NE Ohio Times

In-state tuition and fees rose 3 percent for 2018-19 at Kent State University at Geauga, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Ohio residents paid $5,834 to attend the four-year public institution this year – $170 more than the $5,664 charged for 2017-18.

Non-resident students would have paid 145.7 percent more than residents this year, or $14,332. Non-resident tuition and fees grew 1 percent from $14,196 in 2017-18.

100 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Ohio residents.

Data shows 72 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 84 students received grants or scholarships totaling $369,236 and 119 students took out student loans totaling more than $558,566.

Including all undergraduates (2,179), 503 students used grants or scholarships totaling $1.8 million, and 610 students took out $3.8 million in federal student loans.

	Enrollment	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state	2,179	$5,664	$5,664	$5,664	$5,834	3%

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Kent State University at Geauga in 2015-16.

Type of Aid	Number of students receiving aid	Percent receiving aid	Total amount of aid received	Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants	84	38%	$337,473	$4,018
State / local grant or scholarship	23	10%	$9,246	$402
Institutional grants or scholarships	10	4%	$22,517	$2,252
Grant or scholarship aid total	84	38%	$369,236	$4,396
Federal student loans	119	53%	$548,066	$4,606
Other student loans	-	1%	-	-
Student loan aid	119	53%	$558,566	$4,694
Total student aid	160	72%	-	-