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Reporting Semester:		Fall 2001
Official Fall Submission Information
General College Information:
	Name:	Marshall University			Number of Degrees Offered by Level:
	Address:	400 Hal Greer Blvd.			Certificate		2
		Huntington, WV  25755			Associate		26
					Bachelors		43
	Phone:	(304) 696-3170			Masters		40
		(800) 642-3499			Ed. D.		1
					Ed. S.		2
	FICE:	003815			Doctoral (PhD, PsyD)		2
					First Professional		1
	Control,Type:	Public, Co-ed			Total		117
	Date Founded:	1837			Note: the following programs are included once each in these counts.
	Academic Calender:	Semester			Chemistry BS/BS Chem
					Biological Science, MA/MS
	President:	Dan Angel			Geography BA/BS; MA/MS
	Dir. Admissions:	James W. Harless			Geology BA/BS
	Dir. Inst. Research:	Michael J. McGuffey			Source:  WV Higher Ed Policy Commission, Degree Inventory, 10/16/01
Enrollment Information:
	Headcount (HC), Full Time Equivalent (FTE), Student Credit Hour (SCH) Production by Level
		HC	FTE	SCH (s)
	All Levels	16,038	11,899	169,889
	CTC	2,209	1,257	18,848
	Undergraduate  (excludes CTC)	9,655	8,575	128,626
	Graduate	3,975	1,868	22,415
	First Professional	199	199	N/A
	Headcount (HC) and Full Time Equivalent (FTE) by Campus
		HC	FTE
	All Students	16,038	11,899
	Huntington	13,782	11,009
	South Charleston	2,256	890
	Headcount (HC) and Full Time Equivalent (FTE) by Classification
		HC	FTE
	All Students	16,038	11,898
	Freshman	3,368	2,950
	Sophomore	2,637	2,395
	Junior	2,262	1,921
	Senior	2,797	2,249
	Unclassified (Undergraduate)	800	316
	Graduate	3,975	1,868
	First Professional	199	199
	Gender and Full/Part Time Status
		Total			Full Time			Part Time
		Total	Male	Female	All FT	Male	Female	All PT	Male	Female
	All Levels
	Headcount	16,038	7,134	8,904	10,482	4,801	5,681	5,556	2,333	3,223
	% of Total	100%	44%	56%	100%	46%	54%	100%	42%	58%
	CTC
	Headcount	2,209	1,470	739	1,069	586	483	1,140	884	256
	% of Total	100%	67%	33%	100%	55%	45%	100%	78%	22%
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)
	Headcount	9,655	4,333	5,322	8,126	3,690	4,436	1,529	643	886
	% of Total	100%	45%	55%	100%	45%	55%	100%	42%	58%
	Graduate
	Headcount	3,975	1,220	2,755	1,088	414	674	2,887	806	2,081
	% of Total	100%	31%	69%	100%	38%	62%	100%	28%	72%
	First Professional
	Headcount	199	111	88	199	111	88	0	0	0
	% of Total	100%	56%	44%	100%	56%	44%	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ethnic Composition
		Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Am. Ind.	Unknown	Foreign
	All Levels
	Headcount	16,038	13,011	577	70	133	82	1,991	174
	% of All Races	100.0%	81.1%	3.6%	0.4%	0.8%	0.5%	12.4%	1.1%
	CTC
	Headcount	2,209	1,602	90	11	6	7	490	3
	% of All Races	100.0%	72.5%	4.1%	0.5%	0.3%	0.3%	22.2%	0.1%
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)
	Headcount	9,655	8,080	387	47	81	62	905	93
	% of All Races	100.0%	83.7%	4.0%	0.5%	0.8%	0.6%	9.4%	1.0%
	Graduate
	Headcount	3,975	3,160	97	9	30	12	590	77
	% of All Races	100.0%	79.5%	2.4%	0.2%	0.8%	0.3%	14.8%	1.9%
	First Professional
	Headcount	199	169	3	3	16	1	6	1
	% of All Races	100.0%	84.9%	1.5%	1.5%	8.0%	0.5%	3.0%	0.5%
	Age
		Mean
		Age
	All Levels	27.1
	CTC	29.7
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)	22.6
	Graduate	36.3
	First Professsional	28.3
	Residency:
			State of Residency			Fee Purposes
		Total	In-State	Oth U.S.	Foreign	In-State	Out-State	Metro
	All Levels
	Headcount	16,038	13,719	2,145	174	13,469	1,413	1,156
	% of Total	100%	85.5%	13.4%	1.1%	84.0%	8.8%	7.2%
	CTC
	Headcount	2,209	1,905	301	3	1,850	250	109
	% of Total	100.0%	86.2%	13.6%	0.1%	83.7%	11.3%	4.9%
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)
	Headcount	9,655	8,074	1,488	93	7,957	877	821
