Your Success Starts Here

What goes on in your academic life in college will be the foundation for whatever career you decide to pursue. Youngstown State University will provide you with everything you need to build a solid foundation for your future.

• Over 100 undergraduate majors from traditional to high-tech.

• Programs accredited by national and international accrediting bodies, including AACSB (business); ABET (engineering); and NCATE (education). YSU is accredited overall by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.

• Outstanding faculty, 83% of whom hold the highest degree attainable in their field.

• High-quality students—180 of them were valedictorians of their high school graduating class; many more are at YSU on academic scholarships.

Honors Program

If you’re the kind of student who wants to dig deeper, take on challenges, and ask big questions, you might be a candidate for Youngstown State University’s Honors program.
Honors classes and seminars are available in all colleges to all majors, and qualified students may take Honors classes or may apply to enroll in the Honors program. If accepted into the program, you have the option of living in Cafaro House, the honors residence. Successful completion of the program will earn you an Honors diploma. It’s the kind of credential that will open many doors for you.

Brittany Vlaiku started this fall as a University Scholar. Scholars are automatically part of the Honors Program, but you do not have to be a University Scholar to enroll in Honors.

And Youngstown State University, faculty are in the classroom—up close in small classes (average class size is 22), in person (not on a video screen), and available to answer your questions. It’s what current students and graduates say most often about YSU: the faculty are there for students, committed to students’ education, and ready to assist and advise every step of the way.

Kin P. Moy brought more than three decades of international industry experience with him when he retired from Packard Electric Systems of Delphi Corporation to join the YSU faculty in electrical engineering technology. Since coming to YSU, he continues to work closely with industry to stay on top of the latest technology.

“Since I have traveled widely to work with engineers from many different countries during my 32 years in the industry, I am able to share my experience with my students from a global prospective.”

Kin P. MoyChair,
American Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Electromagnetic Immunity Task Force

<<20 wireless network hotspots make internet access convenient wherever you are on campus.

Academic Resources

Youngstown State University provides students the latest in research and instructional support.

Libraries
• Maag Library

700,000 bound volumes
300,000 government documents
800,000 microforms
4 terabytes of d-space digital archives
Member of the OhioLink research consortium, providing access to over 39 million items.

• Multi-Media Center contains over 20,000 audio and video recordings.

• Wilcox Curriculum Resource Center in the Beeghly College of Education provides curriculum materials especially for education students.

Academic Assistance Centers
• Writing Center, Math Lab, Reading and Study Skills Center—all provide tutorial and one-on-one assistance.
• Language Learning and Resource Center—for foreign-language study.

Computing Resources
• Campus Internet —Ethernet Fiber-optic backbone provides high-speed access at 10,000 locations throughout campus, including all residence hall rooms; 20 wireless network hotspots are located in common areas of primary campus buildings.
• Computing Resources—Networked computers throughout campus allow for online registration, semester grade postings, and student-account checking secured by your student PIN. This network also links YSU to the Ohio Supercomputer Center and the Third Frontier Network to provide advanced research computing capabilities.

Success Insurance

The transition from high school to college can be challenging, both academically and personally. That’s why Youngstown State University offers support services you can rely on to smooth out the bumps in the road. The Center for Student Progress provides orientation, peer mentoring, tutoring, and focused assistance for first-year and multicultural students and students with disabilities. The Office of Career and Counseling Services offers professional counseling, testing, and career-exploration assistance, as well as help with job placement before and after you graduate.