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Basic Information

Type Private, Liberal Arts
Geographical Reach National
Religious Affiliation Baptist
Location Atlanta, GA
Population 4,000,000
Website https://morehouse.edu/
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,640 (57%)
Days Without Precipitation 244 (45%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,566
Men / Women 100% / 0%
From State 28%
From Region 10%

Racial/Ethnic

Black 97%
Mixed 2%
Native American 0%
Asian 0%
Hispanic 0%
White 0%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Men: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Men: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Men: 99.8% 99.8% 2022 Men: 100.0% 100.0% 2024 Men: 100.0% 100.0%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Black: 97.7% 97.7% 2012 Black: 96.2% 96.2% 2013 Black: 97.4% 97.4% 2014 Black: 94.0% 94.0% 2015 Black: 94.2% 94.2% 2016 Black: 94.7% 94.7% 2017 Black: 96.2% 96.2% 2018 Black: 93.7% 93.7% 2019 Black: 94.4% 94.4% 2020 Black: 94.4% 94.4% 2021 Black: 98.4% 98.4% 2022 Black: 94.2% 94.2% 2023 Black: 92.1% 92.1% 2024 Black: 94.5% 94.5% 2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2014 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5% 2021 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2011 White: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 White: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 White: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2012 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2013 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2015 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2016 International: 3.0% 3.0% 2017 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2018 International: 3.9% 3.9% 2019 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2020 International: 3.7% 3.7% 2021 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 International: 0.7% 0.7%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Black: 71.6% 71.6% 2021 Black: 73.3% 73.3% 2022 Black: 96.9% 96.9% 2023 Black: 95.5% 95.5% 2024 Black: 97.6% 97.6% 2025 Black: 97.3% 97.3% 2020 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Hispanic: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 White: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 White: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2021 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2025 International: 0.4% 0.4%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Morehouse College 527 100% / 0% 0% $67,303 73 92%
Engineering Science 5 — 100% / 0% 0% $88,299 92 —
Pre-Engineering 5 — 100% / 0% 0% $87,910 92 —
Computer Science 20 — 100% / 0% 0% $83,754 89 —
Software Engineering 3 — 100% / 0% 0% $80,832 87 —
Chemistry 4 — 100% / 0% 0% $68,102 75 —
Mathematics 3 — 100% / 0% 0% $69,852 77 —
Physics 8 — 100% / 0% 0% $71,799 79 —
Biology 51 — 100% / 0% 0% $78,610 86 95%
Kinesiology 26 — 100% / 0% 0% $39,296 8 96%
Business Administration 191 +1 100% / 0% 0% $76,371 84 89%
Economics 17 — 100% / 0% 0% $82,900 89 100%
African American Studies 2 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
African Studies — — — — $45,315 18 —
Communication 35 — 100% / 0% 0% $39,810 9 90%
Communication 13 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
English 12 — 100% / 0% 0% $58,132 55 96%
History 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $52,801 39 —
International Studies 3 +1 100% / 0% 0% $63,676 67 —
Italian Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $45,100 18 —
Journalism 10 +1 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Philosophy 8 +1 100% / 0% 0% $44,854 17 —
Political Science 28 — 96% / 4% 0% $68,318 75 100%
Psychology 28 — 100% / 0% 0% $54,409 44 96%
Religious Studies 6 +1 100% / 0% 0% $53,540 42 —
Sociology 11 — 100% / 0% 0% $61,919 63 88%
Spanish 4 +2 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Sports Communication — — — — $43,104 14 —
Education 10 — 100% / 0% 0% $55,224 47 —
Art 3 — 100% / 0% 0% $38,590 8 —
Art History 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $38,611 8 —
Film Studies — — — — $39,591 9 —
Music 8 — 100% / 0% 0% $38,465 7 —
Theater 6 +1 100% / 0% 0% $36,554 6 —
Urban Studies 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $66,440 72 —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $39,168
ROI Percentile 73th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 87%
4-Year Graduation Rate 46%
6-Year Graduation Rate 59%
