Enrollment Trends at SU

The student population at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is 5,162 (4,443 undergraduate and 719 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,562 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SU is 86.07% which is decreased by 2,269 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 293 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.15 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

350 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 121.52% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 6,604 where 5,162 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.07% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.93% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,269 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 293 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.15 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in SU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,724	6,712	3,336	3,376	1,012	392	620
2013-14	7,548 -176	6,550 -162	3,299 -37	3,251 -125	998 -14	401 9	597 -23
2014-15	7,355 -193	6,305 -245	3,209 -90	3,096 -155	1,050 52	406 5	644 47
2015-16	7,048 -307	6,017 -288	3,037 -172	2,980 -116	1,031 -19	409 3	622 -22
2016-17	6,972 -76	5,896 -121	2,979 -58	2,917 -63	1,076 45	450 41	626 4
2017-18	6,570 -402	5,574 -322	2,766 -213	2,808 -109	996 -80	405 -45	591 -35
2018-19	6,381 -189	5,487 -87	2,652 -114	2,835 27	894 -102	335 -70	559 -32
2019-20	6,084 -297	5,274 -213	2,530 -122	2,744 -91	810 -84	291 -44	519 -40
2020-21	6,130 46	5,324 50	2,491 -39	2,833 89	806 -4	292 1	514 -5
2021-22	5,667 -463	4,900 -424	2,314 -177	2,586 -247	767 -39	288 -4	479 -35
2022-23	5,162 -505	4,443 -457	2,152 -162	2,291 -295	719 -48	249 -39	470 -9
Average	6,604	5,680	2,797	2,883	924	356	567

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,680 where 4,443 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,712	6,363	3,187	3,176	349	149	200
2013-14	6,550	6,219	3,144	3,075	331	155	176
2014-15	6,305	5,956	3,033	2,923	349	176	173
2015-16	6,017	5,665	2,869	2,796	352	168	184
2016-17	5,896	5,545	2,802	2,743	351	177	174
2017-18	5,574	5,160	2,552	2,608	414	214	200
2018-19	5,487	5,018	2,444	2,574	469	208	261
2019-20	5,274	4,861	2,353	2,508	413	177	236
2020-21	5,324	4,733	2,225	2,508	591	266	325
2021-22	4,900	4,319	2,080	2,239	581	234	347
2022-23	4,443	3,987	1,956	2,031	456	196	260
Average	5,680	5,680	2,604	2,653	5,680	193	231

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 924 where 719 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,012	311	134	177	701	258	443
2013-14	998	316	121	195	682	280	402
2014-15	1,050	299	107	192	751	299	452
2015-16	1,031	365	122	243	666	287	379
2016-17	1,076	356	140	216	720	310	410
2017-18	996	281	107	174	715	298	417
2018-19	894	253	77	176	641	258	383
2019-20	810	258	83	175	552	208	344
2020-21	806	252	81	171	554	211	343
2021-22	767	285	96	189	482	192	290
2022-23	719	216	71	145	503	178	325
Average	924	924	104	187	924	253	381

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.42%. The percentage was 81.40% 10 years ago and SU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.59% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.74% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	15	84	549	255	6	6,287	192
2013-14	10	92	616	285	6	6,029	206
2014-15	11	102	662	319	7	5,804	198
2015-16	10	99	685	305	7	5,499	213
2016-17	10	107	721	337	4	5,364	208
2017-18	9	101	635	358	2	5,062	220
2018-19	7	97	692	363	2	4,844	239
2019-20	4	91	701	361	0	4,557	248
2020-21	7	92	820	378	1	4,465	265
2021-22	7	92	734	359	0	4,109	245
2022-23	6	82	606	349	1	3,790	228
Average	9	94	675	334	3	5,074	224

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

350 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 121.52% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,355	158	51	7,146
2015-16	7,048	149	52	6,847
2016-17	6,972	153	78	6,741
2017-18	6,570	156	76	6,338
2018-19	6,381	187	83	6,111
2019-20	6,084	208	51	5,825
2020-21	6,130	1,059	4,426	645
2021-22	5,667	390	110	5,167
2022-23	5,162	350	51	4,761
Average	6,374	312	553	5,509

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