Enrollment Trends at Marshall

The student population at Marshall University is 10,691 (7,952 undergraduate and 2,739 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,716 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Marshall is 74.38% which is decreased by 1,804 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 912 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.49 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,990 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 111.25% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,703 where 10,691 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.38% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.62% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,804 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 912 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.49 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Marshall than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Marshall University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13,407	9,756	4,245	5,511	3,651	1,312	2,339
2014-15	13,381 -26	9,536 -220	4,131 -114	5,405 -106	3,845 194	1,417 105	2,428 89
2015-16	13,621 240	9,518 -18	4,071 -60	5,447 42	4,103 258	1,631 214	2,472 44
2016-17	13,647 26	9,615 97	4,115 44	5,500 53	4,032 -71	1,570 -61	2,462 -10
2017-18	13,246 -401	9,489 -126	4,003 -112	5,486 -14	3,757 -275	1,449 -121	2,308 -154
2018-19	13,204 -42	9,593 104	4,070 67	5,523 37	3,611 -146	1,278 -171	2,333 25
2019-20	12,852 -352	9,415 -178	3,945 -125	5,470 -53	3,437 -174	1,218 -60	2,219 -114
2020-21	11,958 -894	8,772 -643	3,669 -276	5,103 -367	3,186 -251	1,136 -82	2,050 -169
2021-22	11,023 -935	8,008 -764	3,316 -353	4,692 -411	3,015 -171	1,037 -99	1,978 -72
2022-23	10,691 -332	7,952 -56	3,354 38	4,598 -94	2,739 -276	931 -106	1,808 -170
Average	12,703	9,165	3,892	5,274	3,538	1,298	2,240

Marshall University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,165 where 7,952 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Marshall University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,756	8,268	3,644	4,624	1,488	601	887
2014-15	9,536	8,142	3,585	4,557	1,394	546	848
2015-16	9,518	8,005	3,478	4,527	1,513	593	920
2016-17	9,615	7,997	3,488	4,509	1,618	627	991
2017-18	9,489	7,846	3,398	4,448	1,643	605	1,038
2018-19	9,593	7,460	3,220	4,240	2,133	850	1,283
2019-20	9,415	7,123	3,077	4,046	2,292	868	1,424
2020-21	8,772	7,002	2,956	4,046	1,770	713	1,057
2021-22	8,008	6,553	2,734	3,819	1,455	582	873
2022-23	7,952	6,348	2,704	3,644	1,604	650	954
Average	9,165	9,165	3,228	4,246	9,165	664	1,028

Marshall University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,538 where 2,739 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Marshall University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,651	1,681	743	938	1,970	569	1,401
2014-15	3,845	1,925	889	1,036	1,920	528	1,392
2015-16	4,103	2,131	1,041	1,090	1,972	590	1,382
2016-17	4,032	2,181	1,053	1,128	1,851	517	1,334
2017-18	3,757	2,129	958	1,171	1,628	491	1,137
2018-19	3,611	2,128	880	1,248	1,483	398	1,085
2019-20	3,437	2,076	845	1,231	1,361	373	988
2020-21	3,186	1,987	777	1,210	1,199	359	840
2021-22	3,015	1,897	689	1,208	1,118	348	770
2022-23	2,739	1,758	652	1,106	981	279	702
Average	3,538	3,538	853	1,137	3,538	445	1,103

Marshall University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 82.34%. The percentage was 82.82% 10 years ago and Marshall still has a high percentage of white students. 1.52% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.24% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Marshall University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	47	162	687	247	14	11,104	245
2014-15	47	157	738	231	10	10,948	268
2015-16	42	153	730	255	14	10,770	293
2016-17	37	162	737	254	13	10,799	300
2017-18	40	142	695	275	14	10,479	297
2018-19	38	142	670	265	9	10,546	329
2019-20	47	163	604	264	8	10,451	351
2020-21	42	158	562	281	9	9,769	334
2021-22	37	164	530	258	12	9,122	352
2022-23	41	163	560	248	9	8,803	330
Average	42	157	651	258	11	10,279	310

Marshall University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,990 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 111.25% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Marshall University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	13,381	942	2,290	10,149
2015-16	13,621	1,024	2,528	10,069
2016-17	13,647	991	3,096	9,560
2017-18	13,246	1,081	3,138	9,027
2018-19	13,204	1,580	2,995	8,629
2019-20	12,852	1,531	3,223	8,098
2020-21	11,957	1,630	4,871	5,456
2021-22	11,023	1,421	3,823	5,779
2022-23	10,691	1,990	3,787	4,914
Average	12,625	1,354	3,306	7,965

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