Morgan State University
Baltimore, Maryland · Website
$50,698
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$50,698
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Morgan State University is a public 4-year college in Baltimore, Maryland with 9,019 undergraduates and 1,712 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $14,985 a year (tuition and fees $8,229 in-state, $19,124 out-of-state). It admits 82% of applicants and 41% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $50,698 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $27,250 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$14,985
US median $17,138
Tuition in-state
$8,229
Out-of-state $19,124
Admission rate
82%
US median 78%
Completion rate
41%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$27,250
About $289 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$50,698
Rank 1,428 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $14,985
- Tuition in-state
- $8,229
- Tuition out-of-state
- $19,124
- Cost of attendance
- $25,413
- Students with a need-based grant
- 57%
- Students with federal loans
- 65%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $9,585
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $13,420
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $16,147
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $19,981
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $21,323
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $7,508 in 2015-16 to $8,229 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 82%
- Average SAT
- 971
- SAT reading, middle
- 470
- SAT math, middle
- 500
- ACT, middle
- 18
- Undergraduates
- 9,019
- Graduate students
- 1,712
- Part-time students
- 7.1%
- Women
- 61%
- Students per teacher
- 18
- Completion rate
- 41%
- Retention rate
- 73%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 114
- Endowment
- $106.5M
- Other
- Historically Black college
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 1,428 of 5,094 US colleges and 24 of 66 in Maryland (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | MD median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $14,985 | $17,413 | $12,792 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $8,229 | $10,410 | $8,626 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 82% | 76% | 83% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 41% | 47% | 46% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 73% | 69% | 76% | 75% |
| Median debt | $27,250 | $13,000 | $19,500 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $40,065 | $36,662 | $43,105 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $50,698 | $44,910 | $50,314 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US public 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 24% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 64% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
114 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 98 | $28,750 | $39,699 | $58,788 | $53,072 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 85 | $28,973 | $40,361 | $61,527 | $68,257 |
| Social WorkMaster's | Master's | 83 | $41,000 | $54,437 | $70,545 | $65,123 |
| JournalismBachelor's | Bachelor's | 66 | $28,750 | $28,088 | $50,700 | $56,278 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's | Master's | 62 | $33,500 | $76,731 | $89,892 | $103,485 |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 61 | $30,750 | $30,813 | $56,741 | $50,706 |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 56 | $27,000 | $34,635 | $53,617 | $57,214 |
| Social WorkBachelor's | Bachelor's | 53 | $31,254 | $39,059 | $60,082 | $51,790 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 46 | $28,544 | $78,033 | $98,640 | $100,647 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 40 | Withheld | $66,950 | Withheld | - |
| Civil EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 36 | $20,909 | $70,667 | $88,870 | $86,517 |
| Information Science/StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 29 | $24,404 | $55,711 | $83,331 | $85,294 |
| ArchitectureBachelor's | Bachelor's | 28 | $27,063 | $26,282 | $59,586 | $66,914 |
| SociologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 28 | $27,000 | $31,470 | $52,116 | $52,657 |
| Public HealthBachelor's | Bachelor's | 28 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 27 | $27,000 | $37,900 | $50,791 | $63,293 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's | Bachelor's | 27 | Withheld | $75,641 | $78,700 | $88,910 |
| Educational Administration and SupervisionDoctoral | Doctoral | 26 | $96,582 | $96,075 | $84,879 | $100,573 |
| Architectural Sciences and TechnologyMaster's | Master's | 24 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Engineering, GeneralMaster's | Master's | 23 | Withheld | Withheld | $101,719 | $120,215 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationBachelor's | Bachelor's | 20 | $31,000 | $28,091 | $55,169 | $63,560 |
| Graphic CommunicationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 20 | $31,000 | $24,843 | Withheld | $43,283 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 19 | $30,604 | Withheld | $55,837 | $47,382 |
| Industrial EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 19 | $27,500 | $74,047 | $81,416 | $98,442 |
| MarketingBachelor's | Bachelor's | 17 | $27,000 | $42,763 | $56,767 | $69,303 |
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Questions and answers
How much does Morgan State University cost?
$14,985 a year is the average net price at Morgan State University after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $8,229 for in-state students and $19,124 for out-of-state students, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $25,413. Families earning under $30,000 pay $9,585 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Morgan State University?
82% of applicants are admitted to Morgan State University. The average SAT score of admitted students is 971 and the middle ACT score is 18. The median admission rate of colleges in Maryland is 76%.
How much do Morgan State University graduates earn?
$50,698 a year is the median pay of former Morgan State University students who work, 10 years after they started ($40,065 after 6 years). That ranks 1,428 of 5,094 US colleges and 24 of 66 in Maryland. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral) at $96,075.
How much student debt do Morgan State University graduates have?
$27,250 is the median federal student loan debt of Morgan State University graduates, about $289 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 65% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Morgan State University?
41% of first-time, full-time students at Morgan State University finish within 6 years. 73% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of public 4-year colleges is 46%.
What are the most popular majors at Morgan State University?
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (98 bachelor's graduates), Business Administration, Management and Operations (85 bachelor's graduates), Social Work (83 master's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 114 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.