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations.Bachelor's $36,188 $25,000
Special Education and Teaching.Bachelor's $35,909 $24,000
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.Bachelor's $35,401 $25,000
Design and Applied Arts.Bachelor's $35,399 $25,000
Legal Support Services.Bachelor's $35,365 $21,946
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.Bachelor's $33,320 $26,000
American Sign Language.Bachelor's $32,146 $29,390
Architecture.Bachelor's $31,725 $25,250
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $30,834 $25,000
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.Bachelor's $30,781 $25,000
Criminal Justice and Corrections.Bachelor's $30,737 $24,553
Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $30,631 $25,000
Public Health.Bachelor's $30,380 $26,000
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.Bachelor's $30,048 $26,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $29,304 $25,000
Education, General.Bachelor's $28,853 $25,875
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.Bachelor's $28,805 $25,000
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management.Bachelor's $28,641 $19,500
Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $28,147 $21,400
Journalism.Bachelor's $28,111 $25,000
Music.Bachelor's $26,539 $28,000
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.Bachelor's $26,520 $23,500
Biology, General.Bachelor's $26,413 $22,126
Psychology, General.Bachelor's $26,258 $25,000
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.Bachelor's $25,953 $24,792
Anthropology.Bachelor's $25,642 $25,425
Sociology.Bachelor's $25,503 $23,250
Natural Resources Conservation and Research.Bachelor's $25,210 $21,263
English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $23,648 $25,000
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $22,889 $26,000
History.Bachelor's $22,393 $25,125
Zoology/Animal Biology.Bachelor's $21,870 $25,000
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.Bachelor's $21,769 $21,050
Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $21,133 $26,899
Geography and Cartography.Bachelor's $19,382 —
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language.Bachelor's $17,468 $23,792

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt
$17,500
≈ 39% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher. And because students who drop out borrow less, a school where many students don't finish can show a deceptively low debt figure — read it next to the completion rate above.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (90 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website