YSU enrollment better than expected, but still down

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown State University’s final fall enrollment is 844 fewer students than in the 2013 fall semester, but it’s an improvement over this fall’s preliminary number.

The university’s preliminary fall enrollment number, taken Aug. 19, the day before classes started, was 12,227. It increased by 324 to 12,551 on Wednesday, the 14th day of the semester, which is considered to be the day of the official enrollment count.

“Our number was a little more favorable compared to what it was before class started,” said Gary Swegan, associate vice president for enrollment planning and management.

It was a 6.3 percent enrollment decline compared with the start of the fall 2013 semester with 13,395 students.

There were two major reasons for the decline from last fall, Swegan said.

Read what those are in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.