	% of Total	100.0%	83.6%	15.4%	1.0%	82.4%	9.1%	8.5%
	Graduate
	Headcount	3,975	3,548	350	77	3,477	272	226
	% of Total	100.0%	89.3%	8.8%	1.9%	87.5%	6.8%	5.7%
	First-Professional
	Headcount	199	192	6	1	185	14	0
	% of Total	100.0%	96.5%	3.0%	0.5%	93.0%	7.0%	0.0%
	College Enrollment by Level:
			Level
		Total	2-yr	Undgr	Grad	1st Prof
	All Colleges	16,038	2,340	9,524	3,975	199
	Comm & Tech	2,209	2,209	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Business	2,074	N/A	1,739	335	N/A
	CITE (GSITE)	305	N/A	83	222	N/A
	Education & Human Serv	4,285	N/A	1,903	2,382	N/A
	Fine Arts	312	N/A	280	32	N/A
	Journalism & Mass Comm	379	N/A	343	36	N/A
	Liberal Arts	2,229	N/A	1,856	373	N/A
	Science	1,203	N/A	1,115	88	N/A
	Nursing & Health Prof	1,005	131	747	127	N/A
	Graduate School	300	N/A	N/A	300	N/A
	Medicine	376	N/A	97	80	199
	Regents BA	388	N/A	388	N/A	N/A
	University College	973	N/A	973	N/A	N/A
Freshmen Admissions:
	Applicants:
		From A1		Exc. CTC
		#	%	#	%
	Freshmen Applicants	2890		2416
	Accepted	2674	92.5%	2198	91.0%
	Enrolled	2208	82.6%	1798	81.8%
	Distribution of Degree Seeking  First-Time Freshmen by Full Time/Part Time Status
		Total	CTC	Oth 4-yr
	Total	2,208	412	1,796
	Full Time	2,085	329	1,756
	Part Time	123	83	40
	Requirements:
	Number of High School Units (Years) Required or Recommended (Rec.) by Subject
	English	4
	Social Studies	3
	Laboratory Science	2
	Mathematics (College Prep)	2
	Foreign Lang (Rec.)	2
	The student must have a High School G.P.A. of 2.00 OR an ACT Composite of 19 in addtion to the
	above Board of Trustees Admissions Requirements
	ACT/HS GPA Profile:	(for 4-yr degree seeking freshmen)
	Avg. ACT Composite:	21.7			Avg. HS GPA
					Total		3.33
	ACT Score Breakdown:
	30-36	4%
	24-29	24%
	18-23	62%
	12-17	10%
	6-11	<1%
	Below 6	0%
	Sources:  ACT Class Profile Service Report 2001-02.
	Notes:  SAT data is not available as sample size is too small to give adequate picture;  The ACT
	Score is the test most often used in the admissions process.
	Excludes Transition Program students
Retention:
	Retention to second year:
	First-time, full-time, 4-yr degree seeking freshmen:
	Fall 1991 to Fall 1992	70%
	Fall 1992 to Fall 1993	71%
	Fall 1993 to Fall 1994	73%
	Fall 1994 to Fall 1995	70%
	Fall 1995 to Fall 1996	70%
	Fall 1996 to Fall 1997	72%
	Fall 1997 to Fall 1998	72%
	Fall 1998 to Fall 1999	72%
	Fall 1999 to Fall 2000	74%
	Fall 2000 to Fall 2001	75%
	Note: Excludes Transition Program Students
Graduation Rate:
	Graduation Rate of First-Time, Full-Time 4 year degree seeking freshmen who completed a degree within 6 years from Marshall University.
	Fall 1994	34.4%
	Fall 1995	36.1%
	Graduation Rate of First-Time, Full-Time 2 year degree seeking freshmen who completed a degree within 3 years from Marshall University.
	Fall 1994	26.0%
	Fall 1995	21.9%
	Source: IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey
	Note: Previous Standard Answers to Survey Questions show a graduation rate of students entering Marshall University who graduate within the
	WV State Systems.  The graduation rates shown in this Standard Answers to Survey Questions include the students entering Marshall
	University and graduating from Marshall University.
Graduation Information:
	Degrees Conferred by Level for academic year 2000-01:
	Certificate of Proficiency	0
	Associate	333
	Baccalaureate	1,336
	Masters	793
	Graduate Certificate	29
	Doctoral	2
	First Professional (M.D.)	51
	Total	2,544
Degree Program Information:
	Top degree programs by degrees conferred:
	Undergraduate	# degrees	% of Bacc.		Graduate			# degrees	% of Mast.
	Regents, B.A.	192	14.4%		Counseling, M.A.			118	14.9%
	Elementary Educ, B.A.	147	11.0%		Special Educ, M.A.			74	9.3%
	Management, B.B.A.	78	5.8%		Psychology, M.A.			65