Multi-year trends in admissions, enrollment, test scores, and cost. Every chart is labeled with its data source and the years it covers — no smoothing, no mixing sources.
Admission rate: from 74% (2016) to 69% (2017)
Source: IPEDS (U.S. Dept. of Education) · 2016–2017
Applicants: from 3,614 (2016) to 3,011 (2017)
Students admitted: from 2,659 (2016) to 2,075 (2017)
Source: IPEDS (U.S. Dept. of Education) · 2016–2017
Total enrollment fell from 4,578 (2010) to 3,231 (2024).
Source: IPEDS (U.S. Dept. of Education) · 2010–2024
Not enough history yet
Shawnee State University doesn't have enough years of comparable SAT data to chart. Many schools stopped reporting scores after going test-optional.
ACT mid-50% range: from 18–24 (2016) to 18–24 (2017)
Source: IPEDS (U.S. Dept. of Education) · 2016–2017
In-state tuition rose from $6,762 (2011) to $10,894 (2025).
Source: College Scorecard · 2011–2025
Data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education) and school Common Data Set filings; each chart names the source its series comes from. Most recent data year: 2025. Last updated October 19, 2026.