Shenandoah University: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #2935 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #828 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #760 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #23 of 63 | In Virginia |
| #619 of 1,095 | For Military science |
| Top50% | For 12 other topics |
Quick Review
- Religion
- United Methodist
- Acceptance rate
- 78%
- Undergraduates
- 2,590
- Graduates
- 1,753
- Male:Female Ratio
- 32:68
- Control
- Private
not-for-profit - Highest Degree
- Doctor's degree
- Website
- www.su.edu
Shenandoah University Acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Shenandoah University has an acceptance rate of 78% and is in the middle in terms of the difficulty of admission among universities in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance Rate | 78% | 86% | 73% |
| Applicants | 3,763 | 1,459 | 2,304 |
| Admissions | 2,929 | 1,250 | 1,679 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 485 | 226 | 259 |
1,305 students enrolled in some distance education courses.
512 enrolled exclusively in distance education.
Admissions requirements
| Formal demonstration of competencies | Required |
|---|---|
| Secondary school GPA | Required |
| Secondary school record | Required |
| TOEFL | Required |
| College-preparatory program | Considered but not required |
| Recommendations | Considered but not required |
| Other Tests | Neither required nor recommended |
| SAT/ACT | Neither required nor recommended |
| Secondary school rank | Neither required nor recommended |
Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity
| White | 2521 (58%) |
|---|---|
| Race or Ethnicity unknown | 525 (12%) |
| Hispanic | 434 (10%) |
| Black or African American | 374 (9%) |
| Asian | 268 (6%) |
| Two or more races | 122 (3%) |
| Nonresident Alien | 55 (1%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 17 (0.4%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12 (0.3%) |
Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees
The average net cost to attend Shenandoah University is $26,400 per year, calculated as the sum of the average cost of tuition, room and board, books, and supplies, reduced by the amount of average financial aid received.
The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.
Average costs by household income
| <$30K | $21,803 |
|---|---|
| $30-48K | $24,419 |
| $48-75K | $25,951 |
| $75-110K | $30,797 |
| $110K+ | $34,304 |
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | Graduates | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition in-district | $34,614 | $23,232 |
| Tuition in-state | $34,614 | $23,232 |
| Tuition out-of-state | $34,614 | $23,232 |
| Fee in-district | $1,414 | $1,414 |
| Fee in-state | $1,414 | $1,414 |
| Fee out-of-state | $1,414 | $1,414 |
Room and board costs
| Dormitory capacity | 1,295 |
|---|---|
| Combined charge for room and board | $11,800 |
Shenandoah University majors
Shenandoah University has granted 487 bachelor's degrees across 40 programs, 280 master's across 18 programs, and 305 doctorate degrees across 7 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Shenandoah University.
| Major | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy | 148 | ||
| Business Administration and Management, General | 60 | 55 | |
| Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse | 113 | ||
| Occupational Therapy & Therapist | 32 | 56 | |
| Physician Assistant | 56 | 19 | |
| Physical Therapy & Therapist | 73 | ||
| Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology | 42 | ||
| Psychology, General | 31 | ||
| Music Performance, General | 15 | 7 | 6 |
| Musical Theatre | 26 | ||
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 21 | ||
| Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement Administration | 20 | ||
| Education, General | 18 | ||
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other | 17 | 1 | |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | 16 | ||
| Athletic Training & Trainer | 15 | ||
| Public Health, Other | 14 | ||
| Music Pedagogy | 13 | ||
| Acting | 12 | ||
| Music Teacher Education | 8 | 3 | |
| Music Therapy & Therapist | 7 | 4 | |
| Sports Studies | 11 | ||
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | 10 | ||
| Dance, General | 10 | ||
| Technical Theatre & Theatre Design and Technology | 10 | ||
| Applied Behavior Analysis | 9 | ||
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, General | 9 | ||
| Public Health, General | 9 | ||
| English Language and Literature, General | 8 | ||
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 7 | ||
| Music Technology | 6 | ||
| Chemistry, General | 5 | ||
| Environmental Studies | 5 | ||
| Information Technology | 5 | ||
| Computational and Applied Mathematics | 4 | ||
| Conducting | 4 | ||
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 4 | ||
| Film & Cinema & Media Studies | 4 | ||
| Spanish Language and Literature | 4 | ||
| Sport and Fitness Administration & Management | 4 | ||
| Computer Science | 3 | ||
| Computer and Information Systems Security & Auditing & Information Assurance | 3 | ||
| History, General | 3 | ||
| Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies | 3 | ||
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 3 | ||
| Political Science and Government, Other | 3 | ||
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | 2 | ||
| Exercise Science and Kinesiology | 2 | ||
| Mathematics, General | 2 | ||
| Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation | 2 | ||
| Organizational Leadership | 2 | ||
| Political Science and Government, General | 2 | ||
| Sociology, General | 2 | ||
| Conservation Biology | 1 | ||
| Music Theory and Composition | 1 | ||
| Religion & Religious Studies | 1 | ||
| Secondary Education and Teaching | 1 | ||
| Grand Total | 487 | 280 | 305 |
Shenandoah University has a graduation rate of 71%, which is among the 20% highest for universities in the US.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 71% | 60% | 77% |
| |||
Publications & Citations
Shenandoah University has published 1,507 scientific papers with 24,414 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Medicine, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Biology, Psychology, Political Science, Law, Computer Science, Sociology, Chemistry, and Engineering.
