Does it field a women’s basketball team?
Yes. Kent State University at Kent reported 15 women’s basketball participants in the Equity in Athletics return it filed for 2025-26. That is the institution’s own count of the squad, not a roster page Athlavia has read, and it is the figure the United States Department of Education publishes.
It competes in NCAA Division I, and no conference affiliation is recorded here. It is one of 13 NCAA DI women's basketball programmes in Ohio, out of 63 programmes there in total.
The athletics department’s own site is where the current roster and coaching staff are published.
Can it award a basketball scholarship?
NCAA Division I rules permit athletically-related student aid.
Kent State University at Kent reported athletically-related student aid awarded to women in its most recent federal return. The amount is the total across every women’s sport at the institution — basketball, and also volleyball, soccer, track, swimming and the rest. It is not a basketball budget, and it is not what one player receives.
Read alone it is routinely mistaken for a per-player offer. Inside Athlavia it sits next to the squad size, the division's own limits and the published cost, which is the only way it means anything.
It is one of 36 institutions in Ohio whose return reports athletic aid awarded to women, out of 63 that field women’s basketball at all.
What it costs and what it is like
A published cost is held for 2023-24: tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, insurance and a travel estimate, with the international tuition rate separately where the institution publishes one.
A single yearly total tells a family almost nothing. What decides whether a place is reachable is which line is the big one, and whether the international rate differs — so Athlavia shows the lines, not a headline.
- Type
- Public
- Enrolment
- 17,000
- Selectivity
- Held — free account
- City
- Kent
- State or region
- Ohio
- Country
- United States
- Campus setting
- suburban
- Climate
- Not recorded
- International share
- 4%
Degrees recorded here
Only the courses Athlavia has read and tagged. It is not the institution’s full prospectus.
- Accounting and Related Services.
- Accounting and Related Services.
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.
- Agricultural Business and Management.
- Air Transportation.
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.
- American Sign Language.
- Anthropology.
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services.
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services.
- Applied Mathematics.
- Architecture.
- Area Studies.
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other.
- Biology, General.
- Biotechnology.
- Botany/Plant Biology.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.
- Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other.
- Business/Commerce, General.
- Business/Managerial Economics.
- Chemistry.
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.
- Communication and Media Studies.
- Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians.
- Computer Programming.
- Computer Science.
- Computer Software and Media Applications.
- Computer Systems Analysis.
- Computer and Information Sciences, General.
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.
- Construction Management.
- Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry.
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.
- Dance.
- Design and Applied Arts.
- Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians.
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.
- Economics.
- Education, General.
- Electrical and Computer Engineering.
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians.
- Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians.
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General.
- English Language and Literature, General.
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.
- Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.
- Finance and Financial Management Services.
- Fine and Studio Arts.
- Food Science and Technology.
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services.
- Geography and Cartography.
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Health and Medical Administrative Services.
- Health and Medical Administrative Services.
- Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.
- History.
- Hospitality Administration/Management.
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.
- Human Resources Management and Services.
- Human Services, General.
- Industrial Engineering.
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.
- Insurance.
- International Relations and National Security Studies.
- International/Globalization Studies.
- Journalism.
- Legal Support Services.
- Legal Support Services.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.
- Marketing.
- Mathematics.
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.
- Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering.
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General.
- Music.
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research.
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences.
- Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management.
- Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.
- Philosophy.
- Physics.
- Political Science and Government.
- Psychology, General.
- Public Health.
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Sociology.
- Special Education and Teaching.
- Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations.
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language.
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians.
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians.
- Visual and Performing Arts, General.
- Zoology/Animal Biology.
How it compares
Across the 356 NCAA DI women’s basketball programmes in this database, the average listed squad is 17 players. Kent State University at Kent lists 15, 2 players below that average. Among the 13 NCAA DI programmes in Ohio, it has the 6th largest listed squad.
Squad size is a fact about the return, not a judgement about the programme. A large squad can mean depth or it can mean a long bench; a small one can mean minutes are available or that the roster is already settled. It is a question to ask a coach, not an answer.
Where these figures came from
| Field | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squad size | 152025-26 | ope.ed.govEADA 2025-26 schools.xlsx, PARTIC_WOMEN for Basketball | 12 Aug 2026 | 96% |
| athleticsUrl | https://kentstatesports.com | kent.eduFollowed an athletics link from https://www.kent.edu/ and confirmed the destination reads as an athletics site | 12 Aug 2026 | 72% |
| recruitingBand | 81-1002025-26 | ope.ed.govInferred from EADA operating expense per women's basketball participant ($30,298/player), ranked on a log scale against all 1857 programmes (percentile 91). Division is not used as an input. | 12 Aug 2026 | 55% |
| Degrees | 119 undergraduate degrees listed, including Agricultural Business and Management., Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services., Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services. | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard field latest.programs.cip_4_digit, undergraduate credentials only | 12 Aug 2026 | 90% |
| Tuition | held — free account2023-24 | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard fields latest.cost.tuition.in_state and latest.cost.tuition.out_of_state | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
| costOfAttendance | held — free account2023-24 | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard field latest.cost.roomboard.oncampus | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
| institutionProfile | held — free account | api.data.govCollege Scorecard v1 /schools, fields latest.admissions.admission_rate.overall, school.locale, location.lat, location.lon, latest.student.demographics.race_ethnicity.non_resident_alien, school.school_url read verbatim | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
Every stored fact carries the source it came from, the date it was read and how it was extracted. Figures shown on this page without a row above are recorded with the source on the record itself — the athletic aid figure, for instance, carries the Department of Education’s athletics site as its source. Check it at the source.