Graduate Admissions

Welcome to Shippensburg University and the Office of Graduate Admissions.

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania offers master's, post-baccalaureate and post-master's programs that encourage intellectual excellence, research and scholarship while emphasizing the development of applicable professional skills.

Our Mission

The School of Graduate Studies strives to create an atmosphere of intellectual curiosity, academic freedom, diversity, independent scholarship, and creative investigation for its students by offering programs that are; current, flexible, responsive to individual needs, and high quality at affordable rates. More about Graduate Programming at SHIP can be found on the Dean's page.

Goals and Objectives

Each program in the School of Graduate Studies embraces the values of quality, integrity, collaboration, efficiency, innovation, creativity, inclusiveness, and a belief in individual potential. Academic excellence and the development of professional skills are achieved through a strong commitment to the following objectives:

• Qualified and engaged faculty;
• Flexible, varied course delivery and times;
• Close faculty/student relationships;
• An interactive learning environment;
• Opportunities for independent and collaborative scholarship;
• Internships;
• Opportunities for integration of knowledge and the applications of technology;
• Fostering high ethical standards;
• Development of problem-solving skills.