Enrollment Trends at Morehouse

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,378 where 2,847 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 2,847 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,108 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,167 to 2,847 students, a net gain of 680 (31.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Morehouse College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,167	2,167	0
2016-17	2,108 -59	2,108 -59	0
2017-18	2,202 94	2,202 94	0
2018-19	2,206 4	2,205 3	1 1
2019-20	2,238 32	2,237 32	1
2020-21	2,152 -86	2,152 -85	0 -1
2021-22	2,554 402	2,553 401	1 1
2022-23	2,567 13	2,565 12	2 1
2023-24	2,738 171	2,737 172	1 -1
2024-25	2,847 109	2,846 109	1
Average	2,378	2,377	1

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.07% and the percentage of black students is 97.26% at Morehouse College. 0.07% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 0.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 0.14% to 0.07%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.05% to 0.07%. Black student enrollment increased from 94.60% to 97.26%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 0.65% to 0.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.0536 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.1050 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Morehouse College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	2	1	2,050	14	1	3	7
2016-17	5	3	1,995	18	0	6	9
2017-18	4	2	2,069	14	0	5	46
2018-19	5	0	2,080	10	0	7	62
2019-20	4	0	1,618	9	0	5	51
2020-21	2	1	1,591	6	0	4	42
2021-22	1	0	2,514	3	0	2	20
2022-23	1	0	2,527	1	0	5	21
2023-24	1	1	2,679	3	0	3	40
2024-25	1	2	2,769	6	0	2	57
Average	3	1	2,189	8	0	4	36