University Description
Morehouse College is a private historically black men's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia. Anchored by its main campus of 61 acres (25 ha) near downtown Atlanta, the college has a variety of residential dorms and academic buildings east of Ashview Heights. Along with Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, and the Morehouse School of Medicine, the college is a member of the Atlanta University Center consortium. Founded by William Jefferson White in 1867 in response to the liberation of enslaved African-Americans following the American Civil War, Morehouse adopted a seminary university model and stressed religious instruction in the Baptist tradition. . Read MoreUniversity History
The school received sponsorship from the American Baptist Home Mission Society, an organization that helped establish several historically black colleges.Academic Programs
- Early Childhood Education and Teaching
- General Art Studies
- General Biology
- General Business Administration and Management
- General Chemistry
- General Computer and Information Sciences
- General English Language and Literature
- General Mathematics
- General Music
- General Physics
- General Political Science and Government
- General Psychology
- Sociology
- Early Childhood Education and Teaching
- General Biology
- General Business Administration and Management
- General Computer and Information Sciences
- General Physics
- General Drama and Theatre Arts
- General History
- General History
- General Mathematics
- Religious Studies
- General Business Administration and Management
- Engineering Physics
- General Economics
- Religious Studies
- General Computer and Information Sciences
- General English Language and Literature
- General Computer and Information Sciences
- General Computer and Information Sciences
- General Communication
- Spanish Language and Literature
- French Language and Literature
- Philosophy
- French Language and Literature
- General Chemistry
- General Political Science and Government
- Sociology
- Spanish Language and Literature
- General Biology
- General Chemistry
- General Political Science and Government
- Early Childhood Education and Teaching
- Early Childhood Education and Teaching
- Religious Studies
- General Art Studies
- General Biology
- General History
- General Political Science and Government
- General Psychology
- Spanish Language and Literature
- Urban Studies
- Film and Cinema Studies
- General Psychology
- General Business Administration and Management
- General English Language and Literature
- Sociology
- General Physics
- General Music
- General Business Administration and Management
- Film and Cinema Studies
- General Art Studies
- General Economics
- General Economics
- General English Language and Literature
- General History
- General Mathematics
- General Psychology
- Sociology
- International Studies
- Sociology
- International Studies
- Engineering Science
Sports Offered
- Baseball (M)
- Basketball (M)
- Cross Country (M)
- Football (M)
- Golf (M)
- Tennis (M)
- Track and Field (M)
- Volleyball (M)
Greek Life
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
- Iota Phi Theta Fraternity
- Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity

Admissions office
Year Founded
1867
University Mascot
Maroon Tiger
Address
Morehouse College 830 Westview Dr SW Atlanta, GA 30314
Phone number
(404)215-2618