by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Shenandoah University was awarded 204 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is athletic training.
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Shenandoah is ranked #302 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation.
Shenandoah is also ranked #9 out of 63 schools in Virginia.
Shenandoah University has an acceptance rate of 74%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
The student to faculty ratio at Shenandoah is an impressive 11 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Shenandoah University is 59%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Shenandoah University has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Shenandoah for first-time, full-time students is 47%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,267 undergraduates at Shenandoah with 2,097 being full-time and 170 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $27,173 | $26,784 | $28,685 | $31,308 | $33,883 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Shenandoah, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Shenandoah, approximately 94% of students took out student loans averaging $8,811 a year. That adds up to $35,244 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Shenandoah is 3.6%. 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.
See which majors at Shenandoah University make the most money.
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Contact details for Shenandoah are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1460 University Dr, Winchester, VA 22601-5195 |
| Phone: | 540-665-4500 |
| Website: | www.su.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/ShenandoahUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/shenandoahu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 125 | $63,690 |
| Business Administration & Management | 53 | $37,313 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 44 | $26,573 |
| General Psychology | 43 | $24,878 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 40 | $22,164 |
| General Biology | 32 | $28,506 |
| Music | 30 | $17,586 |
| Public Health | 30 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 27 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 21 | $32,138 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 1,840 students took at least one online class at Shenandoah University. This is a decrease from the 2,131 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,840 | 699 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,131 | 1,128 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,030 | 497 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,050 | 417 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,102 | 491 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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