Specifications include, but are not limited to: Kent State University is one of 76 public higher-research universities, as categorized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and is ranked in the top-tier list of Best National Universities by U.S. News & World Report. In a class by itself, Kent State is the only public university in Northeast Ohio ranked in the top tier. With eight campuses spanning Northeast Ohio, a College of Podiatric Medicine, a Twinsburg Academic Center, and academic sites in major world capitals such as New York City, Geneva and Florence, Kent State is one of Ohio’s leading public universities and a major educational, economic and cultural resource far beyond the Northeast Ohio region it has served since 1910. The University’s Kent Campus has a student body of nearly 27,000 and a thriving residential population of more than 6,600. Its seven regional campuses draw full- and part-time students, now totaling more than 12,000, from across Northeast Ohio: Kent State at Ashtabula; Kent State at East Liverpool; Kent State at Geauga in Burton and the Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg; Kent State at Salem; Kent State at Stark in Canton; Kent State at Trumbull in Warren; and Kent State at Tuscarawas in New Philadelphia. Kent State’s College of Podiatric Medicine is located in Independence, near downtown Cleveland. The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative is the combined home of the urban design graduate program and the public service activities of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design; the center offers architectural and urban design expertise to urban communities, design professionals, and nonprofit and academic partners in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. In addition, Kent State’s School of Library and Information Science offersthe Master of Library and Information Science degree program to residents of central and southern Ohio at its site in the State Library of Ohio in Columbus. Outside of Ohio, located in the heart of the New York City’s Garment District, the Kent State Fashion School’s NYC Studio offers a unique academic experience to further students’ studies in fashion design, fashion merchandising and fashion journalism. The University offers more than 200 global education opportunities at its campuses in Florence, Italy, and Geneva, Switzerland; centers in China and India; as well as partnerships with 60 institutes and universities across the globe from Columbia to Vietnam and Germany to Kenya. The Kent Campus is a global education destination in its own right, serving as home to 3,000 students hailing from 111 countries. Kent State is proud of its outstanding faculty and staff, students, collaborative culture, exceptional academic and research orientation, and strong commitment to engagement, academic excellence and diversity. The University offers more than 282 associate and baccalaureate degree programs. Kent State serves the state, the nation and the world through 165 graduate programs. Academic programs are organized into 10 colleges and one independent school: Aeronautics and Engineering; Architecture and Environmental Design; Arts and Sciences; the Arts; Business Administration; Communication and Information; Education, Health and Human Services; Nursing; Podiatric Medicine; and Public Health, as well as the School of DigitalSciences
