Enrollment Trends at Marshall

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,323 where 11,958 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

76.48% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.52% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 372 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,291 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.46 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 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,621	9,518	4,071	5,447	4,103	1,631	2,472
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
2023-24	11,027 336	8,235 283	3,499 145	4,736 138	2,792 53	959 28	1,833 25
2024-25	11,958 931	9,146 911	3,891 392	5,255 519	2,812 20	970 11	1,842 9
Average	12,323	8,974	3,793	5,181	3,348	1,218	2,131

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 8,974 where 9,146 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Marshall University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	8,235	6,576	2,809	3,767	1,659	690	969
2024-25	9,146	6,888	2,982	3,906	2,258	909	1,349
Average	8,974	8,974	3,085	4,095	8,974	709	1,086

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,348 where 2,812 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Marshall University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,792	1,786	657	1,129	1,006	302	704
2024-25	2,812	1,842	650	1,192	970	320	650
Average	3,348	3,348	820	1,171	3,348	398	959

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.58%. The percentage was 79.07% 10 years ago and Marshall still has a high percentage of white students. 1.45% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.81% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.63% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.07% to 74.58%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.12% to 1.45%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.36% to 4.81%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.87% to 2.63%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4391 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3710 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Marshall University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	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
2023-24	32	167	553	282	5	8,376	383
2024-25	37	173	575	315	6	8,918	460
Average	39	159	622	270	10	9,803	343