Enrollment Trends at SU

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,036 where 5,161 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

84.69% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.31% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,646 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 241 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.22 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 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,171 where 4,371 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 865 where 790 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 74.68%. The percentage was 78.02% 10 years ago and SU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.10% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.34% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.32% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.02% to 74.68%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.40% to 1.10%. Black student enrollment decreased from 9.72% to 9.34%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.33% to 7.32%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4270 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3788 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

593 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 297.99% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2025.