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Reporting Semester		Fall 1995
Official Fall Submission Information
General College Information:
	Name:	Marshall University
	Address:	400 Hal Greer Blvd.
		Huntington, WV  25755
	Phone:	(304) 696-3170
		(800) 642-3499
	FICE:	003815
	Control,Type:	Public, Co-ed
	Date Founded:	1837
	Academic Calender:	Semester
	President:	J. Wade Gilley
	Dir. Admissions:	James W. Harless
	Dir. Inst. Research:	Michael McGuffey
	Carnegie Classification:	Master's Colleges and Universities I
Enrollment Information:
	Headcount (HC), Full Time Equivalent (FTE), Student Credit Hour (SCH) Production by Level
		HC	FTE	SCH (s)
	All Levels	12,461	9,715	144,697
	CTC	1,723	1,002
	Undergraduate  (excludes CTC)	8,487	7,505
	Graduate	2,053	1,010
	First Professional	198	198
	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	12,461	5,643	6,818	8,727	4,114	4,613	3,734	1,529	2,205
	% of Total	100%	45%	55%	100%	47%	53%	100%	41%	59%
	CTC
	Headcount	1,723	920	803	831	372	459	892	548	344
	% of Total	100%	53%	47%	100%	45%	55%	100%	61%	39%
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)
	Headcount	8,487	3,855	4,632	7,043	3,328	3,715	1,444	527	917
	% of Total	100%	45%	55%	100%	47%	53%	100%	36%	64%
	Graduate
	Headcount	2,053	737	1,316	655	283	372	1,398	454	944
	% of Total	100%	36%	64%	100%	43%	57%	100%	32%	68%
	First Professional
	Headcount	198	131	67	198	131	67	0	0	0
	% of Total	100%	66%	34%	100%	66%	34%	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ethnic Composition
		Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Am. Ind.	Foreign
	All Levels
	Headcount	12,461	11,666	472	49	111	41	122
	% of All Races	100.0%	93.6%	3.8%	0.4%	0.9%	0.3%	1.0%
	CTC
	Headcount	1,723	1,616	86	9	3	6	3
	% of All Races	100.0%	93.8%	5.0%	0.5%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)
	Headcount	8,487	7,951	345	33	83	28	47
	% of All Races	100.0%	93.7%	4.1%	0.4%	1.0%	0.3%	0.6%
	Graduate
	Headcount	2,053	1,921	39	5	13	6	69
	% of All Races	100.0%	93.6%	1.9%	0.2%	0.6%	0.3%	3.4%
	First Professional
	Headcount	198	178	2	2	12	1	3
	% of All Races	100.0%	89.9%	1.0%	1.0%	6.1%	0.5%	1.5%
	Note:  Students with a missing value in the race field are included in the White category.
	Age
		Mean
		Age
	All Levels	25.5
	CTC	28.4
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)	22.9
	Graduate	33.9
	First Professsional	27.4
	Residency:
			State of Residency			Fee Purposes
		Total	In-State	Oth U.S.	Foreign	In-State	Out-State	Metro
	All Levels
	Headcount	12,461	10,705	1,634	122	10,545	1,036	880
	% of Total	100%	85.9%	13.1%	1.0%	84.6%	8.3%	7.1%
	CTC
	Headcount	1,723	1,577	143	3	1,549	84	90
	% of Total	100.0%	91.5%	8.3%	0.2%	89.9%	4.9%	5.2%
	Undergraduate (excludes CTC)
	Headcount	8,487	7,235	1,205	47	7,146	712	629
	% of Total	100.0%	85.2%	14.2%	0.6%	84.2%	8.4%	7.4%
	Graduate
	Headcount	2,053	1,709	275	69	1,671	221	161
	% of Total	100.0%	83.2%	13.4%	3.4%	81.4%	10.8%	7.8%
	First-Professional
	Headcount	198	184	11	3	179	19	N/A
	% of Total	100.0%	92.9%	5.6%	1.5%	90.4%	9.6%	0.0%
	College Enrollment by Level:
			Level
		Total	2-yr	Undgr	Grad	1st Prof
	All Colleges	12,461	1,723	8,487	2,053	198
	Comm & Tech	1,723	1,723	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Business	1,334	N/A	1,228	106	N/A
	Education	2,999	N/A	2,099	900	N/A
	Fine Arts	308	N/A	258	50	N/A
	Liberal Arts	2,596	N/A	2,239	357	N/A
	Science	2,019	N/A	1,922	97	N/A
	Nursing	449	N/A	383	66	N/A
	Regents BA	236	N/A	236	N/A	N/A
	Social Work	122	N/A	122	N/A	N/A
	Graduate School	432	N/A	N/A	432	N/A
	Medicine	243	N/A	N/A	45	198
Freshmen Admissions:
	Applicants - First-Time Freshmen
		#	%
	Freshmen Applicants	4142
	Accepted	3392	81.9%
	Enrolled	1656	48.8%
	Distribution of First-Time Freshmen by Full Time/Part Time Status
		Total
	Total	2,032
	Full Time	1,907
	Part Time	125
	Requirements:
	Number of High School Units (Years) Required or Recommended (Rec.) by Subject
	English	4
	Social Studies	3
	Laboratory Science	2
	Mathematics (College Prep)	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:	20.2
	ACT Score Breakdown:
	27-36	7%
	22-26	27%
	19-21	29%
	1-18	37%
	Sources:  ACT Class Profile Service Report for 1994-95 and the High School Profile Report 1994.
