- The Inkwell
- Georgia
- Morris Brown College
Atlanta, GACity: largeZIP 30314Founded 1881
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1881
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.morrisbrown.edu
GeorgiaHBCUReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Morris Brown College
Morris Brown College is a private nonprofit college in Atlanta, Georgia, with 432 undergraduates. It costs $25,756 a year after aid.
—graduate
Retention71%
Pell Grant share38%
Federal loans16%
$25,756net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
—graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
$15,750median debt
#1,271 of 1,739 for lowest net price
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
- $33,034tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $9,918
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $9,918
- Average net price
- $25,756national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$25,440
$30,001–48,000$26,235
$48,001–75,000$24,706
$75,001–110,000$29,196
$110,001+$26,394
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college71%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Pell share · this college38%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- —within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- —
- First-year retention
- 71%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 53%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,750
- 3-year loan default rate
- —
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, Morris Brown College—
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
- 432
- Part-time
- 17%
- Women / men
- 55% / 45%
- Average age at entry
- —
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 38%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 4.9%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,116 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $1,674
- Endowment, end of year
- $950,211
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
Hispanic3.5%
Black94%
Two or more races1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
4 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management48%
Psychology24%
Liberal arts & humanities22%
Visual & performing arts5.2%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 140571. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6913630.