Stark County is home to five colleges and universities, two public and three private, which offer numerous opportunities for degrees close to home.

Kent State University Stark Campus

Kent State Stark offers bachelor’s, master’s and associate’s degrees in a number of study areas. It also offers the core courses for the 281 undergraduate majors and programs at Kent State University’s main campus. It has served the community for more than 60 years and is located in Stark County’s Jackson Township.

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Malone University

Malone offers bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in three schools: arts and sciences, business, education, graduate and professional studies, nursing and theology. It has operated in Canton, Ohio, since 1957, and is located in a residential neighborhood in the northwest section of the city. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Friends Church-Eastern Region.

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University of Mount Union

The University of Mount Union offers 48 different majors in a variety of bachelor’s-degree programs in the arts and sciences, as well as a graduate program in physician’s assistant studies. Located in Alliance, Ohio, in northeastern Stark County, the University of Mount Union is the oldest of Stark County’s colleges and universities. It received its charter in 1858.

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Stark State College of Technology

Stark State offers 50 associate-degree programs in business, engineering, health, information, public service and general studies. In addition, it offers 11 one-year certificate programs. Located in Jackson Township, it is the largest technical college in Ohio. It began as Canton Area Technical School in downtown Canton in 1960. It has satellite campuses in several locations, including downtown Canton.

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Walsh University

Walsh offers undergraduate programs in education, humanities, language and letters, mathematics and sciences, nursing, business, social and behavioral sciences and theology. Its graduate programs are in the field of counseling, education, business, physical therapy and theology. Walsh, a Catholic university, is celebrating 50 years in North Canton, Ohio, where its main campus now spans 136 acres. It has satellite campuses in three other Ohio cities and also has an overseas campus outside Rome.

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Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Aultman College, located on the main campus of Aultman Hospital in Canton, offers an associate’s degree in nursing that qualifies graduates to take the licensing exam to become a registered nurse. It is developing other degree programs. Aultman College’s roots are in the founding of Aultman Hospital School of Nursing in 1892. The school incorporated as a college in 2004 and admitted its first class of students in the fall of 2005. The college currently has an enrollment of about 300 students and graduates about 80 students per year. It is affiliated with the Aultman Health Foundation.

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