Is Cleveland State a good company to work for?

Cleveland State has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 649 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 73% of employees would recommend working at Cleveland State to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Cleveland State have been left by employees working as Graduate Assistant , Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant .

Does Cleveland State pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cleveland State employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cleveland State. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cleveland State?

73% of Cleveland State employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cleveland State 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cleveland State?

Graduate Assistant (29) , Graduate Teaching Assistant (25) , Graduate Research Assistant (23) , Teaching Assistant (23) , Research Assistant (21) , Student Assistant (20) , Graduate Student (11) , Student Worker (8) , Adjunct Faculty (7) , Professor (6) , Adjunct Professor (5) , Assistant Professor (5) , Coordinator (5) , Director (5) , Administrative Assistant (4)

What are the pros of working at Cleveland State according to real employee reviews?

"People you work with are nice and helpful." ((in 30 reviews)); "The benefits are great!" ((in 28 reviews)); "Flexible hours for student workers." ((in 22 reviews)); "The Operation STEM program has an incredible, helpful staff of student employees." ((in 17 reviews)); "Easy job to do and great coworkers" ((in 9 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cleveland State according to real employee reviews?

"Parking is expensive and inconvenient" ((in 21 reviews)); "Low salary Not the safest campus Old buildings" ((in 10 reviews)); "Siloed departments creates bad communication and unnecessary duplicative work." ((in 5 reviews)); "Management is a little disorganized" ((in 5 reviews)); "sometimes busy schedule, upper management can be political" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cleveland State layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cleveland State layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cleveland State in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Cleveland State locations?

Cleveland , Catlett , Herndon , Missoula , Atkinson , Avon , Avon Lake , Bay Village , Lakewood , Mentor , Toledo , Denver

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Cleveland State reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(577 total reviews)

Ronald M. Berkman

61% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

3.2

Compensation and benefits

Cleveland State has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 577 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cleveland State employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

577 reviews

4.0

Nov 28, 2017

Office Coordinator

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits, good people and positive mission (education).

Cons

Salaries are somewhat low for staff.

3.0

Nov 5, 2017

Perspective of a PhD Graduate Student

Phd graduate student

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good university to attend if you are interested in pursuing a future in Clinical Chemistry. Has a variety of faculty members doing all different kinds of research from organic synthesis to many different types of clinical research and testing. As a Teacher Assistant, you teach at least 2 laboratories each week throughout each semester and are required to teach 1 session over the summer. The university will cover the cost of the 9 credit hours of course work/research required for each semester as a graduate student. Each credit hour is about 450$ so this adds up to about 4000$ of financial aid a semester. In addition, a stipend is given to graduate students who are also TA's. The living stipend is about 21,000 a year after tax.

Cons

You have to pay for healthcare out of pocket - will cost you about 1800$/year if you are single, healthy individual. Higher level TA assignments generally require more time than others (ex. organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, instrumental analysis plus a few others). Only compensated for 20 hours a week even though some assignments will require much more time than this. More so, the university could use some upgrades on analytical instruments as to some of them are more than 15 to 20 years old.

4.0

Nov 1, 2017

Student assistant

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's nice environment to work in and they are very understanding of students problems

Cons

I don't think there is any cons

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