Kent State University at Ashtabula
Kent State University at Ashtabula is a public community college in Ashtabula, OH, with about 543 students on campus and 1,219 more studying only online. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.
The short version on Kent State University at Ashtabula
Most of Kent State University at Ashtabula’s students study online
About 1,219 students take classes only online, against 543 on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too, so they describe the online college as much as the campus. The students ↓
Most students study part-time
89% of undergraduates attend part-time. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students, so it covers a minority of the people studying here. The students ↓
Kent State University at Ashtabula is very small
About 543 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓
Kent State University at Ashtabula focuses on health professions
49% of the degrees Kent State University at Ashtabula awards are in health professions; the next biggest field, liberal arts, is 28%. Majors ↓
Long, cold winters
January nights in Ashtabula average 22°F, with about 90 inches of snow a year. Living in Ashtabula ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; earnings, debt and repayment are reported for the whole 8-campus system; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.
The students
1,290 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
How hard is it to get into Kent State University at Ashtabula?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Kent State University at Ashtabula is likely test-optional.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $17,513 a year
Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $17,342
After grants, the average family on aid pays $12,205.
Tuition and fees are $7,492 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.
Your family’s price
Average net price after grants, by family income
About $26,332 over 2 years · 25% off the sticker price
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Debt vs. the paycheck
The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting (whole college system)
$260 a month against about $3,348 a month in pay.
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, whole college system
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 54% of U.S. colleges.
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
Earnings by family background
Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment (whole college system)
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported); reported for the whole college system.
Living in Ashtabula
2% of Ashtabula’s 17,474 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Ashtabula pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Kent State University at Ashtabula; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid and are reported for the whole 8-campus system. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.