Morris Brown College - Forward Pathway

About

Type: Private nonprofit, 4-year
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Website: www.morrisbrown.edu
Undergraduates: 432
Student-faculty ratio: 17 : 1

This collegeRanked colleges nearby

Setting: Large city
Nearest major city: In Atlanta
Nearest international airport: Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), about 8 mi

Atlanta, Georgia

Academic calendar: Semester
Religious affiliation: African Methodist Episcopal
President: Kevin James (President)
Phone: 4044586085
City: Atlanta, Georgia
Address: 643 Martin Luther King Jr Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30314-4140

Degrees & Majors

Graduates in 2025 (first major)

Bachelor's550 international (0.0%)

Top 4 Bachelor's majors by graduates

Business Administration and Management, General

25

Psychology, General

14

General Studies

13

Music, General

3

U.S. studentsInternational

All majors, graduates and earnings IPEDS · College Scorecard

*Depends on whether majors have graduates in 2025 or not, Yes / No
**Move mouse on can check deitaled graudates number, click for major detailed information
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Businesshas 25 graduates in 2025
Major	Graduate Salary	Under
Business Administration and Management, General.	-

Psychology has 14 graduates in 2025
Major	Graduate Salary	Under
Psychology, General.	-

Liberal arts has 13 graduates in 2025
Major	Graduate Salary	Under
General Studies.	-

Visual and Performing artshas 3 graduates in 2025
Major	Graduate Salary	Under
Music, General.	-

Students

432 students in 2025 · Undergraduate men to women 45:55 · Freshman retention 70.6%

Continuing undergraduates 270
First-year undergraduates 72
Transfers and others 90

Undergraduate race and ethnicity (432)

Black

407 · 94.2%

Hispanic

15 · 3.5%

Two or more races

8 · 1.9%

International Students

International share over the last 10 years

Undergraduates0.0%

0 in 2025 · 0.0% in 2023

20232025

Cost

2025 cost per year

$21,855

Undergraduate tuition: $9,718
Room and board: $12,137

Tuition and room and board over time

19.6K 2023

21.1K 2024

21.9K 2025

Tuition rose 2% from 2023 to 2025; room and board rose 21%.

Finances · fiscal year 2024

Revenue$10.3M

Gifts and private grants

$4.6M44.3%

Tuition and fees

$3.1M30.0%

Government grants and contracts

$2.5M24.7%

Investment return

$50K0.5%

Other

$55K0.5%

Expenses$5.4M

Institutional support

$2.9M54.6%

Academic support

$1.4M26.3%

Instruction

$557K10.4%

Student services

$465K8.7%

Average faculty salary · 2025 (9-month equivalent)

All faculty

$55,044

Professor

$55,044

Campus Life

Athletics and varsity athletes NCAA · EADA

No athlete data available for 2025.

No athlete data available for 2024.

No athlete data available for 2023.

Nearby & Safety

Ranked colleges nearby

Campus safety · incidents per 1,000 students

0.0 2023

0.0 2024

0.0 2025

Notable Alumni

Notable alumni of Morris Brown College include NeNe Leakes (TV personality, star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta), James Alan McPherson (Writer, first African-American Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction) and Thomas Jefferson Byrd (Character actor in Spike Lee films).

NeNe Leakes 1966–

TV personality, star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta
James Alan McPherson 1943–2016

Writer, first African-American Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction

Also attended: University of Iowa, Morgan State University
Thomas Jefferson Byrd 1950–2020

Character actor in Spike Lee films

Also attended: California Institute of the Arts
Jean Carn 1947–

American R&B, soul and jazz singer

Spouse: Doug Carn (Jacksonville University, Savannah State University)
Greg Grant 1966–

Former professional basketball player and coach

Also attended: The College of New Jersey
Opral Benson 1935–

Liberian-Nigerian businesswoman and diplomat
George Atkinson 1947–2025

Safety for the Oakland Raiders
Sommore 1966–

Comedian and actress
Kimberly Alexander

Georgia Democratic state representative

More alumni (13, by field)

Politics and law

Henry Lincoln Johnson Sr. 1870–1925

African-American lawyer and Georgia Republican leader

Legum Doctor · Class of 1920

Also attended: Clark Atlanta University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Spouse: Georgia Douglas Johnson (Oberlin College)
Hosea Williams 1926–2000

Civil rights leader in Martin Luther King's inner circle

Also attended: Clark Atlanta University

Child: Elizabeth Omilami (Hampton University)
Albert J. Edmonds 1942–

Retired Air Force lieutenant general, DISA director

Bachelor of Science · Chemistry

Also attended: Harvard University, Hampton University
Carrie Thomas Jordan 1870–1968

Educator and civil rights activist

Science and academia

Signithia Fordham

Anthropologist studying race and Black students

Arts and media

John A. Lankford 1874–1946

First licensed African American architect in Virginia

Also attended: Tuskegee University, Lincoln University, Shaw University

Sports

Ezra Johnson 1955–

NFL defensive end for 15 seasons
Alfred Jenkins 1952–

NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons
Donté Curry 1978–

Former NFL linebacker
Howard Mwikuta 1941–1988

Zambian footballer and coach
Solomon Brannan 1942–

Former AFL defensive back
Herb Christopher 1954–

Former Kansas City Chiefs safety
Roosie Hudson 1915–1985

Professional basketball player in the NBL

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.

References and Data Sources

Data from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), U.S. News, THE, QS, ARWU and Clery Act campus safety reports. Data insights are written by the Forward Pathway data team from public data.