Kent State University

Kent State University is a public university in Kent, Ohio, founded in 1910 as a teacher-training normal school and designated a university in 1935. It grew into a multi-campus system across northeastern Ohio, with the main residential campus in Kent. The shootings of May 4, 1970 remain a central historical fact of the institution.

Colleges cover arts and sciences, business, communication and information, education, health and human services, the arts, architecture and environmental design, nursing, public health, and aeronautics and engineering, plus a college of podiatric medicine. The university is known for fashion design and merchandising, liquid-crystal and materials science at the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, journalism, and education.

The system enrolls on the order of 25,000 students, with graduate students concentrated at Kent and in professional programs. International students come from more than 100 countries. Alumni include musician Joe Walsh, comedian Drew Carey, and television host Arsenio Hall.

Graduate study includes master's degrees and a wide set of research and professional doctorates, including podiatric medicine. Programs mix coursework with a dissertation, studio, or clinical hours on a semester calendar. Assistantships are the main support for doctoral students. Kent is a small city between Cleveland and Akron, and graduate life is organized around a large pedestrian campus.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Kent State University lists 4 graduate programs across 4 subjects, all of them doctoral programs, with the widest choice in chemistry, computer science and electrical engineering.