YSU applications up for fall after enhanced recruitment

YOUNGSTOWN

It doesn’t equal enrollment, but the number of prospective freshmen who have applied to Youngstown State University for next fall is more than double the number of freshman applicants at this time in 2014.

The number of freshmen admitted so far this year for fall 2015 is more than 70 percent higher than for fall 2014 at this time last year, too.

Gary D. Swegan, associate vice president for enrollment planning and management at YSU, presented the figures recently to university trustees’ Academic Quality and Student Success Committee.

The university has widened its recruitment efforts, and Swegan and President Jim Tressel have traveled to various schools.

“We picked schools outside of our top service region,” Swegan said.

Read what areas were included and more about fall enrollment in Tuesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.