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Morehouse landed the #1,649 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Morehouse held the #1,941 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 68 colleges in Georgia, Morehouse is ranked at #44.
Morehouse College has an acceptance rate of 60%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Morehouse.
Morehouse received ACT scores from 19% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 18 and 25.
The student to faculty ratio at Morehouse is an impressive 10 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
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 57%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Morehouse College has a freshmen retention rate of 80%. 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Morehouse the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 40%. That is great when compared 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $33,016 | $36,083 | $36,461 | $38,946 | $41,783 |
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 63% of students took out student loans averaging $8,374 a year. That adds up to $33,496 over four years for those students.
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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 118 | $55,567 |
| General Biology | 52 | $19,679 |
| Political Science & Government | 36 | $32,340 |
| Sociology | 35 | $31,391 |
| Computer Science | 27 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 26 | $26,158 |
| General Psychology | 21 | $31,474 |
| Economics | 21 | $40,726 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 19 | $26,839 |
| General English Literature | 18 | $24,659 |
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 2022-2023, 314 students took at least one online class at Morehouse College. This is an increase from the 222 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 314 | 314 |
| 2021-2022 | 222 | 222 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,151 | 2,151 |
| 2018-2019 | 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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