Visited to complete a tour for my son. We were both very pleasantly surprised by the welcoming feeling for a reasonably large school. The student guide provided good information and answered many of our concerns while touring the campus. The student services and accommodations are very solid. As long as your area of study/major is offered, Kent would be worth a look. The town is small and quaint, but offers good services and retail. Larger towns are only minutes away and offer more robust choices, if preferred.

I’ve known faculty here in geology and Geography for many years and recently taught there for two days. The faculty and students are all top notch… I highly encourage a visit or to enroll there. Kent is a very nice community as well and the regional surrounding landscape is beautiful particularly in the fall.

Attending orientation for more info on the school costs $100. They also tried to bill me for $6000 in classes I have never taken. I have never attended classes at the school, but they kept hounding me for money for classes I never enrolled in. I guess if this is how they treat prospective students then I dodged a bullet by going to a different school.

Wish we had known. Cryptic enrollment process linking to outside websites. Had to phone Kent multiple times, 1/2 hour on hold every time, and even Kent employees were confused. Your username is your email, until it isn't. Fees for everything! Daughter is living on campus and there's a $75 remote learning fee. There is actually a fee to pay your fees by credit/debit card! Fee to join the program she was accepted to. Fee to upload insurance information. $2,000 mandatory meal plan. Surprised there's not an oxygen fee. Many more but I'll stop there for brevity. Wish we had chosen Walsh as they were super helpful. May withdraw after 1st semester and transfer. Be ready for confusion and fees with very little access to help. Edit: now that our daughter is in mid terms: Chemistry is a disaster! Turns out 83% of in-person class is failing. On line is a train wreck. She's never seen the professor. It's only videos followed by quizzes that often don't match the videos. The only people who pass are those who pay for apps to actually teach them chemistry. I was an adjunct professor of math at a local college and watched as administration moved to on line learning and student success plummeted. This is not at all what we expected from Kent. Our girl is demoralized and she's no dummy. She entered as a sophomore due to extra high school classes. This is a way to maximize profit, just like the fees for everything they can think of. Kent is failing my daughter. I think it's time to transfer to a smaller school where students are taught by people, not videos.

I spent two years of my life as a grad student there. Best place to find your way to Academia. Kent State is still one of my favourite locations on this planet, I love visiting it.

I am a Senior/4th year student. For the first two years I was off campus due to COVID. However, the next two I was on. Two big pros are the campus and the town. To start, the campus is very pretty, and it also offers nice facilities such as the student center and the rec center. Also, students (for the most part) are friendly and that goes for staff too. The town is also great. There are lots of places to eat and hang out downtown, and there are scenic places to walk by the river as well. But there are also two big cons which is why it is not five stars. The first is that this college is ultra-liberal. I am a right leaning to moderate politically, and there were many instances where I was berated by both students and staff for not having similar beliefs politically. I am a Political Science major so discussing politics is pretty much unavoidable for me. Also with COVID they had mandatory testing and if you ever missed testing they could literally give you student conduct violations and even expel you for missing too much testing which I thought was ridiculous. So overall this school for me was okay, but needs many things changed.

Kent State University is a great university with amazing faculty members. The buildings are beautiful both inside and outside. I love to walk around the school at night because of the beauty😂.

Superb university! Students are smart, engaged and down-to-earth.