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Shawnee State University

Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, OH 45662

Official telephone: (740) 351-3205
Website: https://www.shawnee.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 2,994
Full-time undergraduates: 1,971
Part-time undergraduates: 1,023
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.9% American Indian or Alaskan Native
0.5% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.0% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
0.2% Hispanic/Latino
0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
54.1% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
1.5% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
2.0% Nonresident Alien
37.8% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 62 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 64%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 25%
Percent of students who live off campus: 75%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 200
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Circle K International; Esports; Intramurals; Theatre and Musicals Club; SSU Pool Club

ATHLETICS

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's bowling  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running  
Men's golf  
Men's golfyes 
Men's soccer  
Men's socceryes 
Men's track and field  
Men's track and fieldyes 
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball  
Women's bowling  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running  
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf  
Women's soccer  
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball  
Women's tennis  
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field  
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; bowling; golf; racquetball; softball; tennis; volleyball; swimming and diving; table tennis

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Huntington Tri-State Airport

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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