Marshall University

Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia. It is a large public school part of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission system and offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. It has 9,489 undergraduate students enrolled and admission is selective as the acceptance rate is 90.2%.

Popular majors include Health Professions and Related Programs, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Education, and Psychology. 49% of students graduate and go on to earn an average starting salary of $32,700.

A lot more students take the ACTs than the SATs.

Marshall University has around 5,026 applicants.

Of the students admitted, 40% decide to enroll at Marshall University. This is the admissions yield. A higher admisssions yield means students want to attend the school. A lower one means that they decided to attend another school.

Out of the 5,026 applicants 41% are men and 59% are women. This means that for every 100 male applicants, there are 144 women, or for every 100 female applicants, there are 69 men.

Marshall University's acceptance rate is 90.2%. The acceptance rate for men is 88.0% and the acceptance rate for women is 91.7%.

The 3-year repayment rate is the percentage of students who are able to repay some of their student debt.

Why does this matter? A high rate means that students are making enough money so that they can pay down their student debt. A low rate means that students are having trouble paying down their loans.

To learn more and apply for financial aid at Marshall University you can visit www.marshall.edu/wpmu/sfa/.

Marshall University students, on average, make $41,700 10-years after they start school (this is approximately 6 years after graduation).

Their salary grows by around 6% in the several years after graduation.

Is it worth your money to attend Marshall University? There are many ways to estimate the financial return on your education.

We use the 10-year average earnings (the 10 years start when you enroll, so if you attend a 4-year college, this would be approximately 6 years after you graduate) and the all in one year cost of attending the school. The all in cost is the sum of tuition, fees, and on-campus housing.

By comparing the two, you can get a sense if what the average graduate in early to mid career makes at least covers your cost of attending one year of school.

A higher number is better.

Marshall University has slightly more female students than male students.

This means that for every 100 women, there are 72 men. Or that for every 100 men, there are 138 women.

The most popular majors at Marshall University are:

1. Health Professions and Related Programs
2. Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
3. Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
4. Education
5. Psychology

Student retention rate is an indicator of student satisfaction. Retention rate is the percentage of students who continue to study at the college the following year.

Higher retention rates mean students tend to stay at the college, while lower retention rates students are unsatisfied and leave.

Marshall University has a retention rate of 72% for full-time undergrads, which is neither high nor low.

Marshall University has around 521 students who transfer into the school each year. This is fairly low at approximately 5% of total undergraduates.

Higher transfer in rates mean that students see Marshall University as better than the college they were previously enrolled in. Higher rates also mean that there will be more new faces on campus.

Politically, West Virginia tends to be More Republican. In the 2016 Presidential election, 26% of the state voted for the Democratic party, 68% voted for the Republican party, and 3% voted for neither.