Morgan State University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Morgan State University was established in 1867 as the Centenary Biblical Institute. It was renamed Morgan College in 1890 after Reverend Lyttleton Morgan. The college became Morgan State College in 1938. It gained university status in 1975 and settled on its current name at that time. It sits upon more than 140 acres in residential Baltimore, Maryland. MSU is made up of the following academic units:

• College of Liberal Arts
• Estuarine Research Center
• Institute of Architecture and Planning
• School of Business and Management
• School of Community Health and Policy
• School of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
• School of Education and Urban Studies
• School of Engineering
• School of Graduate Studies

MSU has numerous student clubs and organizations, including Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Caribbean Students Association, National Politcal Science Honor Society, Minority Association of Pre-Health Students, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Pi Sigma Alpha, Kappa Kappa Psi, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, The Pre-Medical Chapter of The American Medical Student Association and Zeta Psi.

MSU competes in the Mideastern Athletic Conference. Its sports teams are known as the Bears and participate in football, lacrosse, basketball, tennis, cross country, track and field, bowling, softball and volleyball.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Historically black college.
• Many students concentrating in media, architecture and planning, engineering, music, family and social work, and science.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Selective admissions.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Affordable tuition & fees.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• 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

Morgan State is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 7,005 in 2009-2010 (6,083 full-time equivalent).

About 43% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 57% of the class.

Undergrads are 86% of enrolled students and graduate students are 14%.

Students under 25 years old represent 73% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Morgan State provides on-campus housing for 2,818 of its 6,083 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 96 male students received the aid (men were 62% of those receiving aid) and 59 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 38% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Morgan State offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Doctorate, Professional Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (48 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (14 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (257 awarded)

• Accounting
• Actuarial Science
• Business Administration and Management
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Finance
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Operations Management and Supervision
• Transportation/Transportation Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (29 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Science/Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (3 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (83 awarded)

• Community College Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Health Teacher Education
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (115 awarded)

• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Engineering
• Industrial Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (89 awarded)

• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Foodservice Systems Administration/Management
• Social Work

HOSPITALITY (17 awarded)

• Hotel/Motel Administration/Management

LIBERAL ARTS (114 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Museology/Museum Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (10 awarded)

• Computational Mathematics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (95 awarded)

• Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects
• Broadcast Journalism
• Journalism
• Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (23 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (26 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Construction Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (11 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (80 awarded)

• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (53 awarded)

• Clinical/Medical Social Work
• Psychology
• Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology