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Diversity of Undergraduate Student Body

Ethnic Composition | Full-Time Undergraduate Students Fall 2025

Undergraduate Full-Time Headcount % of Total
White 5549 76.6%
Black or African American 339 4.7%
Hispanic/Latino 209 2.9%
Asian 82 1.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native 28 0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.07%
Two or More Races 351 4.9%
Nonresident Alien 108 1.5%
Unknown 569 7.9%
Total 7240 100%

Gender Composition | Full-Time Undergraduate Students Fall 2025

Undergraduate Full-Time Headcount % of Total
Male 3115 43.0%
Female 4125 57.0%
Total 7240 100%

Pell Grant Recipients | All Undergraduate Students Fall 2025

Undergraduate Students Total
Headcount 9975
Pell Grant Recipients 3661
% of Total 36.7%

Retention Rates

Retention Rates of First-Time Baccalaureate Degree-Seeking Freshmen | Fall 2024 Cohort

Full-Time
First-Time Full-Time Freshman 1818
Still Enrolled One Year Later 1387
Retention Rate of Cohort 76.3%
Part-Time
First-Time Part-Time Freshman 13
Still Enrolled One Year Later 3
Retention Rate of Cohort 23.1%

The cohort excludes students who left the institution for any of the following reasons:

  • Died or were totally and permanently disabled;
  • Serve in the armed forces (including those called to active duty);
  • Serve with a foreign aid service of the Federal Government (e.g., Peace Corps); or
  • Serve on official church missions.

Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates

Marshall University First-Time, Full-Time, Degree-Seeking Freshmen and First-Time, Full-Time Baccalaureate Degree-Seeking Freshmen Athletes Receiving Financial Aid

The most recent data available is for Cohort Group 2018, which shows the graduation and transfer-out rates for students who started college as freshmen in Fall 2018. Federal IPEDS definition for graduation rate for degree-seeking freshmen is the percentage of full-time, first-time students completing a degree in 150% of normal time for the degree. For Associate degree-seekers, that time would be three years after entry, and for baccalaureate degree-seekers, that time would be six years after entry. The time period for the Fall 2018 entering baccalaureate degree-seeking freshmen ended in Summer 2024.

View Cohort 2019 Data

Last Updated 6/22/2026