Transfer-Out Rate 20%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 55.1% 55.1% 2012 Graduated: 55.0% 55.0% 2013 Graduated: 53.8% 53.8% 2014 Graduated: 52.9% 52.9% 2015 Graduated: 50.9% 50.9% 2016 Graduated: 50.3% 50.3% 2017 Graduated: 55.2% 55.2% 2018 Graduated: 54.1% 54.1% 2019 Graduated: 54.2% 54.2% 2020 Graduated: 56.4% 56.4% 2021 Graduated: 46.9% 46.9% 2022 Graduated: 59.0% 59.0% 2023 Graduated: 52.7% 52.7% 2024 Graduated: 59.4% 59.4%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 55.1% 55.1% 2012 Men: 55.0% 55.0% 2013 Men: 53.8% 53.8% 2014 Men: 52.9% 52.9% 2015 Men: 50.9% 50.9% 2016 Men: 50.3% 50.3% 2017 Men: 55.2% 55.2% 2018 Men: 54.1% 54.1% 2019 Men: 54.2% 54.2% 2020 Men: 56.4% 56.4% 2021 Men: 46.9% 46.9% 2022 Men: 59.0% 59.0% 2023 Men: 52.7% 52.7% 2024 Men: 59.4% 59.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 54.4% 54.4% 2012 Black: 54.3% 54.3% 2013 Black: 53.9% 53.9% 2014 Black: 52.6% 52.6% 2015 Black: 50.7% 50.7% 2016 Black: 50.3% 50.3% 2017 Black: 55.6% 55.6% 2018 Black: 53.1% 53.1% 2019 Black: 55.0% 55.0% 2020 Black: 55.0% 55.0% 2021 Black: 47.2% 47.2% 2022 Black: 59.4% 59.4% 2023 Black: 51.4% 51.4% 2024 Black: 59.5% 59.5% 2011 International: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 International: 78.6% 78.6% 2013 International: 60.0% 60.0% 2014 International: 64.3% 64.3% 2015 International: 75.0% 75.0% 2016 International: 56.2% 56.2% 2017 International: 55.6% 55.6% 2018 International: 77.3% 77.3% 2019 International: 36.4% 36.4% 2020 International: 80.0% 80.0% 2021 International: 50.0% 50.0% 2022 International: 25.0% 25.0% 2023 International: 100.0% 100.0% 2024 International: 50.0% 50.0%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 39.5% 208 100% / 0% 0% $76,905 84 90%
Humanities & Social Sciences 30.9% 163 99% / 1% 0% $53,957 43 94%
Life & Natural Sciences 9.7% 51 100% / 0% 0% $78,610 86 95%
Health Sciences 4.9% 26 100% / 0% 0% $39,296 8 96%
Computer Science 4.4% 23 100% / 0% 0% $83,373 89 —
Arts 4.0% 21 100% / 0% 0% $40,615 10 —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.8% 15 100% / 0% 0% $70,424 78 —
Education 1.9% 10 100% / 0% 0% $55,224 47 —
Engineering 1.9% 10 100% / 0% 0% $88,105 92 —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $2.3M #279 100% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $1.0M #226 100% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.5M #403 100% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.2M #283 100% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.1M #490 100% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $4.2M #405 100% $0 — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 28%
Yield (Unbound) 22%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 27% 27% 27%
Early Decision 50% 50% 50%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 62.4% 62.4% 2012 Acceptance: 66.4% 66.4% 2013 Acceptance: 66.8% 66.8% 2014 Acceptance: 84.0% 84.0% 2015 Acceptance: 76.0% 76.0% 2016 Acceptance: 66.1% 66.1% 2017 Acceptance: 74.4% 74.4% 2018 Acceptance: 57.9% 57.9% 2019 Acceptance: 99.8% 99.8% 2020 Acceptance: 77.1% 77.1% 2021 Acceptance: 65.2% 65.2% 2022 Acceptance: 60.0% 60.0% 2023 Acceptance: 51.4% 51.4% 2024 Acceptance: 44.0% 44.0% 2011 Yield: 36.9% 36.9% 2012 Yield: 33.3% 33.3% 2013 Yield: 27.1% 27.1% 2014 Yield: 38.3% 38.3% 2015 Yield: 34.4% 34.4% 2016 Yield: 29.0% 29.0% 2017 Yield: 35.3% 35.3% 2018 Yield: 29.4% 29.4% 2019 Yield: 28.0% 28.0% 2020 Yield: 21.3% 21.3% 2021 Yield: 25.5% 25.5% 2022 Yield: 21.5% 21.5% 2023 Yield: 23.7% 23.7% 2024 Yield: 27.1% 27.1%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 2,194 2,194 2012 Applicants: 2,575 2,575 2013 Applicants: 2,690 2,690 2014 Applicants: 1,678 1,678 2015 Applicants: 2,288 2,288 2016 Applicants: 3,186 3,186 2017 Applicants: 2,349 2,349 2018 Applicants: 3,554 3,554 2019 Applicants: 2,030 2,030 2020 Applicants: 3,258 3,258 2021 Applicants: 3,777 3,777 2022 Applicants: 5,221 5,221 2023 Applicants: 5,610 5,610 2024 Applicants: 5,733 5,733 2011 Admitted: 1,370 1,370 2012 Admitted: 1,711 1,711 2013 Admitted: 1,798 1,798 2014 Admitted: 1,410 1,410 2015 Admitted: 1,738 1,738 2016 Admitted: 2,105 2,105 2017 Admitted: 1,748 1,748 2018 Admitted: 2,057 2,057 2019 Admitted: 2,026 2,026 2020 Admitted: 2,511 2,511 2021 Admitted: 2,462 2,462 2022 Admitted: 3,133 3,133 2023 Admitted: 2,883 2,883 2024 Admitted: 2,520 2,520 2011 Enrolled: 505 505 2012 Enrolled: 570 570 2013 Enrolled: 488 488 2014 Enrolled: 540 540 2015 Enrolled: 598 598 2016 Enrolled: 611 611 2017 Enrolled: 617 617 2018 Enrolled: 605 605 2019 Enrolled: 568 568 2020 Enrolled: 536 536 2021 Enrolled: 629 629 2022 Enrolled: 674 674 2023 Enrolled: 682 682 2024 Enrolled: 684 684

