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Morehouse College

Historically black men's liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Everything we know

From this institution's Wikidata record. Figures that change every year show the latest value; earlier years and longer lists open with a click.

About

instance of
inception
  • 1867
named after
motto text
  • Et facta est lux (la)
industry
academic calendar type

Location and contact

country
located in the administrative territorial entity
headquarters location
  • Atlanta · country: United States · postal code: 30314 · coordinate location: 33.7465, -84.4176 · street address: 830 Westview Dr SW
street address
  • 830 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, GA, 30314
postal code
  • 30314
coordinate location
  • 33.7467, -84.4153
official website

People and numbers

count of students
  • 2,253 · reason for preferred rank: most recent value · 2020
  • 2,800
  • 2,237 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees
  • 525
admission rate
  • 77% · 2020
admission yield rate
  • 21% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Finances

endowment
  • $186,522,807 · 30 June 2022
Earlier figures (2)
  • $206,484,350 · 30 June 2021
  • $157,080,773 · 30 June 2020
total assets
  • $402,541,341 · 30 June 2020
funder
  • Open Society Foundations · prize money: $256,457 · award rationale: to support the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting at Morehouse College and its efforts to increase the ranks, retention, and profile of reporters and editors of color in the field of investigative reporting · 2023

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit
has part(s)
25 more
affiliation
member of
athletics program

Other facts

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Wikimedia and technical details (6)
Commons category
  • Morehouse College
topic's main category
category for alumni of educational institution
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Commons gallery
  • Morehouse College
social media followers
  • 54,873 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 111074974 · 3 February 2023
Earlier figures (3)
  • 50,786 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 111074974 · 8 January 2022
  • 46,504 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 111074974 · 3 January 2021
  • 42,935 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 111074974 · 22 April 2020
Identifiers in other databases (33)
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Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
New Georgia Encyclopedia ID
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Times Higher Education World University ID
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X (Twitter) username
  • morehouse · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 42,935 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 111074974 · 22 April 2020
  • Morehouse
YouTube channel ID
  • UC9TU1PrAyg06sinmGMqCt2A · subject named as: Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival · number of works: 265 · number of subscribers: 369 · number of viewers/listeners: 61,955 · 21 September 2025
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