Youngstown State University opened a new academic year with increased enrollment, residence halls at capacity and a freshman class that is the strongest academically in the university’s history.
YSU started the Fall semester today with 12,801 students, up 426 students from 12,375 on the first day of classes last year, according to unofficial student counts. (Official student counts will be recorded on the 15th day of the semester.)
It is YSU’s first Fall-to-Fall enrollment increase since 2010.
The incoming freshman class is 6 percent larger than last year and, for the third consecutive year, boasts the highest standardized test scores and high school grade point averages in YSU’s history.
“Reversing the trend on enrollment is a major step forward as we continue to focus on increasing excellence across campus,” YSU President Jim Tressel said. “While growing enrollment will remain a priority, we also are working hard to ensure that, once here at YSU, students have the resources to find success, graduate on time, with as little debt as possible and with a job.”
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“Enrollment success is dependent on the work of the entire campus community,” said Gary Swegan, associate vice president of Enrollment Management. “YSU faculty, staff and current students have worked extremely hard to put us in a position to share this very positive news for Fall 2016.”