	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:
	First-time, full-time, 4-yr degree seeking freshmen:
	Fall 1990 to Fall 1991	71%
	Fall 1991 to Fall 1992	70%
	Fall 1992 to Fall 1993	71%
	Fall 1993 to Fall 1994	73%
	Fall 1994 to Fall 1995	70%
	Note: Excludes Transition Program Students
Completion Rate
	First-time, full-time freshmen entering:
	Fall 1986	41.0%
	Fall 1987	41.8%
	Fall 1988	40.9%
	Note:  Assoc. degrees in 3 yrs., Bach. degrees in 6 yrs.,
	Undgr. students graduating within the State Systems (WV)
	Source:  WV Higher Education Report Card.
Degree Program Information:
	Top degree programs by degrees conferred:
	Undergraduate	# degrees			Graduate			# degrees
	Elementary Educ, B.A.	134			Special Educ., M.A.			51
	Regents B.A.	112			Business Administration, M.B.A.			37
	Criminal Justice, B.A.	73			Engineering Related Tech., M.S.			31
	Secondary Educ., B.A.	73			Adult & Tech Educ, M.A.			25
	Management, B.B.A.	69			Communication Disorders, M.A.			24
	Nursing, B.S.N.	67			Counseling, M.A.			24
	Top degree programs by enrollment:
	Undergraduate	# enrolled			Graduate			# enrolled
	Elementary Educ, B.A.	729			Special Educ, M.A.			169
	Pre-Medicine	614			Counseling, M.A.			139
	Biological Science, B.S.	554			Business Administration, M.B.A.			105
	Secondary Educ., B.A.	519			Engineering Related Tech, M.S.			93
	Criminal Justice B.A.	477			Elementary Educ., M.A.			81
Graduation Information:
	Degrees Conferred by Level:				Degrees Offered by Level:
	Certificate of Proficiency	0			Certificate			2
	Associate	201			Associate			18
	Baccalaureate	1,114			Baccalaureate			40
	Masters	438			Masters			36
	Graduate Certificate	0			Graduate Certificate			1
	Doctoral	3			Doctoral			0
	First Professional (M.D.)	48			First Prof (M.D.)			1
	Total	1,804			Total			98
Tuition and Fees per Regular Semester (Huntington)
		Student Level
		Undgr	Grad	1st Prof
	In-State	$      1,025	$      1,113	$      4,067
	Out-of-State	$      2,848	$      3,100	$      9,280
	Metro	$      1,913	$      2,095	N/A
Human Resources
		Total	Full Time	Part Time
	Total	1671	1342	329
	Faculty	882	582	300
	Staff	789	760	29
Faculty Characteristics:
	Part Time Faculty:
				Total-Main	Med Sch &	University
		CTC	4-yr	Campus	Lib Fac	Total
	Total	68	209	277	12	289
	Gender
	Female
	Headcount	38	111	149	4	153
	% of Gender Total	56%	53%	54%	33%	53%
	Male
	Headcount	30	98	128	8	136
	% of Gender Total	44%	47%	46%	67%	47%
	Race
	White
	Headcount	64	198	262	9	271
	% of Race Total	94%	95%	95%	75%	94%
	Black
	Headcount	4	4	8	0	8
	% of Race Total	6%	2%	3%	0%	3%
	Hispanic
	Headcount	0	2	2	1	3
	% of Race Total	0%	1%	1%	8%	1%
	Asian
	Headcount	0	4	4	2	6
	% of Race Total	0%	2%	1%	17%	2%
	American Indian
	Headcount	0	1	1	0	1
	% of Race Total	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Full Time Faculty:
				Total-Main	Med Sch &	University
		CTC	4-yr	Campus	Lib Fac	Total
	Total	34	376	410	142	552
	Gender
	Female
	Headcount	23	127	150	37	187
	% of Gender Total	68%	34%	37%	26%	34%
	Male
	Headcount	11	249	260	105	365
	% of Gender Total	32%	66%	63%	74%	66%
	Race
	White
	Headcount	30	342	372	119	491
	% of Race Total	88%	91%	91%	84%	89%
	Black
	Headcount	4	13	17	1	18
	% of Race Total	12%	3%	4%	1%	3%
	Hispanic
	Headcount	0	2	2	6	8
	% of Race Total	0%	1%	0%	4%	1%
	Asian
	Headcount	0	15	15	16	31
	% of Race Total	0%	4%	4%	11%	6%
	American Indian
	Headcount	0	4	4	0	4
	% of Race Total	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%
	Rank
	Professor
	Headcount	3	160	163	50	213
	% of Rank Total	9%	43%	40%	35%	39%
	Associate Professor
	Headcount	8	117	125	42	167
	% of Rank Total	24%	31%	30%	30%	30%
	Assistant Professor
	Headcount	11	90	101	47	148
	% of Rank Total	32%	24%	25%	33%	27%
	Instructor
	Headcount	12	9	21	3	24
	% of Rank Total	35%	2%	5%	2%	4%
	% Tenured	32%	72%	69%	50%*	63%
	% with Terminal Degree	24%	82%	77%	97%*	30%
	*Library Faculty excluded
Class Size/Productivity Summary Data:
	Student FTE to Faculty FTE Ratio:
	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
		Overall	Lecture	Lab
	Overall Undergraduate	24	24	23
	Foundation	21	21	N/A
	Career Technical	24	25	19
	Lower Undergraduate	27	27	26
	Upper Undergraduate	19	19	13
	Graduate (as reported)	10	10	1
	Graduate (as estimated)	22	22	4
	Notes:  Special Courses such as Independent Study excluded.
	Courses taught for undergraduates and graduates simultaneously such as MTH 443/543 are listed twice.
	The estimated graduate class size information includes 400-level students.