Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Teaching Programs

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is a public institution situated in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Shippensburg is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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	1
High School Rank	1
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	1
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Ship?

With an acceptance rate of 88%, 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 86%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

Average Test Scores

About 39% 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 610. Math scores were between 490 and 600.

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.

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 2022-2023, 401 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 48th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Teaching Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Early Childhood Education	54	0	0	54
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	39	0	0	39
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services	0	27	0	27
Curriculum & Instruction	0	22	0	22
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	17	0	17
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	13	0	0	13
General Special Education	0	12	0	12
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	8	1	9
Science Education	0	7	0	7
Reading Teacher Education	0	4	0	4
Superintendency & Educational System Administration	0	0	3	3
Educational/Instructional Technology	0	0	0	0
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	106	97	4	207

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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