Institutional Profile

FFounded in 1867, Morgan State University, is a Carnegie-classified, doctoral, high-research institution providing instruction to a multiethnic, multiracial, multinational student body and offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate.

As Maryland’s preeminent public urban research university, Morgan fulfills its mission to address the needs and challenges of a distinctively urban environment.

Since its inception, the University has graduated more than 55,000 degree recipients and presently retains an enrollment exceeding 8,000 students. Morgan alumni can be found in diverse leadership positions and have earned distinction in every field of academic and professional endeavor. Morgan is one of the nation’s most diverse Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and is the largest HBCU in the State of Maryland. The University’s impressive 185-acre campus has been recently designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Morgan State University (MSU) has a $1 billion economic impact in Greater Baltimore and the state of Maryland. In addition, the University directly or indirectly supports 6,900 jobs statewide each year. Alumni living and working in Maryland earn an estimated $535 million a year due to the education and credentials they earned from MSU.

The University is fully accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and by the Maryland State Department of Education. The Academic Affairs Division of the University is organized around eleven schools/colleges: the James H. Gilliam, Jr. College of Liberal Arts, the School of Architecture and Planning, the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management, the School of Community Health and Policy, the School of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, the School of Education and Urban Studies, the Clarence M. Mitchell School of Engineering, the School of Global Journalism and Communication, the School of Social Work, the College of Continuing Education and Interdisciplinary Studies and the School of Graduate Studies.