Location

Youngstown is at the center of a metropolitan area of 600,000, located 60 miles from both Pittsburgh and Cleveland and sits midway between New York City and Chicago. The campus is within easy driving or walking distance of restaurants, shopping centers, museums, and parks. A major contributor to the city's cultural and recreational vitality, YSU each year presents hundreds of concerts, exhibits, lectures, performances, and athletic contests. Youngstown offers an outstanding symphony orchestra, three community theaters, a vital arts community, and unlimited recreational options provided by 2,500-acre Mill Creek Park, located a mile from the campus.

Academic Facilities

Maag Library houses more than a half-million books and more than 200,000 government documents and subscribes to more than 3,100 periodicals and scholarly journals. Online research services provide access to all state university libraries in Ohio and a wide range of other information sources. The library's resources are augmented by the Curriculum Resource Center in the College of Education. A Multimedia Center, housed in Maag Library, offers research materials in a variety of formats.

Comprehensive computing facilities, including wireless internet service, are readily available throughout the campus. Scientific laboratories at YSU are fully outfitted with up-to-date instructional and research equipment. Studios and performance halls in the College of Creative Arts and Communication have been recently renovated for acoustic excellence, and the McDonough Museum of Art is an innovative exhibit space for student and faculty work.

Campus Life

Youngstown State seeks to offer its students a vital living and learning environment with a relatively small, cohesive campus and a wealth of curricular and cocurricular activities. YSU offers attractive contemporary residence halls and a special residential honors facility. There are also privately managed facilities on campus and downtown, all within walking distance of campus.  Student activities abound, with more than 200 student organizations, including social sororities and fraternities, and opportunities for participation in theater, performing groups, student publications, intramural and intercollegiate athletics, and student-program planning. Youngstown State University competes in NCAA athletics and fields eleven women's and eight men's intercollegiate Division I teams. Fitness and recreational facilities are free to all YSU students in the new Andrews Recreation and Wellness Center, Beeghly Physical Education Center, and the Stambaugh Sports Complex. Faculty and staff may elect to pay an annual fee for use of these facilities.

The YSU Honors College supports over 1000 students in special programs of high impact learning.  Students engage in community service, undergraduate research, senior capstone projects, and other types of high impact learning experiences. Support centers for writing, study skills, reading, and mathematics assist students to successfully transition to college. Ancillary services include counseling and mental health services; career advising; and professional academic advising.  A wide range of programs are also available in support of students from underrepresented populations, including multicultural, women, and adult students (those older than 25).

Off-Campus Study

YSU offers cooperative/internship education programs in which students participate in both classroom and experiential study via employment in a government, industry, or business setting. Opportunities for international study for academic credit are available in a wide range of majors.