[5] The following spring, YSU opened a Graduate School and College of Applied Science and Technology.

Following the conclusion of the strike, relations remained strained, with some faculty and staff calling for the resignation of YSU president David Sweet in May 2007.

[6] Following the February 29, 2024, announcement that Eastern Gateway Community College was pausing enrollment, YSU announced that it was considering opening its first satellite campus in Steubenville, Ohio to serve displaced students in the Ohio Valley.

It features reading rooms, computer labs, a copying center, a variety of restaurants and student affairs offices.

[8] Fok Hall houses the Sokolov Honors College, which consists of administrative offices and classrooms.

The building, completed in 1977, features the 390-seat Ford Theatre, the 248-seat Bliss Recital Hall, an experimental theatre, 80 practice rooms with Steinway pianos, TV studio, and audio production labs, as well as the Judith Rae Solomon Gallery, and fully equipped ceramics, photography, metals, and other artistic studios.

[8] Ward Beecher Hall houses the departments of biology, chemistry, physics and astronomy.

ft. space serves as a showing facility for art students and faculty alike, as well as local and regional talents.

[8][11] The Butler Institute of American Art is located on Wick Avenue in Youngstown, Ohio.

[12] Since 2004, YSU has participated in the Youngstown Early College program, through which students from the Youngstown City School District can take courses for college credit and earn an associate's degree while in high school.

[19] Currently, it is a six-story building with over 500,000 volumes in-house, as well as access to the collections of 84 other Ohio institutions via participation in the OhioLINK program.

[8] Located on the fifth floor of Maag Library, the Archives and Special Collections at Youngstown State is meant to preserve items with historical significance to the school, Youngstown and Mahoning County, as well as its history in the iron and steel industry.

165 faculty members have full-professor rank, with 79% of the instructors holding doctorates or terminal degrees.

[21] Numerous privately-owned student apartment complexes are located close to YSU's campus.

Sports teams include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, swimming, diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, and bowling.

[8] YSU football has been one of the leading programs in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, winning four national championships under former head coach Jim Tressel, which is third behind North Dakota State's seven titles and Georgia Southern's six.