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

  • 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
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Sports Offered

  • Baseball (M)
  • Basketball (M)
  • Cross Country (M)
  • Football (M)
  • Golf (M)
  • Tennis (M)
  • Track and Field (M)
  • Volleyball (M)
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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