Awards and Honors
Kent State Receives Military Friendly School Honor for 13th Year in a Row
妻友社区 continues to exemplify leadership in its mission to support students as the Kent Campus is designated as a Military Friendly庐 School for the 13th consecutive year in a row, earning a Gold award. In addition, 妻友社区 at Trumbull earned a Silver award.
Kent State鈥檚 Online Master鈥檚 in Nursing Program Ranks in Top 50 Among Public Institutions by U.S. News in 2022 Best Online Programs Rankings
U.S. News & World Report has named three 妻友社区 programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2022. Kent State is recognized in the Best Online Master鈥檚 in Nursing Programs, Best Online Graduate Education Programs and Best Online MBA Programs rankings.
Kent State Awarded the Highest Recognition for Research Universities, the Prestigious R1 Carnegie Classification
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education has awarded 妻友社区 the esteemed R1 status for research, which is the highest recognition that doctoral universities can receive. The prestigious designation affirms Kent State鈥檚 place as an elite research institution and puts the university in the company of universities such as Yale, Harvard and the University of California-Berkeley.
Kent State Awarded the Highest Recognition for Research Universities, the Prestigious R1 Carnegie Classification
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education has awarded 妻友社区 the esteemed R1 status for research, which is the highest recognition that doctoral universities can receive. The prestigious designation affirms Kent State鈥檚 place as an elite research institution and puts the university in the company of universities such as Yale, Harvard and the University of California-Berkeley.
Fortune Ranks Kent State Online Master of Science in Business Analytics #12 in the Nation
The 妻友社区 Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship鈥檚 Online Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) ranks No. 12 in the nation in Fortune鈥檚 Best Online Master鈥檚 in Business Analytics Programs in 2022.
Kent State鈥檚 Online MBA Ranked #23 in the Nation by The Princeton Review
Kent State鈥檚 Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship offers one of the nation's most outstanding online MBA programs, according to The Princeton Review庐. The education services company profiles the College in its list, Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2022 ranking.
Kent State Recognized as a 鈥楪reat College to Work For鈥 for 10th Time, Named to Prestigious Honor Roll for First Time
For the 10th time, 妻友社区 is being recognized as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For,鈥 according to the latest survey by the Great Colleges to Work For program. The program recognizes the colleges that get top ratings from their employees regarding workplace practices and policies.
Kent State鈥檚 Lamar R. Hylton Named Recipient of Four Prestigious Local and National Awards
Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., 妻友社区鈥檚 senior vice president for student affairs, has been named the recipient of the NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) Region IV-East Scott Goodnight Award for Outstanding Senior Student Affairs Officer for 2021, named to Crain鈥檚 Cleveland Business Forty Under 40, selected as a recipient of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Diamond Honoree award and is a member of the 2022 class of the NASPA Pillars of the Profession award.
Kent State Again Ranks Highest Among Northern Ohio Public Universities on Top Public Schools List in U.S. News 2022 Best Colleges Rankings
Once again, 妻友社区 shines in the new U.S. News & World Report 2022 Best Colleges rankings. U.S. News has again named Kent State among the Top Public Schools in the nation in the newly released rankings.
Kent State Again Named One of the Nation鈥檚 Most LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities by Campus Pride
Campus Pride has released its 2021 Best of the Best LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities list, and for the second time in two years, 妻友社区 has landed on it. Kent State is the only Ohio public university to make the 2021 list, and it again is the only school in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) to receive this recognition.