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__Shippensburg University__ "Shippensburg University." Shippensburg University. Web. 26 Apr. 2012. .


 * 1) Total cost: $29,812 for an out of state student.
 * 2) Scholarships: Combined SAT score 1000 automatically considered.
 * 3) Scholarships: Upper 40% of high school class.
 * 4) Founded in 1871 as the Cumberland Valley State Normal School.
 * 5) Located in the Cumberland Valley, 40 miles southwest of Harrisburg.
 * 6) Attracted students from 15 nations and 20 states.
 * 7) Student-run newspaper, television station, radio station and yearbook.
 * 8) 200+ clubs and organizations, 18 varsity teams and 29 intramural activities.
 * 9) Requirements- Eight Honors courses in general education, 24 credits
 * 10) Just lowered tuition for out-of-state residents.
 * 11) Discount- Critical Reading, Critical Math SAT score 1200+
 * 12) Discount- Class rank in the top 10%
 * 13) Freshman Scholarships, Upper-Level/departmental Scholarship
 * 14) $29,514 in-State resident.
 * 15) Public university
 * 16) Shippensburg, PA
 * 17) 200 acres
 * 18) Study Abroad program
 * 19) Nine residence halls equipped with lounges, music practice rooms, and study rooms
 * 20) 17 programs are offered by the School of Graduate Studies and three Post Master's Programs
 * 21) 75 undergraduate programs
 * 22) offer bachelor's and master's degree programs in the colleges of arts and sciences, business, and education and human services
 * 23) purpose is to help build a better, stronger central Pennsylvania, economically and culturally, through people who have the abilities, skills, and values to compete in a technologically evolving world
 * 24) Equally divided between men and women.
 * 25) Online courses.

"Greater Wealth. More Security." //College Admissions//. Web. 29 Apr. 2012. [].


 * 1) 80% of applicants admitted.
 * 21:1 Student to teacher ratio.
 * 1) Degrees Offered- Certificate, Bachelor's, Master's.
 * 2) Communication, journalism, and related programs; Computer Sciences; Education; Physical and Social Sciences.
 * 3) $30 application fee
 * 4) Requirements- SAT or ACT
 * 5) Mainly look at high school transcript.
 * 6) No course is required, just reccomended.
 * $7,512 average financial aid package.
 * 1) ====Medium-sized school====
 * 2) Total undergraduates 7,132.
 * 3) Variety of "The arts" activities. Including yearbook, student newspaper, and fraternities.
 * 4) Sports include the common ones. Lacrosse, baseball, tennis, and rugby.
 * 5) 93% in-state 7% out-of-state
 * 6) on-campus elementary school for student teachers
 * 7) planetarium, vertebrate museum, greenhouse, herbarium, electron microscope, performing arts center
 * 8) Average age 21
 * 9) Residential Campus, Rural Setting, Small Town
 * 10) Coed housing
 * 11) 87% first year students living in college housing
 * 12) $100 housing deposit
 * 13) Freshman may own cars
 * 14) Many counselling and wellness facilities
 * 15) Acdemic support is widely available
 * 16) 420-530 SAT scores