Graduate Programs at Youngstown State University

Graduate School Overview

Youngstown State University (referred to as Youngstown State) is a Public, 4 years school located in Youngstown, OH.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1945 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Youngstown State Directory Information
School Name	Youngstown State University (Youngstown State)
Address	One University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555-0001
Phone	877-468-6978
Web	https://www.ysu.edu
Online Application	https://ysu.edu/admissions/apply-to-ysu
Financial Info	https://ysu.edu/node/32

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Youngstown State is $6,615 for Ohio residents and $6,795 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,249 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 11,071 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 253 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 7 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$6,795 $6,615 for Ohio Residents
Student Population	2,249
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	253 graduate programs (7 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Youngstown State is $6,615 for Ohio residents and $6,795 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $541 for Ohio residents and $556 for out-of-state students.

Youngstown State offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, including tuition guarantee.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Ohio Residents	$6,615
Out-of-State	$6,795
Tuition per Credit Hour
Ohio Residents	$541
Out-of-State	$556

Youngstown State offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	7 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Youngstown State University is $6,615 for Ohio residents and $6,795 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.79% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Ohio Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$8,906	$478	$13,406	$478
2019-2020	$6,058	$420	$9,058	$420
2020-2021	$6,072	$423	$9,072	$423
2021-2022	$6,453	$298	$6,633	$298
2022-2023	$6,494	$68	$6,674	$68
2023-2024	$6,547	$68	$6,727	$68

The graduate school tuition & fees of Youngstown State is very inexpensive compared to public graduate schools in Ohio. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Ohio graduate tuition is $23,346 (public) / $17,979 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Youngstown State University	$6,615	$6,795
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Ohio Graduate Schools	$15,443	$19,251
Public	$13,028	$23,346
Private	$17,979

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $14,408 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Youngstown State.

On-campus living costs are increased by 7.00% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $14,960. Off-campus living costs are increased by 11.09% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$9,400	$3,384	$9,400	$3,384
2019-2020	$9,700	$3,484	$9,700	$3,484
2020-2021	$9,700	$3,472	$9,700	$3,472
2021-2022	$9,775	$3,416	$9,775	$3,416
2022-2023	$10,016	$3,450	$10,016	$3,450
2023-2024	$10,384	$4,024	$10,936	$4,024

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $545 for Ohio residents and $560 for other students at Youngstown State University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 0.72% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Ohio Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$505	$755
2019-2020	$515	$765
2020-2021	$516	$766
2021-2022	$538	$553
2022-2023	$541	$556
2023-2024	$545	$560

Graduate Programs at Youngstown State

Youngstown State University offers 100 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 756 students have completed their study at Youngstown State University.

Offered Degrees at Youngstown State University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	69	3	682
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	3	0	14
Doctor's degree - other	1	0	35
Post Bachelor's Degree	23	2	23
Post Master's Degree	4	2	2
Total	100	7	756

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Youngstown State University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Data Analytics, General program with 6 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business/Commerce program with 133 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Physical Therapy/Therapist program with 35 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Youngstown State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Data Analytics, General	✕	6	-
Homeland Security	✕	5	-
Historic Preservation and Conservation	✕	3	-
Education (other)	✕	3	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	2	-

Popular Master's Programs at Youngstown State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business/Commerce	✕	133	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	112	$57,400
Social Work	✕	66	$37,400
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	56	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	50	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Youngstown State University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	35	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	8	-
Materials Science	✕	4	-
Public Health	✕	2	-

Youngstown State University offers 100 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 756 students have completed their graduate studies.

682 students have earned/completed Master's program.
35 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
23 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
2 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	5	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
American/United States Studies/Civilization	✕	3	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Communication	✕	14	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	7	-
Education [+]	✕	175 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	56	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	50	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	30	-
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	✕	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	35	$35,300
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Art Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Business Teacher Education	✕	-	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Foreign Language Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Health Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	2	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Social Science Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Computer Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Biology Teacher Education	✕	-	-
French Language Teacher Education	✕	-	-
History Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Physics Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Spanish Language Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	15 completers	-
Engineering	✔	2	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	4	-
Civil Engineering	✕	1	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	3	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	4	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	1	-
Manufacturing Engineering	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	12 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	8	-
Creative Writing	✕	4	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	9	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	5	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
Gerontology	✔	4	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	4	-
Psychology [+]	✕	30 completers	-
School Psychology	✕	11	-
Educational Psychology	✕	13	-
Psychology (other)	✕	6	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	10	-
Human Services [+]	✕	66 completers	-
Social Work	✕	66	$37,400
Social Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Economics	✕	9	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	-	-
Music History, Literature, and Theory	✕	-	-
Music Performance	✕	3	-
Music Theory and Composition	✕	-	-
Jazz/Jazz Studies	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	50 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	16	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✔	6	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	5	-
Public Health	✕	4	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	14	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	1	-
Pediatric Nurse/Nursing	✕	-	-
Critical Care Nursing	✕	4	-
Business [+]	✕	256 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	133	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	112	$57,400
Accounting	✕	11	-
Finance	✕	-	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✕	-	-
History [+]	✕	5 completers	-
History	✕	5	-
	Total	682

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	8	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Materials Science	✕	4	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Public Health	✕	2	-
	Total	14

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	35	-
	Total	35

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	-	-
Communication	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	3 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	1	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	2	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Gerontology	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Business/Commerce	✕	-	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	-
	Total	23

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	-	-
School Psychology	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	2 completers	-
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	✔	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	2	-
	Total	2

Graduate Student Population at Youngstown State

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,249 students enrolled into Youngstown State University graduate schools where it has total 11,071 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,021 full-time and 1,228 part-time graduate students. By gender, 855 male and 1,394 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,249	855	1,394
Full-time	1,021	419	602
Part-tme	1,228	436	792

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 1,615 White (71.81%), 185 Black/African American (8.23%), 67 Hispanic (2.98%), 36 Asian (1.60%), and 346 students with other races. 220 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,249	855	1,394
American Indian/Native American	5	2	3
Asian	36	15	21
Black/African American	185	35	150
Hispanic	67	22	45
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	1,615	581	1,034
Two More	45	13	32
Un-Known	75	34	41
Non-resident Alien	220	153	67

Youngstown State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,368 graduate students (60.83% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 388 graduate students (17.25% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	2,249
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,368
Enrolled Some Online Courses	388
Not in Online Courses	493

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Youngstown State University. 568 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.26% of total students), 2 students are aged below 20 (0.09%), 154 students are aged above 50 (6.85%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Youngstown State University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,249	855	1,394
Under 18	1	1	0
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	33	7	26
Age 22-24	535	226	309
Age 25-29	616	255	361
Age 30-34	328	113	215
Age 35-39	247	98	149
Age 40-49	334	116	218
Age 50-64	148	37	111
Over 64	6	2	4

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