Kettering College

Located on a suburban campus near Dayton, Ohio, Kettering College is a coed college offering certificate programs, two-year associate of science degrees, bachelor degrees, a Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies, and an Occupational Therapy Doctorate.

The college and its owner, Kettering Medical Center, were founded by Eugene W. Kettering, son of inventor Charles F. Kettering, and his wife Virginia W. Kettering. He donated 35 acres of family property for the medical center and a future college.

In 1967, more than 100 students enrolled as the college’s first freshman class. Today we have more than 800 students who intend to make a better world through the healing of others. The college is chartered by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Our goal is to help our students do their absolute best while they are with us. Everything about Kettering College is meant to support an enjoyable, productive, and mission-based learning experience. Here students experience personal and professional growth in a challenging educational setting.

Kettering College, born out of Adventist faith, offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in health science. Upholding Christ, the college educates students to make service a life calling and to view health as harmony with God in body, mind, and spirit.

Our vision is “Innovation. Superior graduates. Passion for service and health.”

As an institution of Christian higher education, Kettering College actively seeks and values individuals from diverse backgrounds and beliefs. Diversity among students, faculty, and staff greatly enriches the educational experience and produces graduates who are able to provide high-quality, whole-person care to the communities they serve.

Our Institutional Student Learning Outcomes represent the knowledge, skills, and attitudes fostered within the college experience. These enable students to be successful in their personal, professional, educational and spiritual lives. The learning outcomes are assessed within the academic majors and courses of study. The assessment results are used to improve the learning experience. Our mission honors the Adventist view of health as harmony with God in body, mind, spirit, and service as a life calling. Our mission calls us to Christ-like service, and serves as the foundation of our five B.A.S.I.C. institutional student learning outcomes.

Whether you’re fresh out of high school looking to fulfill a calling, or you’re later in life seeking better job security, Kettering college can help land you in a health care career. Choose from eight areas of study. Each with streamlined coursework and early hands-on practical experience. Many of our degrees are geared for full-time study because our students want to focus earning a marketable degree and a job. In fact, many of our departments have 100% job placement. We have been placing graduates in the most in-demand areas of health care for nearly 50 years.

A college education is one of the most important investments you make. You and your family will likely contribute many of your own resources to meet your college expenses. Kettering College is striving to educate and share ways in which students can make college more affordable. Understanding college finances, which include scholarships and financial aid is an important part of the college decision process. We’re here to help and to answer questions to make this process as easy as possible.

The purpose of financial aid is to help you meet educational expenses that cannot be met through your own resources. Financial aid can be need-based or non-need-based. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) plus the cost of attendance, will determine if you demonstrate financial need.

At Kettering College, we’ve developed our curriculum to match the needs of today’s health care environment. Our award-winning education explains why so many of our departments have 100% job placement for our graduates. In addition, our graduates have more than a 90% pass rate in all courses of study on state and national licensure board examinations.

We have been named a “Best Value School” for four consecutive years. We also were ranked #1 in Ohio (#16 nationally and right behind Harvard ) for being a value-added college by the Brookings Institution. Our online program has been named as one of the 5 Best Online Colleges in Ohio for the 2015-2016 academic year.

As an institution of higher education, guided by Christian principles, Kettering College actively seeks, values, and celebrates individuals from diverse backgrounds and beliefs. We believe that the rich diversity among our students, faculty, and staff greatly enhances the educational experience and produces innovative, superior graduates who are passionate for service and for providing high quality, whole-person care. The College is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabling conditions, according to provisions within the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Small classroom sizes and student/teacher ratio create intimate learning atmospheres where students can't fall through the cracks. We foster connectedness with faculty and fellow classmates. Kettering College has been placing our graduates in the most in-demand areas of health care for nearly 50 years. We offer degrees in 8 areas of healthcare specialty, each one with streamlined coursework and early hands-on practical experience. We have over 700 students and boast a pass rate of over 90% in state and national licensure board examinations.