STUDENT PROFILE

# of degree-seeking undergraduates                  

13,890

% male/female                                               

47/53

% African American                                          

18

% American Indian or Alaska Native                   

 <1

% Asian or Pacific Islander                               

1

% Hispanic                                                      

2

% White                                                           

71

% International                                                

<1

% Pell grant recipients                                    

44

First-generation and minority alumni Linda Gooden, Executive Vice President of Lockheed

Martin’s Information Systems and Global Solutions; Nathaniel Jones, former judge U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit: Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations

ACADEMICS

full-time faculty                                                          

456

full-time minority faculty                                            

74

student-faculty ratio                                        

20:1

average class size                                            

23

% first-year retention rate                                  

69

% graduation rate (6 years)                               

35

Popular majors Nursing, Criminal Justice, Early Childhood Education, Business Management,

Psychology

CAMPUS LIFE

% live on campus (% freshmen)                                   

10 (18)

Multicultural student clubs and organizations African Student Union, Latino Organization, Los

Buenos Vincinos, Muslim Students Association, National Society of Black Engineers, Speak Out Loud, Student Chapter of African American Brotherhood, Student Chapter of African American Sisterhood, Students for Social Justice, Bridges Out Of Poverty Student Union

Athletics NCAA Division I, Horizon Conference More on Athletics…

ADMISSIONS

# of applicants                                                

7,181

% accepted                                                          

87

# of first-year students enrolled                         

2,668

SAT Critical Reading (middle 50%)                    

400-530

SAT Math (middle 50%)                                 

420-540

SAT Writing (middle 50%)                                 

380-510

ACT (middle 50%)                                            

17-23

average HS GPA                                             

2.8

Deadlines

early registration priority                                 

2/15

regular decision                                               

8/1

application fee (online)                                     

$30 ($30)

fee waiver for applicants with financial need                                        

yes

For more information regarding admissions, please visit YSU’s Admissions homepage.

COST & AID

tuition                                                             

$7,452;

room & board                                                 

$7,900

total need-based institutional scholarship/grants                                    

$808,522

% of students apply for need-based aid                                              

86

% receiving need-based scholarship/grant aid                                     

60

% receiving aid whose need was fully met                                        

5

average aid package                                        

$8,438

average student loan debt  upon graduation                                            

$20,463