Morgan State University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Morgan State University

Morgan State University operates as a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 9,019 students of which 8,855 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. Morgan State University is categorized as “16” 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 82.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 971 and an ACT midpoint of 18. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $14,985, with published in-state tuition of $8,229 and a Pell grant recipient share of 56.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,250, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 41.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 73.3%. Graduates earn a median of $50,698 ten years after enrolling, compared with $40,065 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 373500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 53.1% 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.