Standard Answers to Survey Questions
Reporting Semester		Fall 2003
Official Fall Submission Information
General College Information:
	Name:	Marshall University			Number of Degrees Offered by Level:
	Address:	One John Marshall Drive			Certificate		9
		Huntington, WV  25755			Associate		23
					Bachelors		44
	Phone:	(304) 696-3170			Masters		41
		(800) 642-3499			Ed. S.		2
					Doctoral (PhD, PsyD, Ed.D.)		3
	FICE:	003815			First Professional		1
					Total		123
	Control,Type:	Public, Co-ed			Note: the following programs are included once each in these counts.
	Date Founded:	1837			Chemistry BS/BS Chem
	Academic Calender:	Semester			Biological Science, MA/MS
					Geography BA/BS; MA/MS
	President:	Dan Angel			Geology BA/BS
	Dir. Admissions:	Craig S. Grooms			Source:  WV Higher Ed Policy Commission, Degree Inventory, 12/30/03
	Dir. Inst. Research:	Michael McGuffey
	Carnegie Classification:	Master's Colleges and Universities I
Enrollment Information:
	Headcount (HC), Full Time Equivalent (FTE), Student Credit Hour (SCH) Production by Level
		HC	FTE	SCH (s)
	All Levels	16,360	12,664	181,309
	CTC	2,393	1,600	24,007
	Undergraduate  (excludes CTC)	9,963	8,974	134,615
	Graduate	3,805	1,891	22,687
	First Professional	199	199	N/A
	Headcount (HC) and Full Time Equivalent (FTE) by Campus
		HC	FTE
	All Students	16,360	12,664
	Huntington	14,288	11,821
	South Charleston	2,072	843
	Headcount (HC) and Full Time Equivalent (FTE) by Classification
		HC	FTE
	All Students	16,360	12,664
	Freshman	3,521	3,198
	Sophomore	2,755	2,526
	Junior	2,219	1,919
	Senior	2,974	2,488
	Unclassified (Undergraduate)	887	444
	Graduate	3,805	1,891
	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	16,360	7,098	9,262	11,178	5,077	6,101	5,182	2,021	3,161
	% of Total	100%	43%	57%	100%	45%	55%	100%	39%	61%
	CTC
	Headcount	2,393	1,455	938	1,325	707	618	1,068	748	320
	% of Total	100%	61%	39%	100%	53%	47%	100%	70%	30%
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)
	Headcount	9,963	4,333	5,630	8,434	3,773	4,661	1,529	560	969
	% of Total	100%	43%	57%	100%	45%	55%	100%	37%	63%
	Graduate
	Headcount	3,805	1,200	2,605	1,220	487	733	2,585	713	1,872
	% of Total	100%	32%	68%	100%	40%	60%	100%	28%	72%
	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	16,360	13,276	661	111	144	57	1,879	232
	% of All Races	100.0%	81.1%	4.0%	0.7%	0.9%	0.3%	11.5%	1.4%
	CTC
	Headcount	2,393	1,748	141	24	8	5	465	2
	% of All Races	100.0%	73.0%	5.9%	1.0%	0.3%	0.2%	19.4%	0.1%
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)
	Headcount	9,963	8,520	443	76	83	31	697	113
	% of All Races	100.0%	85.5%	4.4%	0.8%	0.8%	0.3%	7.0%	1.1%
	Graduate
	Headcount	3,805	2,833	75	9	40	18	714	116
	% of All Races	100.0%	74.5%	2.0%	0.2%	1.1%	0.5%	18.8%	3.0%
	First Professional
	Headcount	199	175	2	2	13	3	3	1
	% of All Races	100.0%	87.9%	1.0%	1.0%	6.5%	1.5%	1.5%	0.5%
	Age
		Mean
		Age
	All Levels	26.4
	CTC	29.2
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)	22.5
	Graduate	34.8
	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	16,360	13,820	2,308	232	13,592	1,550	1,218
	% of Total	100%	84.5%	14.1%	1.4%	83.1%	9.5%	7.4%
	CTC
	Headcount	2,393	2,081	310	2	2,022	254	117
