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?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Ship.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 74% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Ship makes roughly $45,000 a year. This is 10% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Rankings

Ship landed the #440 spot in our 2022 ranking of best colleges. We analyzed 2,587 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Ship.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#10	Best Value Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Value Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#21	Best Value English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#35	Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#48	Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#53	Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#120	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#145	Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Ship has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Juvenile Corrections Schools	College Factual
#5	Best Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#25	Best Value Colleges for Mathematics & Statistics	College Factual
#36	Best Value Colleges for English Language & Literature	College Factual
#59	Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#143	Best Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Teaching Degree Search

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/ShippensburgUniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/shippensburgU

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	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Ship?

With an acceptance rate of 94%, Ship is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 92%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Average Test Scores

About 87% 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 470 and 580. Math scores were between 470 and 570.

Ship received ACT scores from 10% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 22. Math scores were between 16 and 24. Composite scores were between 15 and 23.

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 80% of students took out student loans averaging $9,825 a year. That adds up to $39,300 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Ship is 6.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,324 undergraduate students at Ship, with 4,733 being full-time and 591 being part-time.

There are also 806 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,733 full-time undergraduates at Ship, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	66
Black or African American	688
Hispanic or Latino	296
White	3,396
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	261

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 2019-2020, 5,485 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 67th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Ship

The following table shows how Ship is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	#63	#21
Psychology	#73	#22

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.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Ship majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
English Language & Literature	11%
Health Professions	50%
Writing Studies	37%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Ship ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Ship.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Writing Studies	#4
Teaching English or French	#7
Finance & Financial Management	#13
English Language & Literature	#13
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#14
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	#27
Psychology	#46
Instructional Media Design	#46
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#55
Health & Medical Administrative Services	#89
Education	#178
Business Administration & Management	#183
Business, Management & Marketing	#244
Health Professions	#263

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%.

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	0	142	3	73	0	218
General Psychology	0	103	0	11	0	114
Marketing	0	96	0	0	0	96
Criminal Justice & Corrections	15	62	0	17	0	94
Social Work	0	35	0	32	0	67
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	64	0	0	0	64
General Biology	0	55	0	6	0	61
Finance & Financial Management	0	59	0	0	0	59
History	0	43	0	7	0	50
Journalism	0	48	0	0	0	48
Special Education	0	32	0	15	0	47
Accounting	0	46	0	0	0	46
Health & Physical Education	6	36	0	0	0	42
Management Information Systems	0	33	0	0	0	33
Writing Studies	0	30	0	0	0	30
Educational Administration	0	0	0	19	9	28
Natural Resources Conservation	0	20	0	8	0	28
Political Science & Government	0	27	0	0	0	27
Student Counseling	0	0	0	26	0	26
General English Literature	0	24	0	0	0	24
Geography & Cartography	18	4	0	0	0	22
Mathematics	0	21	0	0	0	21
Sociology	0	21	0	0	0	21
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	18	0	18
Romance Languages	5	13	0	0	0	18
Computer Information Systems	0	15	0	2	0	17
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	16	0	0	0	16
Computer Engineering	0	15	0	0	0	15
Public Administration	0	5	0	10	0	15
Fine & Studio Arts	0	13	0	0	0	13
International Studies	0	12	0	0	0	12
Human Resource Management	0	0	0	11	0	11
Chemistry	0	11	0	0	0	11
Economics	0	11	0	0	0	11
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	0	9	0	9
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	9	0	9
Physics	0	6	0	0	0	6
Sustainability Science	0	5	0	0	0	5
Electrical Engineering	0	4	0	0	0	4
Design & Applied Arts	4	0	0	0	0	4
Mechanical Engineering	0	3	0	0	0	3
Ethnic Studies	3	0	0	0	0	3
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	3	0	0	0	0	3
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	2	0	0	2
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	2	0	0	0	2
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	2	0	0	0	2
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	1	0	0	1
Instructional Media Design	0	0	1	0	0	1
Germanic Languages	1	0	0	0	0	1
Information Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0	0	0
Computer Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nanotechnology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Civil Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Area Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	55	1,134	7	273	9	1,478

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.