Student Population at Shepherd

The following chart compares Shepherd's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in West Virginia.

Shepherd has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 3,276 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in West Virginia average (5,009 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, WV) and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 1,273 male and 2,066 female students attending Shepherd. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.62 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Shepherd.

By age, there are 2,446 students whose age under twenty five and 638 students whose age is over thirty years old at Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, WV).

Especially, 279 students are younger than eighteen and 6 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, WV).

At Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, WV), 2,134 students (63.91% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 461 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 266 students live in West Virginia where Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, WV) is located in and 195 students have enrolled from other states.