Meet the Kent State Class of 2024

More than 21,200 people applied to be part of Kent State’s Class of 2024, and 3,819 are now members of the Golden Flash family.

Who are they, and where do they come from?

Three of every 10 students in the Kent State Class of 2024 are the first in their families to attend college, and combined, they hail from 39 states outside of Ohio and from the District of Columbia. The class also includes 65 international students arriving from 25 countries.

This strong Kent Campus freshman class boasts an all-time high average GPA of 3.49, and an average ACT of 23.1, and the number of underrepresented students has increased to one of every six students in the class.

Numbers aside, this incoming class arrives with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds.

POSTED: Thursday, October 29, 2020 04:22 PM
UPDATED: Thursday, March 28, 2024 09:09 AM
WRITTEN BY:
April McClellan-Copeland