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.
Institutional profile
Established Solid in academic standing, and solid in student experience.- Admission
- 51.4% admitted
- Price by income
- Varies across five income ranges
- Completion
- 54.9%
5,610 applicants in the reported year
Compare recent average annual costs by household income
$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
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Recent applicant pool
5,610About 51 in every 100 applicants were admitted.
Academic range
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.
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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.
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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
What moves the application
The evidence that separates a strong file
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.
Make the fit specific
Students drawn to a college culture explicitly centered on Black male education, leadership formation, service, and a strong institutional identity.
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
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Fee waiver: accepted
Can I afford it?
Compare annual cost by household income.
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College funding
Scholarships and financial aid
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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+
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.
Degree completion across the reported entering cohort
First-year students who return for year two
And what that comes to against what they earn.
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
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
Biology, General
Sociology
Political Science and Government
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.
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.
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.
What changes the experience
Crown Forum creates a required shared intellectual and ceremonial experience extending beyond ordinary courses and across students' years at Morehouse.