Marshall University Student Population and Demographics

Marshall Student Population

There are 11,958 students including 9,146 undergraduate and 2,812 graduate students at Marshall University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 8,730 full-time and 3,228 part-time students with gender distribution of 4,861 male and 7,097 female students.

Marshall University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,413 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Marshall University has a total enrollment of 11,958 with a gender distribution of 40.65% male (4,861 students) and 59.35% female (7,097 students). There are 3,891 male and 5,255 female students in undergraduate school and 970 male and 1,842 female students are attending graduate school at Marshall University.

Student Population By Gender
Marshall University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	11,958	4,861	7,097
Undergraduate	9,146	3,891	5,255
Graduate	2,812	970	1,842
Full-time	8,730	3,632	5,098
Part-time	3,228	1,229	1,999

[Chart] Marshall University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Marshall University has 8,730 full-time and 3,228 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 6,888 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,258 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,842 students are full-time and 970 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Marshall University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	11,958	8,730	3,228
Undergraduate	9,146	6,888	2,258
Graduate	2,812	1,842	970
Men	4,861	3,632	1,229
Women	7,097	5,098	1,999

[Chart] Marshall University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Marshall University, 2,413 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,563 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 11,958 students.

In undergraduate schools, 5,318 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,658 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Marshall University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	11,958	9,146	2,812
Online Exclusively	2,413	1,114	1,299
In Some Online Classes	4,563	4,204	359
Not In Online Classes	4,982	3,828	1,154

[Chart] Marshall University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Marshall University. There are 37 American Indian/Native American, 8,918 White, 575 Black/African American, 173 Asian, 315 Hispanic, 6 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 668 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Marshall University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	11,958	4,861	7,097
American Indian/Native American	37	12	25
Asian	173	80	93
Black/African American	575	292	283
Hispanic	315	146	169
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	3	3
White	8,918	3,568	5,350
Two More	460	175	285
Race Un-Known	1,273	493	780

[Chart] Marshall UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Marshall University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	11,958	9,146	2,812
Under 18	1,666	1,666	0
Age 18-19	3,056	3,056	0
Age 20-21	2,528	2,457	71
Age 22-24	2,012	1,110	902
Age 25-29	1,086	355	731
Age 30-34	520	190	330
Age 35-39	361	128	233
Age 40-49	504	133	371
Age 50-64	215	48	167
Over 64	10	3	7
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Marshall University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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