West Virginia University VS Marshall University (Charleston, Huntington: fingerprints, crimes, credit)

[marley820]

I loooooveddd
WVU! I'll never forget all the people or memories I had there. It is the best school in my opinion. A lot of people too! And parties plus education, who could ask for more?

I would never go to Marshal. Our football games are soo energetic and lively. But then again i've never been to a marshal game..

[GottaHerdOn]

Education does not equal football...

[WVUPharm2007]

Originally Posted by GottaHerdOn

Education does not equal football...

Man, it must suck to be a Marshall grad. You like to pretend Huntington Community College is so great, yet the school AND football team are inferior to that larger, more popular, and flat out all-around better institution in the Northern part of the state.

You have my condolences.


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I'd figure I'd throw the Marshall people a bone. They have this fabricated inferiority complex about WVU and think all WVU people hate them and "compete" with them. Now they get to feel all persecuted and can continue the fight against tyranny or whatever. Yes, tell me how "superior" your education was. I'll go grab my popcorn and monitor shield for the inevitable spitting of soda that may be uncontrollably directed towards it.

[GottaHerdOn]

I'm not going tell you sh*t! I'm not arguing this. I have never heard of a more stupid reason to argue. In fact before I came to Marshall I had never heard of this stupid thing between WVU and Marshall. I personally only go to football games to get drunk and socialize. I would just say this, I would not choose a school based on their athletic department. I'm in school to get an education not watch sports. That is why I’m looking at U.S.F. Tampa and San Diego State for grad school. Because of their programs, not their football teams. Which doesn’t South Florida usually hammer WVU in the ground? Hmm... luckily for me I DON’T CARE ABOUT FOOTBALL!

[WVUPharm2007]

Of course you're not going to argue it. It's patently ridiculous...them crazy Marshall people...

[David Kennedy]

The difference:

More money to siphon off from WVU...Marshall has a lot of private backers and makes the 'kickbacks harder to do...

Education level? Give Marshall the edge...sorry...you asked...more committed to education...

WVU? It's really about the money...

The commitment to education is driven by the money...case in point...

In the 70's...Mining Engineering was the power Major...driven by the mining companies and Dupont primarily as they had large stakes in that industry...
What happened?...most of the brightest and best were forced out of an industry that depended on experienced workers to do the job...replaced by know-nothing's with a Degree...now the industry is in a shambles with the poor leadership...Safety exists only on the individuals level.

Now, almost nobody seeks a Degree in Mining Engineering...It's Gas and Petrol...and Computer...

The Times change...the need changes and the money directing those education programs change too.

In the end it all shakes out the same...experience molds the person on the job and the Degree does not mean too much...

Cronies get you the position...create a network of management and then circle to each others companies from time to time...love those Golden Parachutes...just part of the system...

[CTMountaineer]

Originally Posted by tbailey1138

Marshall's student population has remained about the same but it has not waned. The most recent stats have Marshall's enrollment at 15,640 and Fairmont State University's at 6,496. That's still several thousand more than FSU, meaning MU is still #2. FSU would have to gain almost 10,000 student this year to eclipse Marshall. And talk about investing money, I guess the 100 million dollar project currently in the works along with the multi-million dollar bio-tech center and the multi-million dollar new engineering lab and building should speak volumes. This is exactly the type of misrepresentation I'm speaking of. To read what you posted above, you make it sound like Marshall is dying. Currently, new dorms, a new rec center, new engineering facilities, new softball and baseball fields and expansion of the football stadium are all either under construction or getting ready to start soon. And this doesn't even touch the millions being spent in Huntington right now for new projects. If money talks as you say it does, then I think the Huntington area and Marshall are on the right track.

Fairmont State University - Colleges and Universities at U.S. College Search
Marshall University - Colleges and Universities at U.S. College Search

Marshall has always used funny math to bolster their enrollment statistics. They did that when I went there too. They count every person taking a course, including branch campuses and off campus sites, as being university enrolled. FSU's statistics do not include their community college, and never did. Marshall included theirs as though they were in the regular school until it was formally separated by the idiot Governor and his cronies (I happen to believe that was a mistake, or that all community colleges should be incorporated into WVU similar to Penn State in PA). Also, Fairmont State is almost entirely undergrad while Marshall's statistics include a lot of part time graduate students, mostly in education fields. Full time undergraduate enrollment at the two schools is pretty close to being equal.

[tbailey1138]

Originally Posted by CTMountaineer

Full time undergraduate enrollment at the two schools is pretty close to being equal.

But you have to count MUs graduate programs since those are students at the University. This still makes MU about twice the size of FSU. What would WVU's enrollment be if you didn't count all of their graduate programs?

[vec101]

WVU has a "campus" at CAMC in Chas and don't forget former Tech in Montgomery is now WVU. Many moons ago hubby got his Masters from WVU and was able to take many Master's classes at WVU's Jackson's Mill near Weston - was before the days of computers everywhere. Don't know if they still offer classes there.

Let's not forget, I figure both colleges probably offer computer classes you can take from home.

[CTMountaineer]

Morgantown is definitely the place to go. The town is college oriented, prosperous and growing while Huntington is static at best. The two towns are headed in opposite directions, and have been for some time. WVU is at least twice as large as Marshall, has more full time resident students, is a doctoral level university while Marshall is classified as a masters level school, offers far more and far better established programs, is research intensive, has much better and more comprehensive library facilities, a top flight athletic program, better name recognition, has more activities, is much closer to outstanding outdoor venues, has a much lower crime index, is considerably closer to a major city but is not unduely influenced by it, and is a national Land Grant rather than a regional institution trying to shed it's teachers college roots and ruining itself in the process.

Perhaps the best indicator of which institution is preferable is the rate of growth of each. Marshall has been losing students since 2004 while West Virginia has more than 28,000 students and has been steadily growing.

That said, Marshall is still a good school. It's just that West Virginia is a better one.