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Shepherd University

301 N King St, Shepherdstown, WV

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Shepherd University, founded in 1871, is located in the historic town of Shepherdstown, West Virginia's oldest town, and the university's proximity to Washington, DC, roughly 70 miles away, gives students in its business, environmental studies, and political science programs unusually direct access to internships in the federal government and policy sector. The university's environmental studies program benefits from Shepherdstown's location along the Potomac River and its proximity to significant Chesapeake Bay watershed conservation research, and Shepherd's contemporary music program has built a solid regional reputation. Shepherd's historic campus, integrated into Shepherdstown's well-preserved 18th- and 19th-century downtown, gives the university a distinctive small-town historic setting relative to West Virginia's larger public institutions. The university's combination of its historic small-town setting, its proximity-driven access to Washington, DC internship opportunities, and its environmental studies strength tied to the Potomac watershed has made Shepherd a distinctive choice among West Virginia's public universities.

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