Morehouse Demographics & Diversity

Racial Diversity

Racial Diversity Index: 7%

Racial diversity is the chance that two students chosen at random are from different racial or ethnic groups, using the U.S. Census Bureau Diversity Index. Students at Morehouse are almost exclusively Black with a small Foreign Resident population. The school has extremely low racial diversity. 100% percent of students are minorities or people of color (BIPOC). The ethnic breakdown is detailed in the following table.

Morehouse College is a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) primarily serving the African-American community.

Gender Diversity

Gender Diversity Index: 0%

Morehouse College is a men's college. There are significantly more male students than female students enrolled at Morehouse College with a gender ratio of 99.96% men to 0.04% women.  Though it is a men's college, 0.04% of the student body is female. Compared to the US average of 56% female students, Morehouse has a lower gender diversity than other US colleges and is less inclusive of females.

Geographic Diversity

Geographic Diversity Index: 72%

Morehouse draws 28 percent of students from Georgia, 71 percent from other states, and 0 percent from other countries. Geographic diversity is the share of students from outside Georgia, including other U.S. states and other countries.

Total enrollment