Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania operates as a public institution located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania (town: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 4,086 students of which 4,809 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is categorized as “18” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 86.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,120. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $23,726, with published in-state tuition of $13,720 and a Pell grant recipient share of 29.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 53.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 76.8%. Graduates earn a median of $56,351 ten years after enrolling, compared with $45,010 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 362500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 69.8% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.