Marshall Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Marshall University, the graduation rates was 49.73% (935 students out of 1,880 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 360 male and 575 female students have graduated from the school last year by completing their jobs in the period.

The following table and chart describe the graduation rates (150% normal time) by gender at Marshall University. Last year, the graduation rate was 49.73%. where 935 students out of 1,880 candidate completed their degree.

634 students completed their course in 4 years and 234 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 54 students graduated within 6 years, usually referred as 150% normal time.

The following table and chart show graduation rates by race/ethnicity. The numbers in parenthesis denotes number of completers over number of candidates for each category.

Non-resident alien student is not a US citizen and studies with student visa, such as F visa, in United States. At Marshall University, 5 of 7 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 71.43%.

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing students who have transferred out of other institution into total number of students (candidates) within 150% normal time. The transfer-out rate at Marshall University is 25.69% (483 out of 1,880 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Marshall University, the retention rate is 74% for full-time students and 50 % for part-time students.