Publication / Citation count by topic
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 4 | 5 |
| 1993 | 6 | 10 |
| 1994 | 7 | 14 |
| 1995 | 22 | 19 |
| 1996 | 13 | 34 |
| 1997 | 6 | 42 |
| 1998 | 10 | 44 |
| 1999 | 10 | 47 |
| 2000 | 15 | 88 |
| 2001 | 25 | 90 |
| 2002 | 24 | 103 |
| 2003 | 26 | 151 |
| 2004 | 25 | 157 |
| 2005 | 32 | 184 |
| 2006 | 32 | 215 |
| 2007 | 38 | 284 |
| 2008 | 38 | 331 |
| 2009 | 46 | 439 |
| 2010 | 50 | 530 |
| 2011 | 48 | 633 |
| 2012 | 49 | 703 |
| 2013 | 53 | 790 |
| 2014 | 58 | 959 |
| 2015 | 75 | 1029 |
| 2016 | 78 | 1124 |
| 2017 | 65 | 1212 |
| 2018 | 91 | 1329 |
| 2019 | 76 | 1590 |
| 2020 | 77 | 2264 |
| 2021 | 75 | 2344 |
| 2022 | 98 | 2394 |
| 2023 | 90 | 2387 |
| 2024 | 80 | 2377 |
Notable alumni
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Harold Perrineau
- Occupations
- film actorvoice actortelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Harold Perrineau is an American actor. His breakout role was in the independent film Smoke (1995), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. He went on to appear as Mercutio in Romeo+Juliet (1996) and Link in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (both 2003). On television, he started as Augustus Hill in the HBO prison drama Oz (1997–2003), Michael Dawson in the ABC series Lost (2004–2010), and Sheriff Boyd Stevens in the MGM+ horror series From (2022–present).
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Kate Flannery
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
-
Kate Flannery is an American actress. Following her early theatre work, Flannery had her screen breakthrough playing Meredith Palmer on the NBC series The Office, which won her two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She went on to guest star on CBS shows Magnum P.I. and Young Sheldon. She competed on the 28th season of Dancing with the Stars and voiced Barb on the animated series Steven Universe.
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Carter Beauford
- Occupations
- drummermusician
- Biography
-
Carter Anthony Beauford is an American drummer, percussionist, and founding member of Dave Matthews Band. He is known for his ability to adapt to a variety of genres, and both his ambidextrous and his open-handed drumming styles. He plays the drums and sings backing vocals in the band. Beauford was ranked number 10 by a Rolling Stone magazine reader's poll in 2010 for the greatest drummers of all time.
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Mac Wiseman
- Occupations
- musiciansongwriterguitaristsinger
- Biography
-
Malcolm Bell Wiseman was an American bluegrass and country singer active for seven decades in the twentieth century. He was part of Bluegrass music's earliest generation, though bluegrass never defined him. He helped found the CMA, headed Dot Records' country division, and, in 1993, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. In his early career he was the guitarist for Flatt and Scruggs' band, the Foggy Mountain Boys. His biggest hits included "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"(1955) and "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy"(1959). Wiseman was a recipient of a 2008 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. In 2014 he became part of the Veteran Era category of the Country Music Hall of Fame, as "an artist who achieved national prominence more than 45 years ago".
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Carl Tanner
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- opera singermusician
- Biography
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Carl Tanner is an American operatic tenor.
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Tona Brown
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 46)
- Enrolled in Shenandoah University
- Studied music
- Occupations
- violinistsinger
- Biography
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Tona Brown is an American violinist and mezzo-soprano who performs internationally and is the first transgender woman to perform at Carnegie Hall. She was the first African American transgender woman to perform for an American president.
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Shawn Hollenbach
- Occupations
- television actor
- Biography
-
Shawn Hollenbach is an American comedian, writer and actor, based in New York City. He worked at Comedy Central in the programming department. As a comic and actor he has performed around the country and throughout New York. He is an energetic and upbeat performer and self-deprecating humorist focusing on LGBT subjects and a "style that capitalizes on the myriad incidents and accidents that befall us all in the midst of our human existence". He currently works at Logo, Viacom's channel that appeals to the LGBT community and their allies as the social media manager for the channel and its most popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race.
General info
| Alternative names | SU |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1875 |
| Motto | Yes you can! |
| Colors | red, blue |
| Academic calendar | August to May (August - December; January-May) |
| Total FTE staff | 798 |
| Carnegie classification | Doctoral Universities: Moderate Research Activity |
Location and contacts
| Address | 1460 University Dr Winchester, Virginia, 22601-5195 United States |
|---|---|
| City population | 28,000 |
| Phone | 5406654500 |