Skip to content
AlmaSpire

Atlanta, GA · Private · 2,844 undergraduates · urban

Morehouse College

Moderately selective

Crown Forum creates a required shared intellectual and ceremonial experience extending beyond ordinary courses and across students' years at Morehouse.

Campus image / Publicly hosted campus image

Institutional profile

Established Solid in academic standing, and solid in student experience.
Academic Solid Affordability Emerging Career Steady Mobility Solid Experience Solid
Academic standing Solid
Affordability Emerging
Career outcomes Steady
Mobility Solid
Student experience Solid
Admission
51.4% admitted

5,610 applicants in the reported year

Price by income
Varies across five income ranges

Compare recent average annual costs by household income

Completion
54.9%

$52,889 median earnings 10 years after enrollment

What sets Morehouse College apart

Academic design

All students complete first-year courses designated around Black life, history, and culture as part of general education. The curriculum also includes writing, language, quantitative work, science, arts, ethics, society and culture, while Crown Forum forms a parallel required educational experience.

Campus pattern

Crown Forum is a recurring communal institution rather than an occasional lecture series, bringing students together around leadership, social justice, identity, service, and Morehouse traditions. The Atlanta University Center environment places Morehouse within a wider group of neighboring historically Black institutions and metropolitan Atlanta.

Defining feature

Crown Forum creates a required shared intellectual and ceremonial experience extending beyond ordinary courses and across students' years at Morehouse.

Can I get in?

51.4% admitted

Start with academic preparation, then show why this particular academic and campus environment fits you.

Recent applicant pool

5,610

About 51 in every 100 applicants were admitted.

Admission rate 51.4%
Entering class

Academic range

ACT middle 50%19–23
1626

Of admitted students, 0% submitted an SAT, and 5% submitted an ACT. Very few of the admitted class reported a score at all, so the SAT and ACT ranges describe those students rather than the class.

Entered with a 4.0 GPA18.9%

In the season card

Where your GPA sits in the entering class

The full entering-class GPA distribution for Morehouse College, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.

See where I land

In the season card

What Morehouse College weighs when it reads a file

See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.

  • Course rigor  
  • GPA  
  • Test scores  
  • Essay  
  • Recommendations  
  • Extracurriculars  
  • Demonstrated interest  
See what counts here

What moves the application

The evidence that separates a strong file

01

Show preparation for this curriculum

All students complete first-year courses designated around Black life, history, and culture as part of general education. The curriculum also includes writing, language, quantitative work, science, arts, ethics, society and culture, while Crown Forum forms a parallel required educational experience.

02

Make the fit specific

Students drawn to a college culture explicitly centered on Black male education, leadership formation, service, and a strong institutional identity.

03

Account for the tradeoff

Morehouse asks students to participate in a defined mission and shared traditions, so applicants wanting a religiously and culturally neutral or highly individualistic college experience should consider fit carefully.

How to apply

Rounds, route, and required materials

Build the calendar around the earliest realistic application round and make the school-specific case concrete.

Early DecisionNov 1
Early ActionDec 15
Regular DecisionFeb 1
Fee and waiver$50 application fee

Fee waiver: accepted

Can I afford it?

Compare annual cost by household income.

Start with the average net price for your income range, then set that estimate beside your other realistic options.

Published annual cost$59,430
Average annual cost after aid$39,000
Affordability profileEmerging

College funding

Scholarships and financial aid

Review available aid, application requirements, and renewal terms.

Open financial aid plan

In the season card

Average annual cost by household income at Morehouse College

Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.

  • $0–30k 
  • $30–48k 
  • $48–75k 
  • $75–110k 
  • $110k+ 
Open the price by income

Is it worth it?

Completion, debt, and earnings

Crown Forum creates a required shared intellectual and ceremonial experience extending beyond ordinary courses and across students' years at Morehouse.

Complete within 8 years54.9%

Degree completion across the reported entering cohort

Return after year one86.4%

First-year students who return for year two

Median federal debtWhat students owe on the way out

And what that comes to against what they earn.

Median earnings$52,889

Reported 10 years after enrollment

Academic portfolio

Largest bachelor’s fields

How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.

Business Administration, Management and Operations

Recent graduates128
Median earnings$69,422

Film/Video and Photographic Arts

Recent graduates35
Median earnings

Biology, General

Recent graduates32
Median earnings$34,866

Sociology

Recent graduates26
Median earnings$62,517

Political Science and Government

Recent graduates25
Median earnings$71,139

What is campus life like?

Morehouse College beyond the classroom

Crown Forum is a recurring communal institution rather than an occasional lecture series, bringing students together around leadership, social justice, identity, service, and Morehouse traditions. The Atlanta University Center environment places Morehouse within a wider group of neighboring historically Black institutions and metropolitan Atlanta.

Academics

A defining academic feature

All students complete first-year courses designated around Black life, history, and culture as part of general education. The curriculum also includes writing, language, quantitative work, science, arts, ethics, society and culture, while Crown Forum forms a parallel required educational experience.

Campus setting

What shapes an ordinary week

Crown Forum is a recurring communal institution rather than an occasional lecture series, bringing students together around leadership, social justice, identity, service, and Morehouse traditions. The Atlanta University Center environment places Morehouse within a wider group of neighboring historically Black institutions and metropolitan Atlanta.

Distinctive edge

What changes the experience

Crown Forum creates a required shared intellectual and ceremonial experience extending beyond ordinary courses and across students' years at Morehouse.

2,844 undergraduatesSoutheasturban setting98.7% of first-year students live on campus