The Kent State University Music and Speech Center houses the Center for the Study of World Musics, the School of Music the School of Theatre and Dance, the Speech and Hearing Clinic, a music library, a performing arts library, the Porthouse Theatre, a recital hall and the Roe Green Center for the School of Theatre and Dance.
St. Mary of the Assumption is a Catholic school associated with the church of the same name. It has 110 preschoolers, 460 students between kindergarten and the eighth grade, and a student-teacher ratio of 25-1. Its principal is Candice Konicki.
Tuition begins at $2,800 per child for parishioners of the church and $3,710 for nonparishioners. Each subsequent child costs $100 less.