Shenandoah University: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #2736 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #775 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #709 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #22 of 63 | In Virginia |
| #633 of 1,114 | For Military science |
| Top50% | For 11 other topics |
Quick Review
- Religion
- United Methodist
- Acceptance rate
- 77%
- Undergraduates
- 2,641
- Graduates
- 1,813
- Male:Female Ratio
- 30:70
- 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 77% 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 | 77% | 83% | 73% |
| Applicants | 4,200 | 1,608 | 2,592 |
| Admissions | 3,232 | 1,334 | 1,898 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 539 | 233 | 306 |
| Freshmen enrolled part time | 1 | 1 |
1,053 students enrolled in some distance education courses.
660 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 | 2562 (58%) |
|---|---|
| Hispanic | 512 (12%) |
| Black or African American | 408 (9%) |
| Race or Ethnicity unknown | 406 (9%) |
| Asian | 277 (6%) |
| Two or more races | 160 (4%) |
| Nonresident Alien | 91 (2%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 19 (0.4%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 (0.2%) |
Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees
The average net cost to attend Shenandoah University is $27,181 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 | $24,356 |
|---|---|
| $30-48K | $26,715 |
| $48-75K | $26,635 |
| $75-110K | $30,332 |
| $110K+ | $33,591 |
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | Graduates | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition in-district | $35,460 | $25,232 |
| Tuition in-state | $35,460 | $25,232 |
| Tuition out-of-state | $35,460 | $25,232 |
| Fee in-district | $1,490 | $1,490 |
| Fee in-state | $1,490 | $1,490 |
| Fee out-of-state | $1,490 | $1,490 |
Room and board costs
| Dormitory capacity | 1,533 |
|---|---|
| Combined charge for room and board | $12,490 |
Shenandoah University majors
Shenandoah University has granted 521 bachelor's degrees across 41 programs, 324 master's across 17 programs, and 338 doctorate degrees across 9 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Shenandoah University.
| Major | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician Assistant | 56 | 74 | |
| Pharmacy | 119 | ||
| Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse | 108 | ||
| Management Science | 101 | ||
| Occupational Therapy & Therapist | 28 | 52 | |
| Physical Therapy & Therapist | 70 | ||
| Business Administration and Management, General | 62 | ||
| Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology | 55 | ||
| Music Performance, General | 13 | 13 | 17 |
| Psychology, General | 29 | ||
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 26 | ||
| Music Technology | 23 | ||
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other | 21 | 2 | |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | 23 | ||
| Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement Administration | 19 | ||
| Music Teacher Education | 18 | 1 | |
| Musical Theatre | 19 | ||
| Public Health, Other | 17 | ||
| Dance, General | 15 | ||
| Public Health, General | 14 | ||
| Music Therapy & Therapist | 10 | 3 | |
| Sports Studies | 13 | ||
| Acting | 12 | ||
| Education, General | 12 | ||
| Athletic Training & Trainer | 11 | ||
| Applied Behavior Analysis | 10 | ||
| Music Pedagogy | 8 | 2 | |
| Technical Theatre & Theatre Design and Technology | 10 | ||
| History, General | 8 | ||
| Organizational Leadership | 7 | 1 | |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 8 | ||
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, General | 7 | ||
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | 7 | ||
| Chemistry, General | 6 | ||
| English Language and Literature, General | 5 | ||
| Computer and Information Systems Security & Auditing & Information Assurance | 4 | ||
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 4 | ||
| Information Technology | 4 | ||
| Environmental Studies | 3 | ||
| Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation | 3 | ||
| Political Science and Government, General | 3 | ||
| Computational and Applied Mathematics | 2 | ||
| Computer Science | 2 | ||
| Film & Cinema & Media Studies | 2 | ||
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | 2 | ||
| Junior High & Intermediate & Middle School Education and Teaching | 2 | ||
| Keyboard Instruments | 2 | ||
| Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies | 2 | ||
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 2 | ||
| Secondary Education and Teaching | 2 | ||
| Spanish Language and Literature | 2 | ||
| Conservation Biology | 1 | ||
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | 1 | ||
| Exercise Science and Kinesiology | 1 | ||
| Mathematics, General | 1 | ||
| Music Theory and Composition | 1 | ||
| Religious & Sacred Music | 1 | ||
| Sustainability Studies | 1 | ||
| Grand Total | 521 | 324 | 338 |
Shenandoah University has a graduation rate of 67%, which is among the 28% highest for universities in the US.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 67% | 57% | 75% |
| |||
Publications & Citations
Shenandoah University has published 1,565 scientific papers with 26,096 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 45 | 439 |
| 2010 | 51 | 530 |
| 2011 | 48 | 632 |
| 2012 | 48 | 703 |
| 2013 | 54 | 790 |
| 2014 | 58 | 958 |
| 2015 | 75 | 1030 |
| 2016 | 78 | 1127 |
| 2017 | 66 | 1213 |
| 2018 | 93 | 1332 |
| 2019 | 77 | 1594 |
| 2020 | 77 | 2269 |
| 2021 | 75 | 2345 |
| 2022 | 98 | 2394 |
| 2023 | 90 | 2397 |
| 2024 | 82 | 2403 |
| 2025 | 66 | 2089 |
Notable alumni
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Harold Perrineau
- Occupations
- voice actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
- 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).
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Kate Flannery
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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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
- songwriterguitaristsingermusician
- Biography
-
Malcolm Bell "Mac" 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 64)
- Occupations
- opera singermusician
- Biography
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Carl Tanner is an American operatic tenor.
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Tona Brown
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 47)
- Enrolled in Shenandoah University
- Studied music
- Occupations
- violinistsinger
- Biography
-
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 | 815 |
| Carnegie classification | Doctoral/Professional Universities |
Location and contacts
| Address | 1460 University Dr Winchester, Virginia, 22601-5195 United States |
|---|---|
| City population | 28,000 |
| Phone | 5406654500 |