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Morehouse scholarships and merit aid

Two prices: the posted one, and yours.

Posted price$56,442per year · 2025-2026 · cost of attendance
Yours?depends on the rules below

The short answer

Morehouse may be worth checking, but its awards do not follow a simple grades-and-scores chart. Start with the published scholarships below.

Where does your student land?

Verified Jul 2026
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Published rules, with the school sources close at hand. Confirm the details before you count on an award.

The award collection

Published scholarships

These amounts and requirements come from the school’s own published pages. Open an award to see who qualifies and how to keep it.

Where does your student land?

  1. Institutional Scholarships (Automatic Scholarship Match for newly admitted students)Amount not publishedNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Institutional Scholarships (Automatic Scholarship Match for newly admitted students)

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    Start with the award’s published eligibility.

    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Institutional Scholarships (Automatic Scholarship Match for newly admitted students)

    Who qualifies

    Newly admitted freshmen automatically considered based on the admission application; must meet criteria established by scholarship donors; FAFSA strongly encouraged. Morehouse Online students are NOT eligible

    How to keep it

    Continued eligibility requires meeting donor criteria, maintaining GPA / community service hours / other conditions, and submitting required documents.

    Worth knowing

    Dollar amounts are not grid-published; awards are matched in an Institutional Scholarship Portal (AcademicWorks). Current students apply via the portal.

  2. Morehouse College Academic Award (MCAA)Amount not publishedNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Morehouse College Academic Award (MCAA)

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    3.4 minimum high school GPA
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Morehouse College Academic Award (MCAA)

    Who qualifies

    Complete admission application + FAFSA + paid application fee/waiver; evaluation of 4 distinguished activities (academic, leadership, extracurricular, recommendations). Reviewed, ranked, and selected by an awards committee

    How to keep it

    Freshmen: cumulative 2.75 GPA at end of first year; upperclassmen: cumulative 3.0 GPA at end of each year. Must earn 28-36 institutional credit hours/year, file FAFSA, maintain continuous full-time Fall+Spring enrollment. Renewable a maximum of 8 semesters; cannot be used for summer courses.

    Worth knowing

    Initial criteria and renewal cliffs are published, but the award DOLLAR AMOUNT is not. Students cover any credit hours over 18 per semester.

  3. Morehouse College Athletic AwardsAmount not publishedNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Morehouse College Athletic Awards

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    2.0 cumulative
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Morehouse College Athletic Awards

    Who qualifies

    NCAA compliance; FAFSA

    How to keep it

    Maintain 2.0 cumulative GPA; earn 9 credits/semester or 24/year; file FAFSA; remain NCAA-compliant. Renewed annually; cover up to 36 credit hours/year. May be reduced or cancelled for ineligibility, misconduct, voluntarily quitting the sport, or transfer notification.

    Worth knowing

    Athletics awards; dollar amount not published.

  4. Morehouse College Talent AwardsAmount not publishedNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Morehouse College Talent Awards

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    2.0 cumulative
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Morehouse College Talent Awards

    Who qualifies

    Enroll in the assigned ensemble course; complete music duties; FAFSA. Vocalists/instrumentalists must perform in required concerts

    How to keep it

    Granted on a semester basis (not summer); maintain 2.0 cumulative GPA; participate in all required rehearsals/practices and assigned performances; must reapply each year. Failure to perform required concerts can cancel the award.

    Worth knowing

    Music/talent-based; dollar amount not published.

  5. Oprah Winfrey Endowed Scholars ProgramAmount not publishedNot automaticRenewable
    Published awardOther selection criteria

    Oprah Winfrey Endowed Scholars Program

    Amount not published

    Published award termsNot recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules. Confirm the policy year with the school.

    GPA
    3.2 minimum high school GPA (or 3.0 Morehouse GPA)
    SAT
    1200
    ACT
    26
    RenewableCheck the conditions
    Open award details for Oprah Winfrey Endowed Scholars Program

    Who qualifies

    Demonstrated commitment to service AND an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of $5,000 or less. Need + merit hybrid; applications solicited each spring, selected by May

    How to keep it

    Maintain cumulative 3.0 GPA, complete 15 credit hours each semester, and fulfill annual service/program participation requirements (mentoring, leadership program implementation).

    Worth knowing

    Provides financial support plus leadership development and a South Africa service trip. Selection is need-gated (EFC <= $5,000).

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The fine print

Renewal ruleMorehouse College Academic Award (MCAA): renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out

Freshmen: cumulative 2.75 GPA at end of first year; upperclassmen: cumulative 3.0 GPA at end of each year. Must earn 28-36 institutional credit hours/year, file FAFSA, maintain continuous full-time Fall+Spring enrollment. Renewable a maximum of 8 semesters; cannot be used for summer courses. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

Outside awardsDifferent aid types are displaced differently

Morehouse treats loans, work-study, and institutional grant under different rules. The same $5,000 outside award can land against any of them depending on category.

