Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 12.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 93 Title IV programs, 15 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 76 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing15 · 16.1%
- No Data76 · 81.7%
- Failing2 · 2.2%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 15
Action history · 25
- Dec 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Sep 2025Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNDNP) - Nursing education programs at the doctorate degree levels
- Jul 2025Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Midwifery Education · Nurse Midwifery (MIDWF) - Basic certificate and graduate nurse-midwifery education programs for registered nurses
- May 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Apr 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 538 students received $3.1M in Pell grants, alongside $46.4M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 931 borrowers who entered repayment, 15 (1.6%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Shenandoah
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 12
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus2
- Public property3
Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Shenandoah vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Shenandoah selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectShenandoah University | 67% | — | 4,454 | $30,298 | Doctoral/Professional |
| 54% | 93.2% | 4,060 | $29,137 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 57% | 62.2% | 4,244 | $25,319 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 57% | 43.0% | 2,316 | $22,235 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 39% | 87.1% | 1,772 | $12,756 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 58% | 38.1% | 10,657 | $19,923 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| Peer group median | 57% | 62.2% | 4,152 | $23,777 |
Institutions like Shenandoah
Explore the federal data for institutions in Shenandoah's comparison group.
- Doctoral/ProfessionalVirginia
Marymount University
Grad rate54%Admit rate93.2%Enrollment4,060Net price$29,137View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalVirginia
Hampton University
Grad rate57%Admit rate62.2%Enrollment4,244Net price$25,319View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalVirginia
University of Lynchburg
Grad rate57%Admit rate43.0%Enrollment2,316Net price$22,235View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalVirginia
Mary Baldwin University
Grad rate39%Admit rate87.1%Enrollment1,772Net price$12,756View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalVirginia
Regent University
Grad rate58%Admit rate38.1%Enrollment10,657Net price$19,923View data
Shenandoah Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment supports the university by maintaining records related to student enrollment and demographics, providing in-depth analysis, and producing the annual Factbook. It also coordinates research and survey submissions for external accrediting bodies and organizations.
Visit IR office page- Howard Ballentine, Ph.D.Director of Institutional Research and Assessment
- Teresa Masiello, Ed.D.Associate Director of Assessment
- Ben GreenResearch Assistant
Common Data Set
Shenandoah's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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