Shepherd University — Attraction in Shepherdstown

The advisors are so unhelpful. I will e-mail/call my advisor (Dr. Burke in the Education department) multiple times and never get a response. I had to register for classes several days later than I was supposed to because my advisor failed to give me the proper information at the proper times. I had to go to the registrar's office and have a lady there advise me instead of my actual advisor. The lady in the registrar's office was very helpful and gave me a lot of information, but still some of the information that she gave me was incorrect. I thought that going to a smaller school would give me more access to my professors, advisors, etc. and that the faculty would be more helpful and caring, but that is definitely not the case here at...

Having attended as a non-traditional student having already earned a B.A., my time at Shepherd centered solely on taking classes outside of the my degree's focus. Throughout the three years taking part-time classes, I had an enjoyable experience. Not having to focus on general studies but instead core courses, I was able to gather the skills I was wanting to learn without any other educational interruptions.

As my time at Shepherd was spent in only one building and largely in one room even across six semesters, I cannot provide any substantial opinion regarding the university at large. However, I was glad to study under my department's instructors that left a positive impression and...

This is my daughters first semester in college and we chose Shepherd mostly because of Covid and wanting her to be close enough that if things got too bad we could get to her quickly. We couldn’t be happier with our decision. We were completely overlooking a wonderful school just because it was local. The campus is beautiful and well kept. We were told that she would be living in the oldest dorms so we were completely blown away by how nice her room is. The security is always present on campus. I literally see them every single time I am there. As a Mom, this...