Shawnee State University College Portrait
Shawnee State University940 Second Street Portsmouth, OH 45662
(740) 351-4778
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- Students
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- Admissions
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- College Costs & Financial Aid
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- Classes and Campus Life
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- Student Experiences
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- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
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- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at SSU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
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SSU Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 19 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 88% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 97% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 154 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 45% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 10% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 79% |
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Campus-based Housing
43% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
25% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
Shawnee State is committed to providing a safe educational environment for our campus community. The Department of Public Safety is in the process of transforming the Security Department into a hybrid Police / Security Department. The new department will continue to maintain a 24-hour police and security presence. The transition will give Shawnee State University the ability to provide the safest environment to learn, live, work, and visit. The Security Department maintains a close working relationship with the Portsmouth Police Department. The city police department is located one block west of campus. Finally, the SSU Department of Public Safety works to protect students by continually identifying and addressing safety concerns, educating students regarding methods to protect themselves, and developing emergency plans.
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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Baccalaureate Colleges--Diverse Fields
- Size and Setting
- Medium four-year, primarily nonresidential
- Enrollment Profile
- Very high undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, inclusive
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Postbaccalaureate with arts & sciences (other dominant fields)