by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Morehouse College was awarded 24 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.
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Morehouse landed the #1,941 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Morehouse also holds the #56 spot on the Best Colleges in Georgia ranking.
The acceptance rate at Morehouse College is a competitive 65%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
Morehouse received ACT scores from 15% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 20 and 26.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Morehouse it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Morehouse College is 96%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Morehouse College has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from Morehouse have a four-year graduation rate of 33%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Morehouse College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,152 undergraduates at Morehouse with 2,008 being full-time and 144 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $30,053 | $33,967 | $35,655 | $36,086 | $39,751 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Morehouse, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Morehouse, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $7,281 a year. That adds up to $29,124 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Morehouse is 8.3%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
Get more details about the location of Morehouse College.
Contact details for Morehouse are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 830 Westview Dr Sw, Atlanta, GA 30314 |
| Phone: | 470-639-0999 |
| Website: | www.morehouse.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/Morehouse1867?sk=app_137181239684765 |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/Morehouse |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 108 | $46,905 |
| General Biology | 45 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 32 | $30,449 |
| Health & Physical Education | 30 | $19,951 |
| General Psychology | 27 | $25,170 |
| Economics | 24 | $64,324 |
| Computer Information Systems | 21 | NA |
| General English Literature | 21 | $20,798 |
| Sociology | 17 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 15 | $17,470 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 222 students took at least one online class at Morehouse College. This is a decrease from the 2,151 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 222 | 222 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,151 | 2,151 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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