Kent State University at Kent Outcomes: $57K Earnings (2026)

How much do Kent State University at Kent graduates earn?

The reported median is $56,839 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $65,610 as its benchmark; the difference is -$8,771 per year.

Return is the weakest of the four for Kent State University at Kent, at the 43rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The headline earnings figure sits below the peer median, and graduates earn about $1,582 less than expects for similar students.

That places the earnings-beyond-expectations gap at the 49th percentile. Four years after completion, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $56,839.

That is $8,771 below the $65,610 median for comparable institutions (same type and size), in the 38th percentile. The model splits the gap from its expectation into two parts.

The part it attributes to the factors it measures adds $6,906. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $8,488.

The earnings scenarios at Kent State University at Kent span from a downside of $41,314 to an upside of $77,223 four years after completion. That range reflects the variation across the university's 53 programs with published earnings data.

The highest-earning programs illustrate the upper end of the spread: Computer Science completers earn a median of $91,614, Construction Management graduates reach $89,959, and Computer Systems Analysis completers earn $79,317.

An estimated 27.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure derived from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings figures capture only those working and not enrolled, the median earnings understate the eventual earnings of the sizable share of completers who pursue advanced degrees.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $56,839
Rank for difference from expectations: 49th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Kent State University at Kent reported median: $56,839
Peer schools comparable schools · $8,771 above Kent State University at Kent: $65,610
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $1,582 above Kent State University at Kent: $58,421

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $41,314
Median · reported: $56,839
Higher estimate: $77,223

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Kent State University at Kent graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Kent State University at Kent graduates’ reported earnings are $1,582 below that expectation, the 49th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Kent State University at Kent caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Kent State University at Kent report the highest earnings?

Kent State University at Kent awards bachelor's degrees across 53 fields with published four-year earnings, and Azimuth ranks 43 of them nationally. The highest-earning program, Computer Science, shows a median of $91,614 four years after completion, alongside 108 degrees awarded.

Construction Management follows at $89,959 with 65 degrees awarded and an Azimuth national rank of #21, the top-ranked program in its field in Ohio. Nursing, the largest with 533 degrees awarded, reports median earnings of $78,263 and an Azimuth national rank of #239.

Psychology reaches $42,328 on 343 degrees awarded, while Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations earns $61,055 and holds the top Azimuth national rank in its field at #1.

Kent State University at Kent publishes earnings data for 53 bachelor's programs, 43 of which hold an Azimuth national rank. The largest program, Nursing, awarded 533 degrees and shows a median of $78,263 four years after completion, ranking #239 nationally.

Several programs stand out in their fields. Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations holds the top national rank of #1 with 239 degrees awarded and a median of $61,055.

Legal Support Services ranks #6 nationally and #1 in Ohio, with 24 degrees awarded. Its completers earn a median of $57,413 four years after completion.

Education, another highly ranked program, holds a national rank of #13 with 81 degrees awarded and a median of $46,646.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix show how earnings vary by field. The downside earnings scenario sits at $41,314, the typical scenario at $56,839, and the upside scenario reaches $77,223.

Among the largest programs, Nursing reaches $78,263 at the high end, while Psychology sits at $42,328 at the lower end.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of Kent State University at Kent who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $56,839. Azimuth places that figure in the 38th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, based on an earnings cohort of 8,303 completers.

Graduates earn about $1,582 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings scenarios, which are estimates based on the program mix, range from a downside of $41,314 to an upside of $77,223, with a typical scenario of $56,839.

An estimated 27.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix. The median sits below the peer benchmark, but the upside scenario reaches above it.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.