COLORS: Navy Blue and White
All loyal Pioneers know that the colors of Marietta College are Navy Blue and White, but tracing them back to an exact date of official adoption is an exciting journey into the institution's archives.
NIckname: pioneers
One of the most common references to the origin of the College's nickname, "Pioneers," comes in the pages of Vernon E. "Dan" McGrew's In the Various Branches of Useful Knowledge. This history of the College points to an appearance of the name "Pioneers" in the fall of 1930 when it was used by the Olio to describe Marietta sports teams.
College Seal
While various College administrations of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries debated the most appropriate founding date of the College using both 1797, (the founding date of Muskingum Academy), and 1835, (the date upon which Marietta College was chartered by the State of Ohio), over the last one hundred years or so, the seal has been a relative constant in its use and design.
Location
Marietta, Ohio, is located in the Mid-Ohio Valley at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, serving as the oldest city in the Northwest Territory. The city features a downtown area right at the intersection, with the Muskingum flowing into the Ohio River. The College campus is less than a one-half mile walk to the center of downtown and the banks of either river.
Campus address is:
215 Fifth Street
Marietta, OH 45750
2025-2026 Fast Facts
Faculty
Faculty: 111
Student Enrollment
Undergaduate enrollment: 885
Graduate enrollment: 87
Incoming First-year Students
Women: 40.%
Men: 59.8%
Top U.S. Geographic Regions Represented for Traditional Students
From Ohio: 72.5%
From West Virginia: 7.4%
Great Lakes states other than Ohio (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania): 13.2%
New England/Mid-Atlantic (Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York): 2.0%
Southeast (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia): 2.9%
All Other States/Regions: 2.0%
Other facts
Student-Faculty Ratio: 10:1
Average Class Size: 13
Percentage of students who receive need-based financial aid: 72%
Percentage of student who receive institutional aid: 99%
28M+ of Marietta College's funds are committed to financial assistance in the 2025-26 academic year