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# Marshall University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Marshall University?

Marshall University’s reported acceptance rate is 95.7%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
95.7%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Marshall University admits 95.7% of applicants, against a median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The rate sits above the peer median.

## What SAT and ACT scores do Marshall University students report?

Among enrolled students who submitted scores, the middle 50% of SAT submitters scored between 910 and 1,150. For ACT submitters, the middle half fell between 19 and 24.

These ranges describe the twenty-fifth and seventy-fifth percentiles of recent score submitters, not minimums for admission. An applicant comparing their own results to Marshall's 910 to 1,150 SAT band should keep that in mind.

The same applies to the 19 to 24 ACT band. The figures reflect only the students who chose to report scores.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Marshall University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range

**Approximate lower endpoint**
910

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1150

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
19

**75th percentile**
24

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Marshall University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
38.7%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
21.8%

**First-year retention**
72.2%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

A public university in Huntington, West Virginia, Marshall University enrolls 7,266 undergraduates. The student body includes a substantial share of Pell Grant recipients, at 38.7%, and an estimated 21.8% of students arrive as transfers or part-time students rather than as first-time freshmen.

That mix means the campus draws from multiple entry points: students starting with federal grant aid, and others continuing work begun at another institution. It is not a population defined by a single admissions funnel.

The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) for first-time full-time entrants is 51.2%, which is above the peer median of 49.1% for comparable institutions. First-year retention is 72.2%, close to the peer median of 73.7%.

Pell recipients in the same entering cohort complete at 45.5%, which is 5.7 percentage points below the overall rate. The completion picture is mixed: the overall rate beats the peer benchmark, but Pell students finish at a lower rate than their classmates.

A student enrolling here should weigh that gap alongside the university's strong affordability standing.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).