Student Population at Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, WV)

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
3,235	2,718	517

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 3,235 students have enrolled in Shepherd University with 2,718 undergraduate and 517 graduate students.

By gender, 1,181 male and 2,054 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (3,161 students in average - public Master's College and University (smaller programs)).

533 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,533 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Shepherd University has a total of 3,235 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,718 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 517 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,181 male and 2,054 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,235	2,718	517
Men	1,181	1,051	130
Women	2,054	1,667	387

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,370 White, 249 Black, and 75 Asian students out of a total of 3,235 are attending at Shepherd University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	9	2	7
Asian	75	22	53
Black	249	142	107
Hispanic	235	66	169
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	1	2
White	2,370	840	1,530
Two or more races	171	57	114
Race Unknown	75	24	51

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	8	2	6
Asian	57	21	36
Black	198	124	74
Hispanic	206	62	144
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	1	2
White	1,980	742	1,238
Two or more races	158	54	104
Race Unknown	69	22	47

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	0	1
Asian	18	1	17
Black	51	18	33
Hispanic	29	4	25
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	390	98	292
Two or more races	13	3	10
Race Unknown	6	2	4

Student Age Distribution

By age, Shepherd has 155 students under 18 years old and 7 students over 65 years old. There are 2,287 students under 25 years old, and 948 students over 25 years old out of 3,235 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 154 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. Shepherd has 2,209 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 509 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at Shepherd, 1 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. It has 78 graduate students aged under 25 and 439 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	155	112	43
18-19	844	528	316
20-21	780	484	296
22-24	508	282	226
25-29	293	184	109
30-34	205	142	63
35-39	132	89	43
40-49	191	138	53
50-64	120	89	31
Over 65	7	6	1

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	154	111	43
18-19	844	528	316
20-21	774	478	296
22-24	437	248	189
25-29	192	101	91
30-34	107	68	39
35-39	72	46	26
40-49	89	59	30
50-64	45	25	20
Over 65	4	3	1

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	1	1	0

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Shepherd University, 533 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,533 students are enrolled in some online courses.

186 students lived in West Virginia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 347 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	3,235	533	1,533
Undergraduate	2,718	142	1,494
Graduate	517	391	39

Online Student Population by Locality
	West Virginia Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	186	346	1
Undergraduate	113	29	0
Graduate	73	317	1

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,718 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 245 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.01%.201 students have transferred in as full-time status and 44 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	1,894
Transfer-in Full-time	201
Regular Part-time	579
Transfer-in Part-time	44

Student Population at Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, WV)

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