
Marshall University is committed to making higher education accessible and affordable through the Marshall For All initiative. Whether through a debt-free experience or tuition-free education for West Virginia residents, this program creates opportunities for students to earn their degrees without the financial burden of student loans.
Through a unique combination of scholarships, grants, work opportunities, and family contributions, Marshall For All: Debt Free ensures that students graduate with not only a bachelor’s degree but also real-world work experience—all while minimizing or eliminating student debt. The latest expansion to the program, Marshall For All: Tuition-Free WV, covers the full cost of tuition, as well as university and college fees, for qualifying students.
- 100 students per year are randomly selected.
- Open to West Virginia residents and Metro-area students.
- Must attend financial literacy courses and participate in required internships
- Must be admitted to Marshall University.
- Submit the FAFSA for the upcoming year.
- Sign up for summer orientation by April 1st.
- Open to West Virginia residents.
- Available to first-year freshmen.
- Family income must be below $65,000.
- Must apply to and be accepted to Marshall University.
- Complete the FAFSA to determine eligibility.

At one point, Angela Shaffer lived in five different homes over the course of five months. When she finally found her forever family in high school it seemed like things couldn’t be better – until she received the call that she’d been selected for the Marshall For All Program.
The Marshall For All Program offers select students an opportunity to partner with the University to earn their debt-free degree. With the first cohort chosen at random, the program utilizes a unique combination of scholarships, grants, work opportunities, and family contributions to allow students to graduate from Marshall with a bachelor’s degree and a resume full of relevant experiences. Just as crucially, it will allow them to graduate without student loans.