Student Population at Marshall

The following chart compares Marshall's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in West Virginia.

The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in West Virginia average (5,009 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Marshall University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 4,861 male and 7,097 female students attending Marshall. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.68 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Marshall.

By age, there are 9,262 students whose age under twenty five and 1,610 students whose age is over thirty years old at Marshall University.

Especially, 1,666 students are younger than eighteen and 10 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Marshall University.

At Marshall University, 6,976 students (58.34% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,413 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 1,829 students live in West Virginia where Marshall University is located in and 577 students have enrolled from other states.