Kettering College (formerly Kettering College of Medical Arts) is a private
Adventist
Adventism is a branch of Protestant Christianity that believes in the imminent Second Coming (or the "Second Advent") of Jesus Christ. It originated in the 1830s in the United States during the Second Great Awakening when Baptist preacher Willi ...
college near
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton () is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Dayton metro ...
. The college is owned by the
Kettering Medical Center
Kettering Health Main Campus, formerly known as Kettering Medical Center (KMC), non-profit hospital in Kettering, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1964, it is the flagship hospital of Kettering Health, and is directly affiliated with the Seventh ...
and chartered by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The college was built in 1967 next to the Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital.
Presidents
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Charles Scriven, 2001–2013
*Alex Bryan, 2013–2014
*Nate Brandstater 2014–
Academics
Kettering College offers a doctorate in
occupational therapy
Occupational therapy (OT), also known as ergotherapy, is a healthcare profession. Ergotherapy is derived from the Greek wiktionary:ergon, ergon which is allied to work, to act and to be active. Occupational therapy is based on the assumption t ...
, Master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies as well as many
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...
and
Associate of Science
Associate may refer to:
Academics
* Associate degree, a two-year educational degree in the United States, and some areas of Canada
* Associate professor, an academic rank at a college or university
* Technical associate or Senmonshi, a Japa ...
programs in several health fields.
Ranking
In 2024 Kettering College was ranked No. 535 in nursing by ''
U.S. News & World Report''.
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See also
* List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities
The following is a list of colleges, seminaries and universities owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church (with exceptions noted).
Africa
* Cosendai Adventist University, Yaoundé, Cameroon
* Adventist University of Africa, Nai ...
* Seventh-day Adventist education
The Seventh-day Adventist educational system, part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is overseen by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists located in Silver Spring, Maryland. It is considered as the largest Protestant educational ...
References
External links
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Education in Montgomery County, Ohio
Seventh-day Adventist universities and colleges in the United States
Private universities and colleges in Ohio
Educational institutions established in 1967
Healthcare in Dayton, Ohio
Kettering, Ohio
Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Ohio
1967 establishments in Ohio
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