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	41.8%
	Fall 1992 to Fall 1993	71%			Fall 1988	40.9%
	Fall 1993 to Fall 1994	73%			Fall 1989	n/av
	Fall 1994 to Fall 1995	70%
	Fall 1995 to Fall 1996	70%
					Note:  Assoc. degrees in 3 yrs., Bach. degrees in 6 yrs.,
	Note: Excludes Transition Program Students				Undgr. students graduating within the State Systems (WV)
					Source:  WV Higher Education Report Card.
Graduation Information:
	Degrees Conferred by Level
	Certificate of Proficiency	0
	Associate	233
	Baccalaureate	1,115
	Masters	462
	Graduate Certificate	1
	Doctoral	3
	First Professional (M.D.)	45
	Total	1,859
Degree Program Information:
	Top degree programs by degrees conferred:
	Undergraduate	# degrees	% of Bacc.		Graduate			# degrees	% of Mast.
	Regents, B.A.	122	10.9%		Engineering Related Tech, M.S.			49	10.6%
	Elementary Educ, B.A.	105	9.4%		Special Educ, M.A.			48	10.4%
	Criminal Justice B.A.	84	7.5%		Adult & Tech Educ, M.A.			34	7.4%
	Psychology, B.A.	75	6.7%		Counseling, M.A.			28	6.1%
	Management, B.B.A.	71	6.4%		Business Administration, M.B.A.			26	5.6%
	Biological Sci. B.S.	60	5.4%
	Top degree programs by enrollment:
	Top degree programs by enrollment:
	Undergraduate	# enrolled	% of Bacc.		Graduate			# enrolled	% of Mast.
	Pre-Business, (B.B.A.)	856	9.8%		Special Educ, M.A.			155	7.4%
	Biological Science, B.S.	729	8.3%		Counseling, M.A.			168	8.1%
	Elementary Educ, B.A.	720	8.2%		Business Administration, M.B.A.			110	5.3%
	Secondary Educ, B.A.	540	6.2%		Engineering Related Tech, M.S.			87	4.2%
	Psychology, B.A.	466	5.3%		Master of Arts Teach, M.A.T.			78	3.7%
Tuition Rate per Regular Semester (Huntington)
		Student Level
		Undgr	Grad	1st Prof
	In-State	$1,058	$1,148	$4,275
	Out-of-State	$2,939	$3,200	$9,888
	Metro	$1,974	$2,162	N/A
Faculty Characteristics:
	Part Time Faculty:
				Total-Main	Med Sch &	University
		CTC	4-yr	Campus	Lib Fac	Total
	Total	85	202	287	13	300
	Gender
	Female
	Headcount	52	118	170	6	176
	% of Gender Total	61%	58%	59%	46%	59%
	Male
	Headcount	33	84	117	7	124
	% of Gender Total	39%	42%	41%	54%	41%
	Race
	White
	Headcount	83	192	275	8	283
	% of Race Total	98%	95%	96%	62%	94%
	Black
	Headcount	2	3	5	1	6
	% of Race Total	2%	1%	2%	8%	2%
	Hispanic
	Headcount	0	1	1	1	2
	% of Race Total	0%	0%	0%	8%	1%
	Asian
	Headcount	0	6	6	3	9
	% of Race Total	0%	3%	2%	23%	3%
	American Indian
	Headcount	0	0	0	0	0
	% of Race Total	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Full Time Faculty:
				Total-Main	Med Sch &	University
		CTC	4-yr	Campus	Lib Fac	Total
	Total	35	377	412	141	553
	Gender
	Female
	Headcount	25	135	160	36	196
	% of Gender Total	71%	36%	39%	26%	35%
	Male
	Headcount	10	242	252	105	357
	% of Gender Total	29%	64%	61%	74%	65%
	Race
	White
	Headcount	31	342	373	122	495
	% of Race Total	89%	91%	91%	87%	90%
	Black
	Headcount	4	13	17	0	17
	% of Race Total	11%	3%	4%	0%	3%
	Hispanic
	Headcount	0	5	5	5	10
	% of Race Total	0%	1%	1%	4%	2%
	Asian
	Headcount	0	12	12	13	26
	% of Race Total	0%	3%	3%	9%	5%
	American Indian
	Headcount	0	5	5	0	5
	% of Race Total	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%
	Rank
	Professor
	Headcount	3	165	168	56	224
	% of Rank Total	9%	44%	41%	40%	41%
	Associate Professor
	Headcount	8	121	129	36	165
	% of Rank Total	23%	32%	31%	26%	30%
	Assistant Professor
	Headcount	12	84	96	44	140
	% of Rank Total	34%	22%	23%	31%	25%
	Instructor
	Headcount	12	7	19	5	24
	% of Rank Total	34%	2%	5%	4%	4%
	% Tenured	46%	73%	71%	51%*	66%
	% with Terminal Degree	20%	80%	75%	95%*	80%
	Note:  Library Faculty excluded
Human Resources
		Total	Full Time	Part Time
	Total University	1677	1334	343
	Faculty	898	587	311
	Staff	779	747	32
Class Size/Productivity Summary Data:
	Student FTE to Faculty FTE Ratio:
	Fall 1996	23:1
	Fall 1995	22:1
	Fall 1994	22:1
	Fall 1993	18:1
	Fall 1992	18:1
	Fall 1991	19:1
	Source:  WV Higher Education Report Card
	Average Class Size by Course Level and Type of Course:
		Overall	Lecture	Lab
	Overall Undergraduate	24	24	21
	Foundation	25	25	n/a
	Career Technical	23	25	15
	Lower Undergraduate	29	29	27
	Upper Undergraduate	21	21	15
	Graduate	13	13	n/a
	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