unitid 216010 · Shippensburg, PA · public 4-year · town (fringe)
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
- enrollment 2023
- 5,812
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
87%
57th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
4,086
44th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
30%
undergrads on Pell grants
44th pctl among public 4-years
completion
56%
finish within 150% time
72nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$30,785
90th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$23,726
after aid, aided students
97th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$56,351
after entry, Title IV students
66th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
91st pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $18,709 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k20%
- 30-48k13%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $65,945
- First-generation students
- 34%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $13,720
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marketing. | 83 | $63,736 | $26,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 81 | $90,947 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 78 | $46,546 | $26,435 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 74 | $70,082 | $25,919 |
| Biology, General. | 69 | $64,132 | $27,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 68 | $46,410 | $26,000 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 56 | $56,669 | $26,000 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 48 | — | $28,500 |
| Social Work. | 45 | $50,737 | $26,982 |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other. | 42 | — | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 38 | $55,207 | $26,000 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 36 | $70,935 | $26,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.