Admission Requirements

Morgan State University

Office of Undergraduate Admission and Recruitment

Admission Requirements

First Time Freshmen

•·         2.0 Grade Point Average (GPA), and

•·         850 SAT (Combined critical reading and math), or

•·         17 ACT (Composite Score)

Transfer Students

•·         0-11 *transferable credits from the community college with a G.P.A. of 2.0 or higher and as well as meet the regular freshmen requirements.

•·         12-23 *transferable credits from the community college with a G.P.A. of 2.0 or higher and a G.P.A. of 2.0 or higher from high school.

•·          24 or more *transferable credits with a G.P.A. of 2.0 or higher.

*Please note: developmental and/or remedial classes are not transferable.  Official high school transcripts are required only for students who are transferring with less than twenty four (24) credits from the community college.

G.E.D. Applicants

•·         G.E.D. recipients must earn a score of 410 on each section of the high school equivalency examination and at least a total score of 2250.

International Students

Applicants educated under the British system must submit official evidence of at least five (5) passes at the 'O' level, General Certificate of Education (GCE) or equivalent regional exams (W.A.E.C., E.S.L.C., E.A.E.C. etc.) These passes must be with grades of A, B, or C.

Applicants from the Caribbean who write the C.X.C. exams must have passing grades of 1, 2, or 3. Please note that only the classical academic subjects (Math, English Language and Literature, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Physics,   Spanish, French, etc.) will be accepted.

Applicants from countries where English is not the medium of instruction, must demonstrate their ability to use the English language by scoring a minimum of 550 on the TOEFL examination.In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, Morgan State University has made crime statistics available on-line at

http://www.morgan.edu/Documents/ADMINISTRATION/Finance_Mgmt/police/2011_CleryReport.pdf