What makes Morehouse different

Morehouse (HBCU, men's) considers newly admitted freshmen automatically for institutional scholarships from the admission application, but the dollar amounts are withheld behind a scholarship portal and donor criteria — the published awards (Academic, Athletic, Talent, Oprah Winfrey) list eligibility and renewal rules, not amounts. (DRAFT)

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Research checkedJul 2026By our research team

Selection beyond grades and scores

Start with the selection process.

These awards are not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read each award's selection rules, application steps and dates. Meeting a minimum is not an award offer.

  1. Read the selection rules

    Look for the school's stated criteria and whether an additional application is needed.

  2. Check the application dates

    Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.

  3. Know what happens next year

    Check renewal, credit requirements and how other aid affects the award.

The fine print / Three questions to carry forward

Before you count on it.

Does it apply to us? Confirm the entering year, residency and every eligibility condition.

Can we keep it? Check renewal GPA, credits and how long the award lasts.

Can we combine it? Ask how outside scholarships and other school awards change the offer.

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What families often miss

  1. Morehouse withholds institutional scholarship amounts — newly admitted students are matched automatically from the admission application and notified at admission, and current students apply through the AcademicWorks scholarship portal. There is no published GPA-to-dollar grid, so plan around 'amount not published.'

  2. The Academic Award (MCAA) and Athletic and Talent awards all require submitting the FAFSA, and the college strongly encourages FAFSA for all institutional scholarship consideration — skipping it can cost you merit eligibility.

  3. The MCAA requires a 2.75 cumulative GPA at the end of the first year and a 3.0 cumulative GPA every year thereafter, plus 28-36 earned institutional credits per year and continuous full-time enrollment; it is renewable for a maximum of 8 semesters and cannot pay for summer courses.

  4. It is a need+merit hybrid with a hard need cap — eligibility requires an Expected Family Contribution of $5,000 or less (plus 3.2 HS GPA, SAT 1200/ACT 26, and demonstrated service), and renewal requires a 3.0 GPA, 15 credits/semester, and completing service requirements.

  5. Institutional awards cannot be used for summer term, Study Abroad, or Dual Degree programs, and Morehouse Online students are not eligible for institutional scholarships at all. Awards are applied to your account first, before other aid.

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Who this school may work for

Strong applicants (3.4+ HS GPA with distinguished activities) who file the FAFSA and apply for admission; service-minded students with high need (EFC under $5,000) may qualify for the Oprah Winfrey Endowed Scholars Program. (DRAFT)

Published yearly cost: Approximately $56,442 for 2025-2026. Source

Cost and graduation facts

Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Morehouse, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.

Average annual net price by family income at Morehouse, academic year 2021-22
Family incomeAverage net price paid
$0–$30,000$36,359
$30,001–$48,000$36,534
$48,001–$75,000$40,092
$75,001–$110,000$41,179
$110,001+$42,723
All income levels (average)$39,013

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$32,893
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$39,013

That works out to roughly a 24% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $51,433 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
59%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
87%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$25,000 (~$265/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$52,889
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
48%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
60%
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If your student brings another scholarship

Institutional awards are non-refundable and applied directly to the student's account FIRST, before all other eligible aid. They cannot be used for summer term, Study Abroad, or Dual Degree programs, and Morehouse Online students are ineligible. The page does not address how outside/private scholarships are treated.

Institutional awards apply to direct costs (tuition, mandatory fees, on-campus housing, meal plans) first; outside-scholarship displacement is not stated.

Source

Morehouse merit aid FAQ

  • Do I need a separate scholarship application?

    Newly admitted freshmen are automatically considered based on their admission application (you may be directed to the scholarship portal in special cases). Current students apply through the Morehouse Institutional Scholarship Portal (AcademicWorks).

  • What GPA do I need for the Academic Award?

    A 3.4 minimum high school GPA plus four distinguished activities and a completed FAFSA. To renew, keep a 2.75 cumulative GPA after year one and a 3.0 every year after.

  • What are the Oprah Winfrey Scholars eligibility requirements?

    A 3.2 high school GPA (or 3.0 at Morehouse), SAT 1200 or ACT 26, demonstrated commitment to service, and an Expected Family Contribution of $5,000 or less.

  • What does Morehouse cost?

    The 2025-26 on-campus residential cost of attendance is $56,442 (tuition $30,122 + student fees $4,012 + housing + food + other).

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How Morehouse compares

  • 32 of 749 verified schools in our dataset use mixed displacement.

    Morehouse is in the small minority (32 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.

  • 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.

    Morehouse is one of them. The cohort minority (84 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against Morehouse’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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