Reasonably priced rental housing can also be found. The approximately 20,000 students on the Kent campus include about 4,500 graduate students. The physics department has 52 graduate students with more than ten countries represented. Essentially all graduate students are full-time. Student Outcomes Students find rewarding positions in academic, government, and industrial institutions.
Graduates enter initial employment in permanent positions at a higher rate than national norms.
Location Kent is a city of about 30,000 located in northeastern Ohio. The Appalachian foothills to the east and Lake Erie to the north are within an hour's drive. The nearby Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area provides excellent recreational opportunities throughout the seasons and houses Blossom Music Center, summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra and the Porthouse Theatre. The University and The Department Kent State University offers degree programs ranging from undergraduate degrees in creative and performing arts to graduate degrees in the sciences. Kent is a strong research institution in the Carengie Research II category, ranking in the top dozen or so universities in income from patents and has a research library of more than 2 million volumes.