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 More

University History

The school received sponsorship from the American Baptist Home Mission Society, an organization that helped establish several historically black colleges.
Graduation Rate: 56% Acceptance Rate: 77% Student Faculty Ratio: 12:1 School Setting: urban Notable Alumni: Martin Luther King Jr.,Samuel L. Jackson,Walter E. Massey,Jeh Johnson,Maynard Jackson,Herman Cain,Spike Lee,Howard Thurman,Julian Bond,Erik King,Rockmond Dunbar,Guru

Academic Programs

  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • 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
  • Sociology
  • 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
  • General Drama and Theatre Arts
  • General History
  • Religious Studies
  • Engineering Physics
  • General Economics
  • General Communication
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • French Language and Literature
  • Philosophy
  • Urban Studies
  • Film and Cinema Studies
  • International Studies
  • Engineering Science
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • General Biology
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General Physics
  • General History
  • General Mathematics
  • Religious Studies
  • General English Language and Literature
  • French Language and Literature
  • General Chemistry
  • General Political Science and Government
  • Sociology
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • General Psychology
  • General Music
  • Film and Cinema Studies
  • General Art Studies
  • General Economics
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General Biology
  • General Chemistry
  • General Political Science and Government
  • General Physics
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General Economics
  • General English Language and Literature
  • General History
  • General Mathematics
  • General Psychology
  • Sociology
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • General Business Administration and Management
  • General English Language and Literature
  • Sociology
  • International Studies
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Sports Offered

  • Baseball (M)
  • Basketball (M)
  • Cross Country (M)
  • Golf (M)
  • Tennis (M)

Greek Life

  • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
  • Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
  • Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
  • Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
  • Iota Phi Theta Fraternity