Standard Survey Response Form
Reporting Semester:		Fall 1996
Official Fall Submission Information
General College Information:
	Name:	Marshall University				President:			J. Wade Gilley
	Address:	400 Hal Greer Blvd.				Dir. Admissions:			James W. Harless
		Huntington, WV  25755				Dir. Inst. Research:			Michael J. McGuffey
	Phone:	(304) 696-3170				Number of Degrees Offered by Level:
		(800) 642-3499				Certificate		2
						Associate		18
	FICE:	003815				Bachelors		40
						Masters		36
	Control,Type:	Public, Co-ed				Ed. S.		1
	Date Founded:	1837				Doctoral		1
	Academic Calender:	Semester				Total		98
Enrollment Information:
	Headcount(HC), Full Time Equivalent (FTE), Student Credit Hour (SCH) Production by Level
		HC	FTE	SCH (s)
	All Levels	13,164	10,264	152,704
	CTC	2,098	1,306	19,597
	Undergraduate	8,778	7,665	114,981
	Graduate	2,084	1,089	13,067
	First Professional	204	204	n/a
	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	13,164	6,100	7,064	9,302	4,431	4,871	3,862	1,669	2,193
	% of Total	100%	46%	54%	100%	48%	52%	100%	43%	57%
	CTC
	Headcount	2,098	1,265	833	1,104	597	507	994	668	326
	% of Total	100%	60%	40%	100%	54%	46%	100%	67%	33%
	Undergraduate
	Headcount	8,778	3,956	4,822	7,206	3,344	3,862	1,572	612	960
	% of Total	100%	45%	55%	100%	46%	54%	100%	39%	61%
	Graduate
	Headcount	2,084	743	1,341	788	354	434	1,296	389	907
	% of Total	100%	36%	64%	100%	45%	55%	100%	30%	70%
	First Professional
	Headcount	204	136	68	204	136	68	0	0	0
	% of Total	100%	67%	33%	100%	67%	33%	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ethnic Composition
		Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Am. Ind.	Unknown	Foreign
	All Levels
	Headcount	13,164	11,150	497	48	113	35	1,198	123
	% of All Races	100.0%	84.7%	3.8%	0.4%	0.9%	0.3%	9.1%	0.9%
	CTC
	Headcount	2,098	1,532	105	10	5	10	430	6
	% of All Races	100.0%	73.0%	5.0%	0.5%	0.2%	0.5%	20.5%	0.3%
	Undergraduate
	Headcount	8,778	7,664	346	31	75	21	591	50
	% of All Races	100.0%	87.3%	3.9%	0.4%	0.9%	0.2%	6.7%	0.6%
	Graduate
	Headcount	2,084	1,783	43	5	18	3	167	65
	% of All Races	100.0%	85.6%	2.1%	0.2%	0.9%	0.1%	8.0%	3.1%
	First Professional
	Headcount	204	171	3	2	15	1	10	2
	% of All Races	100.0%	83.8%	1.5%	1.0%	7.4%	0.5%	4.9%	1.0%
	Age
		Mean
		Age
	All Levels	24.6
	CTC	27.2
	Undergraduate	22.1
	Graduate	32.5
	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	13,164	11,299	1,742	123	11,110	1,124	930
	% of Total	100%	85.8%	13.2%	0.9%	84.4%	8.5%	7.1%
	CTC
	Headcount	2,098	1,858	234	6	1,812	184	102
	% of Total	100.0%	88.6%	11.2%	0.3%	86.4%	8.8%	4.9%
	Undergraduate
	Headcount	8,778	7,526	1,202	50	7,436	681	661
	% of Total	100.0%	85.7%	13.7%	0.6%	84.7%	7.8%	7.5%
	Graduate
	Headcount	2,084	1,724	295	65	1,677	240	167
	% of Total	100.0%	82.7%	14.2%	3.1%	80.5%	11.5%	8.0%
	First-Professional
	Headcount	204	191	11	2	185	19	N/A
	% of Total	100.0%	93.6%	5.4%	1.0%	90.7%	9.3%	0.0%
	College Enrollment by Level:
			Level
		Total	2-yr	Undgr	Grad	1st Prof
	All Colleges	13,164	2,098	8,778	2,084	204
	Comm & Tech	2,098	2,098	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Business	1,425	N/A	1,313	112	N/A
	Education	2,968	N/A	2,085	883	N/A
	Fine Arts	338	N/A	290	48	N/A
	Liberal Arts	2,641	N/A	2,281	360	N/A
	Science	2,091	N/A	1,960	131	N/A
	Nursing	485	N/A	416	69	N/A
	Regents BA	322	N/A	322	N/A	N/A
	Social Work	111	N/A	111	N/A	N/A
	Graduate School	434	N/A	N/A	434	N/A
	Medicine	251	N/A	N/A	47	204
Freshmen Admissions:
	Applicants:
		From A1
		#	%
	Freshmen Applicants	3884
	Accepted	3883	100.0%
	Enrolled	2061	53.1%
	Distribution of First-Time Freshmen by Full Time/Part Time Status
		Total	CTC	Oth 4-yr
	Total	2,061	419	1,642
	Full Time	1,904	328	1,576
	Part Time	157	91	66
	Requirements:
	Number of High School Units (Years) Required or Recommended (Rec.) by Subject
	English	4
	Social Studies	3
	Laboratory Science	2
	Mathematics	2
	Foreign Lang (Rec.)	2
	The student must have a High School G.P.A. of 2.00 OR an ACT Composite of 17 in addtion to the
	above Board of Trustees Admissions Requirements
	ACT/HS GPA Profile:	(for 4-yr degree seeking freshmen)
	Avg. ACT Composite:	20.6			Avg. HS GPA
					Total		3.14
	ACT Score Breakdown:				Full-Time		3.16
	27-36				Part-Time		2.85
	22-26
	19-21
	1-18
	Sources:  ACT Class Profile Service Report 1995-96 and the High School Profile Report 1995.
	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:				Completion Rate:
	First-time, full-time, 4-yr degree seeking freshmen:				First-time, full-time freshmen entering:
	Fall 1991 to Fall 1992	70%			Fall 1987