Enrollment Trends at Youngstown State

The student population at Youngstown State University is 12,204 (9,400 undergraduate and 2,804 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 238 (1.91%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Youngstown State is 77.02% which is decreased by 1,730 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,492 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, down from 89 in 2015.
2,895 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 483.67% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,977 where 12,204 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 12,643 students in 2017 and was lowest at 11,040 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 12,442 to 12,204 students, a net loss of 238 (1.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Youngstown State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,442	11,130	5,299	5,831	1,312	547	765
2016-17	12,643 201	11,283 153	5,325 26	5,958 127	1,360 48	530 -17	830 65
2017-18	12,521 -122	11,269 -14	5,451 126	5,818 -140	1,252 -108	493 -37	759 -71
2018-19	12,607 86	11,442 173	5,400 -51	6,042 224	1,165 -87	473 -20	692 -67
2019-20	12,110 -497	10,938 -504	4,980 -420	5,958 -84	1,172 7	457 -16	715 23
2020-21	11,835 -275	10,401 -537	4,658 -322	5,743 -215	1,434 262	511 54	923 208
2021-22	11,298 -537	9,377 -1,024	4,138 -520	5,239 -504	1,921 487	655 144	1,266 343
2022-23	11,071 -227	8,822 -555	3,946 -192	4,876 -363	2,249 328	855 200	1,394 128
2023-24	11,040 -31	8,436 -386	3,911 -35	4,525 -351	2,604 355	1,054 199	1,550 156
2024-25	12,204 1,164	9,400 964	4,167 256	5,233 708	2,804 200	1,073 19	1,731 181
Average	11,977	10,250	4,728	5,522	1,727	665	1,063

Youngstown State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,250 where 9,400 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Youngstown State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,130	8,581	4,188	4,393	2,549	1,111	1,438
2016-17	11,283	8,756	4,216	4,540	2,527	1,109	1,418
2017-18	11,269	8,834	4,344	4,490	2,435	1,107	1,328
2018-19	11,442	9,008	4,371	4,637	2,434	1,029	1,405
2019-20	10,938	8,715	4,097	4,618	2,223	883	1,340
2020-21	10,401	8,175	3,763	4,412	2,226	895	1,331
2021-22	9,377	7,428	3,369	4,059	1,949	769	1,180
2022-23	8,822	6,950	3,170	3,780	1,872	776	1,096
2023-24	8,436	6,603	3,106	3,497	1,833	805	1,028
2024-25	9,400	6,936	3,239	3,697	2,464	928	1,536
Average	10,250	10,250	3,786	4,212	10,250	941	1,310

Youngstown State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,727 where 2,804 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Youngstown State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,312	686	295	391	626	252	374
2016-17	1,360	741	288	453	619	242	377
2017-18	1,252	730	288	442	522	205	317
2018-19	1,165	679	279	400	486	194	292
2019-20	1,172	671	259	412	501	198	303
2020-21	1,434	785	270	515	649	241	408
2021-22	1,921	896	302	594	1,025	353	672
2022-23	2,249	1,021	419	602	1,228	436	792
2023-24	2,604	1,163	496	667	1,441	558	883
2024-25	2,804	1,127	453	674	1,677	620	1,057
Average	1,727	1,727	335	515	1,727	330	548

Youngstown State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.63%. The percentage was 74.81% 10 years ago and Youngstown State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.65% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.33% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.56% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 74.81% to 66.63%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.13% to 1.65%. Black student enrollment decreased from 11.54% to 8.33%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.83% to 4.56%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5457 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4246 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Youngstown State University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	27	141	1,436	477	9	9,308	346
2016-17	16	140	1,266	490	8	9,565	367
2017-18	18	147	1,201	477	7	9,332	380
2018-19	18	159	1,182	518	4	9,399	396
2019-20	14	167	1,070	534	6	8,964	423
2020-21	16	158	1,034	519	6	8,878	425
2021-22	15	159	938	514	3	8,543	379
2022-23	15	176	899	489	6	8,156	362
2023-24	22	177	880	499	3	7,711	365
2024-25	21	201	1,017	556	6	8,131	408
Average	18	163	1,092	507	6	8,799	385

Youngstown State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,895 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 483.67% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Youngstown State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	12,442	496	1,725	10,221
2016-17	12,643	719	2,351	9,573
2017-18	12,521	715	3,439	8,367
2018-19	12,607	728	3,668	8,211
2019-20	12,110	803	3,672	7,635
2020-21	11,835	1,274	5,660	4,901
2021-22	11,298	1,794	4,479	5,025
2022-23	11,071	1,932	4,510	4,629
2023-24	11,040	2,231	4,562	4,247
2024-25	12,204	2,895	4,816	4,493
Average	11,977	1,359	3,888	6,730

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Enrollment Trends at Youngstown State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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