Enrollment Trends at Youngstown State

-238

Total Enrollment

-606

Men

368

Women

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 over the past decade.

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.

The female to male ratio is 1.33 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,895 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 483.67% since 2015.

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.

77.02% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.98% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,730 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,492 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.33 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Youngstown State than male students.

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

YearTotalUndergraduateGraduate
TotalMenWomenTotalMenWomen
2015-1612,44211,1305,2995,8311,312547765
2016-1712,643
201
11,283
153
5,325
26
5,958
127
1,360
48
530
-17
830
65
2017-1812,521
-122
11,269
-14
5,451
126
5,818
-140
1,252
-108
493
-37
759
-71
2018-1912,607
86
11,442
173
5,400
-51
6,042
224
1,165
-87
473
-20
692
-67
2019-2012,110
-497
10,938
-504
4,980
-420
5,958
-84
1,172
7
457
-16
715
23
2020-2111,835
-275
10,401
-537
4,658
-322
5,743
-215
1,434
262
511
54
923
208
2021-2211,298
-537
9,377
-1,024
4,138
-520
5,239
-504
1,921
487
655
144
1,266
343
2022-2311,071
-227
8,822
-555
3,946
-192
4,876
-363
2,249
328
855
200
1,394
128
2023-2411,040
-31
8,436
-386
3,911
-35
4,525
-351
2,604
355
1,054
199
1,550
156
2024-2512,204
1,164
9,400
964
4,167
256
5,233
708
2,804
200
1,073
19
1,731
181
Average11,97710,2504,7285,5221,7276651,063
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.

YearTotalFull-timePart-time
TotalMenWomenTotalMenWomen
2015-1611,1308,5814,1884,3932,5491,1111,438
2016-1711,2838,7564,2164,5402,5271,1091,418
2017-1811,2698,8344,3444,4902,4351,1071,328
2018-1911,4429,0084,3714,6372,4341,0291,405
2019-2010,9388,7154,0974,6182,2238831,340
2020-2110,4018,1753,7634,4122,2268951,331
2021-229,3777,4283,3694,0591,9497691,180
2022-238,8226,9503,1703,7801,8727761,096
2023-248,4366,6033,1063,4971,8338051,028
2024-259,4006,9363,2393,6972,4649281,536
Average10,25010,2503,7864,21210,2509411,310
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.

YearTotalFull-timePart-time
TotalMenWomenTotalMenWomen
2015-161,312686295391626252374
2016-171,360741288453619242377
2017-181,252730288442522205317
2018-191,165679279400486194292
2019-201,172671259412501198303
2020-211,434785270515649241408
2021-221,9218963025941,025353672
2022-232,2491,0214196021,228436792
2023-242,6041,1634966671,441558883
2024-252,8041,1274536741,6776201,057
Average1,7271,7273355151,727330548
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).

YearAmerican Indian or Native AmericanAsianBlackHispanicNative Hawaiian or Other Pacific IslanderWhiteTwo or More Races
2015-16271411,43647799,308346
2016-17161401,26649089,565367
2017-18181471,20147779,332380
2018-19181591,18251849,399396
2019-20141671,07053468,964423
2020-21161581,03451968,878425
2021-221515993851438,543379
2022-231517689948968,156362
2023-242217788049937,711365
2024-25212011,01755668,131408
Average181631,09250768,799385
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.

YearTotal EnrollmentOnline CompletelyEnrolled in Some Online CoursesNot Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-1612,4424961,72510,221
2016-1712,6437192,3519,573
2017-1812,5217153,4398,367
2018-1912,6077283,6688,211
2019-2012,1108033,6727,635
2020-2111,8351,2745,6604,901
2021-2211,2981,7944,4795,025
2022-2311,0711,9324,5104,629
2023-2411,0402,2314,5624,247
2024-2512,2042,8954,8164,493
Average11,9771,3593,8886,730

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