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Reporting Semester		Fall 2002
Official Fall Submission Information
General College Information:
	Name:	Marshall University			Number of Degrees Offered by Level:
	Address:	One John Marshall Drive			Certificate		5
		Huntington, WV  25755			Associate		24
					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		118
	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:	Craig S. Grooms			Geology BA/BS
	Dir. Inst. Research:	Michael McGuffey			Source:  WV Higher Ed Policy Commission, Degree Inventory, 10/18/02
Enrollment Information:
	Headcount (HC), Full Time Equivalent (FTE), Student Credit Hour (SCH) Production by Level
		HC	FTE	SCH (s)
	All Levels	16,551	12,466	177,995
	CTC	2,329	1,401	21,012
	Undergraduate  (excludes CTC)	9,893	8,865	132,970
	Graduate	4,130	2,001	24,013
	First Professional	199	199	N/A
	Headcount (HC) and Full Time Equivalent (FTE) by Campus
		HC	FTE
	All Students	16,551	12,466
	Huntington	14,193	11,513
	South Charleston	2,358	953
	Headcount (HC) and Full Time Equivalent (FTE) by Classification
		HC	FTE
	All Students	16,551	12,465
	Freshman	3,509	3,167
	Sophomore	2,571	2,309
	Junior	2,337	2,011
	Senior	2,995	2,438
	Unclassified (Undergraduate)	810	340
	Graduate	4,130	2,001
	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	16,551	7,315	9,236	11,025	5,032	5,993	5,526	2,283	3,243
	% of Total	100%	44%	56%	100%	46%	54%	100%	41%	59%
	CTC
	Headcount	2,329	1,485	844	1,209	661	548	1,120	824	296
	% of Total	100%	64%	36%	100%	55%	45%	100%	74%	26%
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)
	Headcount	9,893	4,407	5,486	8,360	3,773	4,587	1,533	634	899
	% of Total	100%	45%	55%	100%	45%	55%	100%	41%	59%
	Graduate
	Headcount	4,130	1,313	2,817	1,257	488	769	2,873	825	2,048
	% of Total	100%	32%	68%	100%	39%	61%	100%	29%	71%
	First Professional
	Headcount	199	110	89	199	110	89	0	0	0
	% of Total	100%	55%	45%	100%	55%	45%	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ethnic Composition
		Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Am. Ind.	Unknown	Foreign
	All Levels
	Headcount	16,551	13,419	630	83	130	75	1,991	223
	% of All Races	100.0%	81.1%	3.8%	0.5%	0.8%	0.5%	12.0%	1.3%
	CTC
	Headcount	2,329	1,708	124	23	7	8	453	6
	% of All Races	100.0%	73.3%	5.3%	1.0%	0.3%	0.3%	19.5%	0.3%
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)
	Headcount	9,893	8,457	420	45	77	52	746	96
	% of All Races	100.0%	85.5%	4.2%	0.5%	0.8%	0.5%	7.5%	1.0%
	Graduate
	Headcount	4,130	3,081	84	11	34	11	790	119
	% of All Races	100.0%	74.6%	2.0%	0.3%	0.8%	0.3%	19.1%	2.9%
	First Professional
	Headcount	199	173	2	4	12	4	2	2
	% of All Races	100.0%	86.9%	1.0%	2.0%	6.0%	2.0%	1.0%	1.0%
	Age
		Mean
		Age
	All Levels	26.7
	CTC	29.4
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)	22.5
	Graduate	35.4
	First Professsional	26.4
	Residency:
			State of Residency			Fee Purposes
		Total	In-State	Oth U.S.	Foreign	In-State	Out-State	Metro
	All Levels
	Headcount	16,551	14,033	2,295	223	13,808	1,504	1,239
	% of Total	100%	84.8%	13.9%	1.3%	83.4%	9.1%	7.5%
	CTC
	Headcount	2,329	2,025	298	6	1,962	236	131
	% of Total	100.0%	86.9%	12.8%	0.3%	84.2%	10.1%	5.6%
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)
	Headcount	9,893	8,175	1,622	96	8,083	935	875
	% of Total	100.0%	82.6%	16.4%	1.0%	81.7%	9.5%	8.8%
	Graduate
	Headcount	4,130	3,641	370	119	3,575	322	233
	% of Total	100.0%	88.2%	9.0%	2.9%	86.6%	7.8%	5.6%
	First-Professional
	Headcount	199	192	5	2	188	11	0
	% of Total	100.0%	96.5%	2.5%	1.0%	94.5%	5.5%	0.0%
	College Enrollment by Level:
			Level
		Total	2-yr	Undgr	Grad	1st Prof
	All Colleges	16,551	2,481	9,741	4,130	199
	Comm & Tech	2,329	2,329	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Business	2,100	N/A	1,709	391	N/A
	CITE (GSITE)	389	N/A	114	275	N/A
	Education & Human Serv	4,401	N/A	1,951	2,450	N/A
	Fine Arts	351	N/A	308	43	N/A
	Journalism & Mass Comm	417	N/A	382	35	N/A
	Liberal Arts	2,308	N/A	1,941	367	N/A
	Science	1,193	N/A	1,116	77	N/A
	Nursing & Health Prof	1,085	152	828	105	N/A
	Graduate School	314	N/A	N/A	314	N/A
	Medicine	368	N/A	96	73	199
	Regents BA	370	N/A	370	N/A	N/A
	University College	926	N/A	926	N/A	N/A
Freshmen Admissions:
	Applicants:
		From A1		Exc. CTC
		#	%	#	%
	Freshmen Applicants	2830		2339
	Accepted	2685	94.9%	2191	93.7%
	Enrolled	2276	84.8%	1889	86.2%
	Distribution of Degree Seeking  First-Time Freshmen by Full Time/Part Time Status
		Total	CTC	Oth 4-yr
	Total	2,276	387	1,889
	Full Time	2,179	324	1,855
	Part Time	97	63	34
	Note:  Based on early semester (October 1, 2002) enrollment.
	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:	21.8			Avg. HS GPA
					Total		3.28
	ACT Score Breakdown:
	30-36	4%
	24-29	25%
	18-23	60%
	12-17	11%
	6-11	0%
	Below 6	0%
	Sources:  ACT Class Profile Service Report 2002-03.
	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%
	Fall 2001 to Fall 2002	73%
	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 2001-02:
	Certificate of Proficiency	4
	Associate	267
	Baccalaureate	1,384
	Masters	788
	Graduate Certificate	24
	Doctoral	4
	First Professional (M.D.)	46