Shawnee State University

Portsmouth, OH · Public · 2,247 undergrads (small, town) · website ↗

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What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$12,310
$30,000 – $48,000	$11,956
$48,000 – $75,000	$14,326
$75,000 – $110,000	$16,787
Over $110,000	$18,754
All incomes (average)	$14,381

Sticker tuition and fees: $10,626 in-state, $17,358 out-of-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Shawnee State University's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$12,832
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$10,916
Books and supplies	$1,024
Other expenses, on campus	$3,672
Other expenses, off campus	$5,388

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (618 of them) in 2022–23; 90% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	82%	$7,173
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	53%	$4,778
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	56%	$4,310
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	46%	$4,915

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: —
Average SAT: —
Median ACT: —
Students with Pell grants: 39%
Graduation rate (6yr): 48%
Freshman retention: 72%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $39,596
Median debt at graduation: $23,000
International undergrads: 58 (1.9%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: None
Students per faculty member: 12 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 43%

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

Not reported (open admission).

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Health & Nursing41%

Business12%

Education7%

Kinesiology & Sports Science6%

Computer Science5%

Psychology4%

Social Sciences4%

Biology & Life Sciences4%

Visual & Performing Arts2%

Physics & Chemistry1%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (20)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Health and Medical Administrative Services	40	$42,486	$55,703national $58,716	$21,500
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	26	$36,891	$51,304national $54,562	$19,290
Computer Programming	23	—	—national $83,439	$23,750
Business Administration, Management and Operations	22	$48,857	$48,031national $68,257	$23,250
Biology, General	21	$29,905	—national $57,214	$24,694
Psychology, General	21	—	$40,791national $50,706	—
Marketing	19	—	—national $69,303	$22,250
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	18	$33,630	$41,068national $47,382	$24,874
Special Education and Teaching	17	$36,487	$44,143national $50,499	$25,000
Fine and Studio Arts	17	$21,795	$34,215national $41,367	$24,962
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	17	$84,986	$78,624national $88,910	$24,978
Accounting and Related Services	15	$43,501	$56,034national $76,194	—
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	12	—	$41,424national $53,072	$20,628
Social Sciences, General	10	—	$43,723national $53,366	—
Management Information Systems and Services	7	—	$46,822national $83,290	—
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	5	$66,105	$81,446national $80,890	—
Sociology	4	—	$43,602national $52,657	—
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other	0	$43,083	$84,015national $81,678	$25,000
Design and Applied Arts	0	—	$39,821national $51,490	—
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	0	—	$50,706national $70,786	—

Associate degrees (5)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	34	$69,893	$75,672national $80,813	$21,243
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	27	$36,592	$44,869national $42,269	$13,768
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	27	$61,910	$63,167national $65,389	$17,500
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions	23	$54,243	$62,508national $61,982	$14,000
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	6	—	$53,741national $57,472	—

Master's degrees (1)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	15	$63,006	$69,818national $71,416	$47,957

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 55 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 940 Second Street, Portsmouth, OH 45662
Phone: (740) 354-3205
Institutional accreditor: Higher Learning Commission

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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