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Courtesy Morgan State University The increase in funding as well as additional grants and scholarships for students are some of the reasons for the increase in applications at Morgan State. Courtesy Morgan State University Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones, third from left, points up while standing with the presidents of Maryland’s four historically Black colleges and Universities after a bill signing ceremony on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 in Bowie, Md. , to set aside $577 million over a decade to settle a federal lawsuit over underfunding at the state’s HBCU’s. From left: Aminta Breaux, president of Bowie State University, Heidi Anderson, president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Jones, Sen. Charles Sydnor, David Wilson, president of Morgan State University, and Anthony Jenkins, p
Tracking the enrollment at historically Black colleges can be difficult. Many historically Black colleges do not adhere (at all or strictly) to May deadlines for telling the college if a student who has been accepted will enroll. This reflects a reality that the colleges are admitting students who will be just able to afford to attend (with the aid they are given), and for many students and families, the beginning of May is the start of the time to figure out what they can afford.
Nonetheless, some Black colleges are declaring this year to be one of amazing success in admissions.
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BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) Morgan State University, Maryland’s largest Historically Black College or University, is seeing an increase in undergraduate, graduate school and housing applications for the 2021 Fall semester.
As of April, the university has received more than 14,600 undergraduate applications, an all-time high for the HBCU and a 58.5% increase over the total number received in 2019, before the pandemic.
The university has also received more than 1,000 graduate school applications, an increase of 9.6% over the total received in 2019, and nearly 1,200 applications for housing, an increase of 54.6% over 2019’s total.
“We have faced challenges during the pandemic and have seen some of our natural growth stifled as a result, however, what these record numbers of applications are revealing is that educational attainment is still very important to a great number of people and that there is a tremendous appetite to re