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 11%
SAT Range 920 – 1170
SAT Math Range 450 – 580
SAT RW Range 470 – 590

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 930 930 2012 25th: 910 910 2013 25th: 900 900 2014 25th: 880 880 2015 25th: 870 870 2016 25th: 860 860 2017 25th: 950 950 2018 25th: 1010 1010 2019 25th: 1020 1020 2011 75th: 1170 1170 2012 75th: 1140 1140 2013 75th: 1110 1110 2014 75th: 1120 1120 2015 75th: 1100 1100 2016 75th: 1095 1095 2017 75th: 1160 1160 2018 75th: 1210 1210 2019 75th: 1143 1143

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 470 470 2012 25th: 460 460 2013 25th: 450 450 2014 25th: 440 440 2015 25th: 430 430 2016 25th: 430 430 2017 25th: 470 470 2018 25th: 500 500 2019 25th: 520 520 2011 75th: 580 580 2012 75th: 570 570 2013 75th: 560 560 2014 75th: 560 560 2015 75th: 550 550 2016 75th: 545 545 2017 75th: 570 570 2018 75th: 600 600 2019 75th: 583 583

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 460 460 2012 25th: 450 450 2013 25th: 450 450 2014 25th: 440 440 2015 25th: 440 440 2016 25th: 430 430 2017 25th: 480 480 2018 25th: 510 510 2019 25th: 500 500 2011 75th: 590 590 2012 75th: 570 570 2013 75th: 550 550 2014 75th: 560 560 2015 75th: 550 550 2016 75th: 550 550 2017 75th: 590 590 2018 75th: 610 610 2019 75th: 560 560

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2019 Submitted: 3.0% 3.0% 2020 Submitted: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Submitted: 15.0% 15.0% 2022 Submitted: 19.0% 19.0% 2023 Submitted: 5.0% 5.0% 2024 Submitted: 11.0% 11.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.