by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Morgan State University was awarded 14 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is social work.
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College Factual ranked Morgan State as #1,596 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Morgan State held the #1,637 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Morgan State is also ranked #33 out of 35 schools in Maryland.
The acceptance rate at Morgan State University is 85%, which is higher than many other schools to which you may be applying. But don't think getting into Morgan State is a sure thing. The admissions staff is still going to review your application to see if you are a good fit for the school.
About 29% of students accepted to Morgan State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 430 and 520. Math scores were between 450 and 540.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Morgan State University, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Morgan State University is 67%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 74% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Morgan State University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 20% for first-time, full-time students at Morgan State, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Morgan State University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,270 undergraduates at Morgan State with 5,581 being full-time and 689 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,099 | $10,377 | $14,245 | $17,510 | $19,573 |
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 Morgan State, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Morgan State, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $7,925 a year. That adds up to $31,700 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Morgan State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251-0001 |
| Phone: | 443-885-3333 |
| Website: | https://www.morgan.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Social Work | 139 | $39,059 |
| Business Administration & Management | 125 | $40,361 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 77 | $39,699 |
| Electrical Engineering | 75 | $78,033 |
| General Psychology | 53 | $30,813 |
| Civil Engineering | 52 | $70,667 |
| General Biology | 46 | $34,635 |
| Journalism | 44 | $28,088 |
| Educational Administration | 41 | NA |
| General Architecture | 39 | $26,282 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 5,038 students took at least one online class at Morgan State University. This is an increase from the 4,844 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 5,038 | 554 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,844 | 582 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,998 | 371 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,571 | 211 |
Learn more about online learning at Morgan State University.
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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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