	% of Total	100.0%	87.0%	13.0%	0.1%	84.5%	10.6%	4.9%
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)
	Headcount	9,963	8,242	1,608	113	8,140	967	856
	% of Total	100.0%	82.7%	16.1%	1.1%	81.7%	9.7%	8.6%
	Graduate
	Headcount	3,805	3,308	381	116	3,247	313	245
	% of Total	100.0%	86.9%	10.0%	3.0%	85.3%	8.2%	6.4%
	First-Professional
	Headcount	199	189	9	1	183	16	0
	% of Total	100.0%	95.0%	4.5%	0.5%	92.0%	8.0%	0.0%
	College Enrollment by Level:
			Level
		Total	2-yr	Undgr	Grad	1st Prof
	All Colleges	16,360	2,581	9,775	3,805	199
	Comm & Tech	2,393	2,393	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Business	2,049	N/A	1,672	377	N/A
	CITE (GSITE)	343	N/A	108	235	N/A
	Education & Human Serv	4,100	N/A	1,869	2,231	N/A
	Fine Arts	401	N/A	356	45	N/A
	Journalism & Mass Comm	409	N/A	383	26	N/A
	Liberal Arts	2,262	N/A	1,942	320	N/A
	Science	1,183	N/A	1,098	85	N/A
	Nursing & Health Prof	1,268	188	966	114	N/A
	Graduate School	313	N/A	N/A	313	N/A
	Medicine	337	N/A	79	59	199
	Regents BA	341	N/A	341	N/A	N/A
	University College	961	N/A	961	N/A	N/A
Freshmen Admissions:
	Applicants - First-Time Freshmen
		From A1		Exc. CTC
		#	%	#	%
	Freshmen Applicants	3159		2578
	Accepted	2855	90.4%	2274	88.2%
	Enrolled	2400	84.1%	1934	85.0%
	Distribution of Degree Seeking  First-Time Freshmen by Full Time/Part Time Status
		Total	CTC	Oth 4-yr
	Total	2,400	466	1,934
	Full Time	2,286	375	1,911
	Part Time	114	91	23
	Note:  Based on early semester (October 1, 2003) 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 - Fall 2003)
	Avg. ACT Composite: (MU)	22.1			Avg. HS GPA (MU)		3.32
	Avg. ACT Composite: (National)	22.0
	ACT Score Breakdown: (MU)
	30-36	4%
	24-29	28%
	18-23	60%
	12-17	8%
	6-11	0%
	Below 6	0%
	Source:  Internal Reports (based on early semester files), National data, from ACT's National Level Norms Composite Report,
	2003-04 Freshmen.
	Note:  This is a change from the past source, the ACT Class Profile Services Report, used for the ACT Profile.  Internal reporting
	allows for inclusion of all first-time degree-seeking freshmen, a larger cohort than that which ACT's services can provide.
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%
	Fall 2002 to Fall 2003	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%
	Fall 1996	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%
	Fall 1996	18.3%
	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 2002-03:
	Certificate of Proficiency	8
	Associate	298
	Baccalaureate	1,447
	Masters	810
	Graduate Certificate	39
	Doctoral	10
	First Professional (M.D.)	50
	Total	2,662
Degree Program Information:
	Top degree programs by degrees conferred:
	Undergraduate	# degrees	% of Bacc.		Graduate			# degrees	% of Mast.
	Regents B.A.	204	14.1%		Special Educ, M.A.			74	9.1%
	Elementary Educ, B.A.	144	10.0%		Elementary Educ, M.A.			69	8.5%
	Management, B.B.A.	103	7.1%		Business Administration, M.B.A.			59	7.3%
	Psychology, B.A.	84	5.8%		Counseling, M.A.			57	7.0%
	Biological Science, B.A.	83	5.7%		Reading Educ, M.A.			51	6.3%
	Marketing, B.B.A.	78	5.4%		Adult & Tech Educ, M.A.			45	5.6%
	Top degree programs by enrollment:
	Undergraduate	# enrolled	% of Bacc.		Graduate			# enrolled	% of Mast.
