Morehouse College

Location and Contact Information

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Overview

Morehouse College is located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was established in the year 1867. This college is among the few traditional men’s colleges in the United States, and is a historically black institution. The campus covers an area of more than 60 acres. Morehouse College offers several degrees and certificate programs through its academic divisions. These include the:

• Division of Business Administration and Economics
• Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Division of Science and Mathematics

Morehouse College is home to several fraternities and sororities including Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Alpha Theta, Alpha Lambda Delta, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and Sigma Delta Pi. The athletic department fields men's sports teams in cross country, football, baseball, basketball, tennis, track and field, and golf.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Historically black college.
• Many students concentrating in mathematics, business and management, liberal arts, and science.
• High male/female ratio.
• Racially diverse student body.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Morehouse College is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 2,781 in 2009-2010 (2,840 full-time equivalent).

About 100% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 96% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 98% are full-time and 2% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Morehouse College provides on-campus housing for 1,565 of its 2,840 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 111 male students received the aid (men were 100% of those receiving aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (1 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (175 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (13 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (1 awarded)

• Education

ENGINEERING (6 awarded)

• Engineering

LIBERAL ARTS (153 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Urban Studies/Affairs

MATHEMATICS (20 awarded)

• Mathematics

MUSIC (5 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (10 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (13 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (48 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (41 awarded)

• Psychology