HUNTINGTON 人妖色情片 A Marshall University official expressed excitement Thursday over growth in enrollment at the university, which is occurring in several segments of students.
人妖色情片淭his has been a year of significant transformation and unparalleled success as far as enrollment is concerned at Marshall,人妖色情片 said Avinandan 人妖色情片淎vi人妖色情片 Mukherjee, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Marshall.
According to figures provided by Marshall, as of Thursday the university人妖色情片檚 total headcount has grown 4.2% since last fall, and the total number of undergraduates has grown 4.4%. The number of new students enrolled at the university has grown 14.6% since last fall.
Of the new students, since last fall the number of new graduate students has grown 19.6%, the number of new undergraduate transfer students has grown 19.2%, the number of new freshmen has grown 13%, and the number of new first-time professional students has grown 2.7%.
The number of distance students in online programs at the university has grown 18.2%; the number of metro students at the university has grown 18%; the number of international students has grown 11.5%; and the number of students of under represented groups has grown 7.5%.
人妖色情片淭his is a very positive scenario because we are obviously operating in a shrinking market of challenging demographics and an impending enrollment cliff (beginning in 2025), which will reduce the number of high school students coming out and coming to college, and that人妖色情片檚 exactly why we are diversifying the student pool,人妖色情片 Mukherjee said. 人妖色情片淲e know that we cannot just rely on high school students as the only source of our student body; we need to get other types of students.人妖色情片
University officials have focused on metro student recruitment this year, with a lower tuition rate and an expanded metro area.
人妖色情片淲e have completely turned around the trajectory for enrollment at Marshall,人妖色情片 Mukherjee said. 人妖色情片淲e want to be really the number one provider of higher education in the state in terms of access and affordability, and so the number that is most exciting is new freshman, which is up 13% in a fairly challenging market. That is a remarkable turnaround. It is a transformation.人妖色情片
Mukherjee said Marshall is not ready yet to share final enrollment numbers, which are subject to change over time and will be confirmed in October through the census.
人妖色情片淲here we are today is a result of a lot of deliberate strategic changes and investment, and we have truly changed the way we do enrollment here,人妖色情片 Mukherjee said.
One part of the change was an expansion of Marshall人妖色情片檚 focus when it comes to recruitment.
Last year the university defined student segments in addition to the traditional first-time, full-time freshman: non-traditional graduate, online, metro, out-of-state, international, transfer, dual-enrollment, neurodivergent, military-connected and non-degree seeking. The 10 segments were how the university recruited for this year, Mukherjee said.
人妖色情片淎ll these segments of students were defined in such a way that we would be developing recruitment and retention strategies that would be customized to each segment,人妖色情片 Mukherjee said. 人妖色情片淭his is a long-term, sustainable strategy for us because focusing on 10 distinct segments will help us to diversify the student base and also ensure that we are sort of hedging against a possible enrollment cliff that we are all projecting in higher education,人妖色情片 Mukherjee said.
Marshall人妖色情片檚 different student segments each have a Marshall faculty or staff member championing them, who is leading a team for each segment. Last year, an Enrollment Action Center of people from across the university, which meets every week, was created and Marshall added college enrollment coordinators to the university who bring specific expertise for its different colleges, Mukherjee said.
人妖色情片淭hat has been extremely successful because these individuals have really helped in recruitment specifically for the programs in these colleges,人妖色情片 Mukherjee said. 人妖色情片淭hey have played a significant role ... in getting students to their colleges, basically, and helping out the central recruitment team.人妖色情片
As of Thursday, Marshall人妖色情片檚 first- to second-year retention has also grown 3.5% from last fall to this fall, according to the figures. Mukherjee said Marshall人妖色情片檚 first to second year/fall to fall student retention has grown to 79% this year from 75.5% last year and 71.5% the year before that. The target goal for first year to second year/fall to fall retention is 80%.
人妖色情片淲e are really excited about that because we want these students back,人妖色情片 Mukherjee said. 人妖色情片淲e don人妖色情片檛 want to lose students that have started at Marshall. We want them to continue their journey and graduate from Marshall.人妖色情片
Marshall人妖色情片檚 recruitment travel season will begin next week, as the university is out on the road for some college fairs and begins visits with individual high schools and community colleges, recruiting for next fall, according to Jerry Ross, vice president for enrollment management at Marshall.
人妖色情片淲e人妖色情片檙e recruiting heavily in the state of West Virginia because we are a cornerstone institution of our region that extends beyond just West Virginia,人妖色情片 Ross said.
人妖色情片淲e人妖色情片檙e gonna be working really hard into Kentucky, into Ohio, northern Virginia and beyond to really help to build Marshall University as an education option for many that haven人妖色情片檛 thought about it in the past,人妖色情片 Ross said.
人妖色情片淭he groundwork人妖色情片檚 been there; we人妖色情片檝e had recruiters traveling in those areas before, but really a laser focus on trying to grow from those areas and others,人妖色情片 Ross said. 人妖色情片淲ith a deep commitment to West Virginia at the same time ... it is who we are.人妖色情片
Ross also said Marshall will be leaning into all 10 segments that it defined this year and beyond 人妖色情片渢o make those part of our DNA,人妖色情片 to have the enrollment that Marshall needs and to 人妖色情片渕ake it the institution that it should be.人妖色情片