	Elementary Educ, B.A.	722	7.8%		Special Educ, M.A.			429	13.9%
	Secondary Educ, B.A.	623	6.7%		Reading Educ, M.A.			268	8.7%
	Biological Science, B.S.	553	6.0%		Counseling, M.A.			257	8.3%
	Psychology, B.A.	435	4.7%		Adult & Technical Educ, M.S.			213	6.9%
	Journalism, B.A.	383	4.1%		Elementary Educ, M.A.			167	5.4%
	Criminal Justice B.A.	378	4.1%		Leadership Studies, M.A.			166	5.4%
Tuition and Fees per Regular Semester (Huntington)
		Student Level
		Undgr	Grad	1st Prof
	In-State	$      1,630	$      1,730	$      6,352
	Out-of-State	$      4,472	$      5,003	$    16,267
	Metro	$      3,002	$      3,295	N/A
Faculty Characteristics:
	Part Time Faculty:
					Total - CTC	Med Sch	University
		CTC	4-yr	So Chas	SC, 4-yr	Fac	Total
	Total	86	255	75	416	22	438
	Gender
	Female
	Headcount	58	137	45	240	7	247
	% of Gender Total	67%	54%	60%	58%	32%	56%
	Male
	Headcount	28	118	30	176	15	191
	% of Gender Total	33%	46%	40%	42%	68%	44%
	Race
	White
	Headcount	83	244	64	391	21	412
	% of Race Total	97%	96%	85%	94%	95%	94%
	Black
	Headcount	0	2	1	3	0	3
	% of Race Total	0%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%
	Hispanic
	Headcount	0	3	0	3	0	3
	% of Race Total	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	1%
	Asian
	Headcount	3	5	10	18	1	19
	% of Race Total	3%	2%	13%	4%	5%	4%
	American Indian
	Headcount	0	1	0	1	0	1
	% of Race Total	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Full Time Faculty:
					Total - CTC	Med Sch	University
		CTC	4-yr	So Chas	SC, 4-yr	Fac	Total
	Total	36	411	49	496	170	666
	Gender
	Female
	Headcount	24	163	16	203	48	251
	% of Gender Total	67%	40%	33%	41%	28%	38%
	Male
	Headcount	12	248	33	293	122	415
	% of Gender Total	33%	60%	67%	59%	72%	62%
	Race
	White
	Headcount	31	365	44	440	143	583
	% of Race Total	86%	89%	90%	89%	84%	88%
	Black
	Headcount	4	15	4	23	3	26
	% of Race Total	11%	4%	8%	5%	2%	4%
	Hispanic
	Headcount	0	7	0	7	6	13
	% of Race Total	0%	2%	0%	1%	4%	2%
	Asian
	Headcount	1	21	1	23	18	41
	% of Race Total	3%	5%	2%	5%	11%	6%
	American Indian
	Headcount	0	3	0	3	0	3
	% of Race Total	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%
	Rank
	Professor
	Headcount	7	173	25	205	60	265
	% of Rank Total	19%	42%	51%	41%	35%	40%
	Associate Professor
	Headcount	6	107	17	130	48	178
	% of Rank Total	17%	26%	35%	26%	28%	27%
	Assistant Professor
	Headcount	9	102	6	117	60	177
	% of Rank Total	25%	25%	12%	24%	35%	27%
	Instructor
	Headcount	14	29	1	44	2	46
	% of Rank Total	39%	7%	2%	9%	1%	7%
	No Rank
	Headcount	0	0	0	0	0	0
	% of Rank Total	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	% Tenured	42%	59%	59%	58%	45%	55%
	% with Terminal Degree	14%	78%	94%	75%	98%	81%
	Note:  Library and Adjunct Faculty excluded
Human Resources
		Total	Full Time	Part Time
	Total University	2010	1526	484
	Faculty	1061	686	375
	Adjunct Faculty	59	45	14
	Teaching Graduate Assistants	63	0	63
	Classified Staff	672	644	28
	Nonclassified Staff	155	151	4
	Total Huntington	1426	1129	297
	Faculty	622	429	193
	Adjunct Faculty	54	40	14
	Teaching Graduate Assistants	62	0	62
	Classified Staff	562	538	24
	Nonclassified Staff	126	122	4
	Total Medical	271	247	24
	Faculty	192	170	22
	Adjunct Faculty	2	2	0
	Teaching Graduate Assistants	0	0	0
	Classified Staff	62	60	2
	Nonclassified Staff	15	15	0
	Total South Charleston	178	102	76
	Faculty	125	51	74
	Adjunct Faculty	3	3	0
	Teaching Graduate Assistants	1	0	1
	Classified Staff	39	38	1
	Nonclassified Staff	10	10	0
	Total MCTC	135	48	87
	Faculty	122	36	86
	Adjunct Faculty	0	0	0
	Teaching Graduate Assistants	0	0	0
	Classified Staff	9	8	1
	Nonclassified Staff	4	4	0
	Notes:
	Includes sabbaticals and leaves of absences.
	Librarians are included with faculty.
	Adjunct faculty includes faculty administrators, deans, and coaches
Class Size/Productivity Summary Data:
	Student FTE to Faculty FTE Ratio:
	Fall 2001*	17.4
	Fall 2000	16.2
	Fall 1999	16.1
	Fall 1998	17.0
	Fall 1997	16.6
	Note: Previous ratios published in the WV Higher Education Report Card differ from current published ratios due to
	change in methodology.
	*The ratio for Fall 2001 is based on corrected data.
	Source:  WV Higher Education Report Card
	Average Class Size by Course Level
		Overall
	Overall Undergraduate	24
	Foundation	34
	Career Technical	21
	Lower Undergraduate	27
	Upper Undergraduate	21
	Graduate	10
	Notes:  Special Courses such as Independent Study excluded.
	Courses taught for undergraduates and graduates simultaneously such as MTH 443/543 are listed at 400-level