Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Overview

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is a public institution situated in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The location of Ship is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Ship is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Ship.
• In <nil>, 78% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Ship makes roughly $51,372 a year. This is 26% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania?

Contact details for Ship are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299
Phone:	717-477-7447
Website:	www.ship.edu

How Do I Get Into Ship?

You can apply to Ship online at: www.ship.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Ship

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Ship?

With an acceptance rate of 93%, Ship is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 92%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 40% of students accepted to Ship submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 590. Math scores were between 480 and 590.

Ship received ACT scores from 0% of accepted students.

Can I Afford Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania?

The overall average net price of Ship is $25,969. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Ship, approximately 73% of students took out student loans averaging $9,121 a year. That adds up to $36,484 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Ship is 1.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,900 undergraduate students at Ship, with 4,319 being full-time and 581 being part-time.

There are also 767 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,319 full-time undergraduates at Ship, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	64
Black or African American	635
Hispanic or Latino	281
White	3,072
International Students	35
Other Races/Ethnicities	232

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 29 countries are represented at Ship. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

In 2020-2021, 500 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Ship has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 46th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Ship

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania was 110.5%. This is the #394 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Ship regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Cgboeree under License

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