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Marshall B Ketchum University

Fullerton, California·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Far West·ketchum.edu
Enrollment
653
peer median 1,100
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About

Marshall B. Ketchum University is a private university focused on graduate programs in healthcare and located in Fullerton, California. MBKU expanded from the Southern California College of Optometry which was founded in 1904. The university was officially established as a multidisciplinary university with the addition of School of PA Studies in 2011 and College of Pharmacy in 2013. Along with Hope International University, the campus bookends the north and south sides of the Cal State Fullerton campus respectively.

Academic programs at Marshall B Ketchum

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs5
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

190 total
01Health Professions
18697.9%
02Biological Sciences
42.1%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
653
12-mo unduplicated
696

Gender split

Men
28%193
Women
72%503

Marshall B Ketchum vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Marshall B Ketchum selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectMarshall B Ketchum University
653
Adler University
1,631
AdventHealth University
37%33.7%1,861$31,885
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
57%52.7%908$26,027
Baptist Health Sciences University
38%82.0%891$13,401
Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing
539
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
30%38.7%852$27,789
Clarkson College
36%78.2%1,121$15,928
Cox College
100%100.0%724
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
44%98.7%1,191$17,797
Frontier Nursing University
2,664
Herzing University-Kenosha
70%92.0%526$17,613
Herzing University-Minneapolis
36%93.8%748$15,205
Kettering College
63%76.5%757$15,156
Logan University
22%64.3%1,406$18,094
MCPHS University
61%85.2%5,945$35,084
Mercy College of Health Sciences
67%99.7%869$23,417
MGH Institute of Health Professions
1,672
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
54%84.3%670$12,939
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health
49%73.4%1,067$19,474
Northwestern Health Sciences University
1,101$29,794
Palmer College of Chiropractic
100.0%2,161
Palo Alto University
1,065
Roseman University of Health Sciences
1,367
Salus University
1,106
Samuel Merritt University
1,926
Southern California University of Health Sciences
2,008$45,633
The Chicago School at Chicago
34.5%1,100
The Chicago School at Los Angeles
0%46.3%3,344
The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences
50%58.9%717$19,462
William James College
967
Peer group median49%78.2%1,100$19,462

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