Kennesaw State University Business Programs

Kennesaw State University is a public institution situated in Kennesaw, Georgia. Kennesaw is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Kennesaw State University Rankings

Out of the 50 colleges in Georgia, KSU Georgia is ranked at #7.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at KSU Georgia.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#7	Most Popular Construction Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#33	Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#37	Best Value International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#37	Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#55	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#100	Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#141	Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#153	Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards KSU Georgia has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Value Colleges for Technical & Scientific Communication	College Factual
#2	Best Technical & Scientific Communication Schools	College Factual
#2	Best Value Colleges for International & Intercultural Communication	College Factual
#3	Best Value Colleges for General Organizational Communication	College Factual
#8	Best Value Colleges for Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	College Factual
#19	Best Value Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising	College Factual

Where Is Kennesaw State University?

Contact details for KSU Georgia are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1000 Chastain Rd, Kennesaw, GA 30144
Phone:	470-578-6000
Website:	www.kennesaw.edu

How Do I Get Into KSU Georgia?

You can apply to KSU Georgia online at: www.kennesaw.edu/apply.php

Admission Requirements for KSU Georgia

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into KSU Georgia?

With an acceptance rate of 83%, KSU Georgia may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Average Test Scores

About 65% of students accepted to KSU Georgia submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 610. Math scores were between 510 and 590.

KSU Georgia received ACT scores from 40% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 25. Math scores were between 18 and 25. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Kennesaw State University?

The overall average net price of KSU Georgia is $31,196. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At KSU Georgia, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $6,335 a year. That adds up to $25,340 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at KSU Georgia is 4.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Kennesaw State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 37,390 undergraduate students at KSU Georgia, with 27,688 being full-time and 9,702 being part-time.

There are also 3,791 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 27,688 full-time undergraduates at KSU Georgia, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Kennesaw State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,478
Black or African American	6,607
Hispanic or Latino	3,513
White	13,763
International Students	426
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,901

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Kennesaw State University. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 101 countries are represented at KSU Georgia. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, India, and China.

Online Learning at Kennesaw State University

In 2019-2020, 38,860 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at KSU Georgia has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in Georgia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of KSU Georgia

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Kennesaw State University was $6,436 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $17,690. The following table shows how KSU Georgia is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Supply Chain Management	#7	#13
Marketing	#25	#113
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#25	#110

Online Growth Rankings of KSU Georgia

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Kennesaw State University was 67.2%. This is the #460 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at KSU Georgia regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at KSU Georgia ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at KSU Georgia.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Supply Chain Management	#29
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#37
Marketing	#48
General Business Administration and Management	#246
Business Administration & Management	#321

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Kennesaw State University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	248	217	2	467
Accounting	0	231	42	0	273
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	224	0	0	224
Finance	0	206	0	0	206
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	172	0	0	172
Construction Management	0	94	6	0	100
Restaurant/Food Services Management	0	49	0	0	49
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	42	0	0	42
General Organizational Communication	0	38	0	0	38
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	0	35	0	0	35
Entrepreneurship	0	29	0	0	29
Business Economics	0	27	0	0	27
Supply Chain Management	2	13	0	0	15
International & Intercultural Communication	0	0	10	0	10
Technical & Scientific Communication	0	8	0	0	8
Construction Project Management	7	0	0	0	7
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	6	0	0	0	6
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	0	0	0	0
Management Science	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	15	1,416	275	2	1,708

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.