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National Rankings

Student Rankings Compared to National Rankings

MSU National Ranking

12th among all HBCUs. (Source: US News, 2024).  

Fulbright Scholars

Morgan State University ranks second among HBCU's in Fulbright Student Awards (66 in total). To date, Morgan has received 30 Fulbright Scholar Awards, awarded to faculty and staff.  

Bachelor’s Degrees Awarded to African Americans

1st 

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Architecture and Environmental Design (tied)

1st 

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Electrical Engineering

1st 

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Multimedia Platform

1st 

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Transportagtion Systems Engineering

2nd 

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Civil Engineering 

3rd 

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Applied Liberal Studies

3rd 

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Cloud Computing (tied)

3rd 

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Construction Management 

3rd 

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Hospitality Management 

3rd 

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Industrial Engineering (tied)

3rd

Nutritional Science

5th

Engineering Physics (tied)

5th

Interior Design

6th

Computer Sciences (tied)

8th

Information Science

8th

Philosophy

8th

Social Work

9th

Public Health Education (tied)

10th

Entrepreneurship (tied)

11th

Acturial Science (tied)

12th

Music (tied)

12th

Medical Laboratory Science (tied)

13th

Elementary Education

15th

Multimedia Journalism (tied)

16th

Finance

16th

Physical Education

19th

Sociology (tied)

22nd

Accounting

30th

Political Science (tied)

34th

Business Administration

35th

Marketing (tied)

35th

Biology (tied)

45th

English (tied)

47th

Economics (tied)

48th

Theatre Arts (tied)

Masters Degrees Awarded to African Americans

1st 

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Construction Management (tied) 

2nd

Engineering

2nd

Hospitality Management

2nd

Project Management

3rd

African American Studies (tied)

5th

Community College Administration and Instruction

9th

Journalism (tied)

9th

Sociology (tied)

12th

Secondary Education (tied)

13th

Social Work

19th

Higher Education Administration (tied)

20th

City and Regional Planning (tied)

35th 

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Advanced Computing (tied)

Doctoral Degrees Awarded to African Americans

1st

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Community College Leadership

1st

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Engineering

1st

English (tied)

1st

Psychometrics

2nd

Science Education (tied)

3rd

Mathematics Education

9th

History

9th

Public Health (tied)

23rd

Business Administration

 19th 

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Higher Education Administration (tied)

Source:  IPEDS Competions 2021-2022.

HBCUs awarded 646 research and scholarship doctorates in 2022. Black or African Americans were awarded 410 research and scholarship doctorates from HBCUs with Morgan (43) ranking second alongside Jackson stat University (43).

  1.  Howard University
  2.  Jackson State University
  3.  North Carolina A&T State University
  4.  Morgan State University

Source: IPEDS Completions 2021-2022.