Morehouse College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Morehouse College

Morehouse College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 2,844 students of which 2,934 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Morehouse College is categorized as “21” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 44.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,090 and an ACT midpoint of 23. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $39,013, with published in-state tuition of $32,893 and a Pell grant recipient share of 44.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 56.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 86.9%. Graduates earn a median of $52,889 ten years after enrolling, compared with $38,267 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 128800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 55.6% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.