- The Inkwell
- Georgia
- Morehouse College
Atlanta, GACity: largeZIP 30314Founded 1867
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1867
- Motto
- Et facta est lux
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.morehouse.edu
GeorgiaHBCUPrivate nonprofit
Morehouse College
Morehouse College is a private nonprofit college in Atlanta, Georgia, with 2,844 undergraduates. It admits 44% of applicants, graduates 57% within six years and costs $38,655 a year after aid.
57%graduate
Admission rate44%
Retention87%
4-year graduation41%
Pell Grant share49%
Federal loans62%
$38,655net price / year
44%admission rate
1090average SAT
57%graduate in 6 years
$62,169median earnings, 10 yrs
$24,500median debt
#680 of 1,704 for earnings#1,642 of 1,739 for lowest net price#775 of 1,738 for graduation rate#197 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $52,456tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $34,030
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $34,030
- Average net price
- $38,655national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$32,102
$30,001–48,000$32,502
$48,001–75,000$34,353
$75,001–110,000$40,330
$110,001+$44,140
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 44%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1090
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 18–25
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college44%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college87%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college57%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college49%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 57%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 41%
- First-year retention
- 87%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 56%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $45,356
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $62,169middle 50%: $34,195–$92,360
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$92,360
Median, Morehouse College$62,169
Lower quarter$34,195
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,844
- Part-time
- 9.5%
- Women / men
- 0% / 100%
- Average age at entry
- 19.7
- First-generation students
- 20%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 49%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 54%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,703 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $13,314
- Endowment, end of year
- $263,393,368
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White0.1%
Hispanic0.2%
Black97%
Asian0.1%
Two or more races2.0%
U.S. nonresident0.4%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management36%
Communication & journalism11%
Social sciences11%
Biological & biomedical sciences9.7%
Psychology5.3%
Parks, recreation & fitness4.9%
Computer & information sciences3.8%
Visual & performing arts3.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 140553. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1524124.