by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania landed the #600 spot.
Ship also ranked #42 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Ship took the #472 spot on the list.
Ship also ranked #36 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 63.8% of the total graduate students at Ship are women and 36.2% are men.
Of all the graduate students at Ship, around 17.4% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Ship. Around 1.9% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,288 | $13,932 |
| Fees | $2,682 | $2,898 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Ship enter careers with an average starting salary of $49,807. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 15% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of 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/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/ShippensburgUniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/shippensburgU |
Around 47.6% of Ship graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 35.9% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 9 |
| Student Counseling | 3 |
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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