Marshall University’s enrollment is up 2.7 percent this fall.
The Herald-Dispatch reports that the Marshall Board of Governors received the report on fall enrollment Wednesday. An increase of 257 students brings total enrollment to 13,334.
Michael McGuffey, senior vice president of institutional research and planning, also reported that the university’s student retention rate is 78 percent. He said that’s a 4.5 percent increase over the past two years.