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Morris College

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Baptist
Population 120,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Sumter, SC

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,845 (80%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (66%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 454
Men / Women 49% / 51%
Athletes 62 (16.5%)

Racial/Ethnic

Black 92%
Mixed 3%
White 1%
Native American 0%
Asian 0%
Hispanic 0%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 42.6% 42.6% 2012 Men: 39.0% 39.0% 2013 Men: 40.8% 40.8% 2014 Men: 42.4% 42.4% 2015 Men: 54.0% 54.0% 2016 Men: 39.3% 39.3% 2017 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2018 Men: 43.4% 43.4% 2019 Men: 45.5% 45.5% 2020 Men: 44.3% 44.3% 2021 Men: 46.2% 46.2% 2022 Men: 62.0% 62.0% 2023 Men: 47.2% 47.2% 2024 Men: 51.9% 51.9% 2025 Men: 60.2% 60.2%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Black: 97.2% 97.2% 2012 Black: 97.3% 97.3% 2013 Black: 96.8% 96.8% 2014 Black: 99.1% 99.1% 2015 Black: 98.1% 98.1% 2016 Black: 98.2% 98.2% 2017 Black: 97.0% 97.0% 2018 Black: 92.9% 92.9% 2019 Black: 91.0% 91.0% 2020 Black: 91.6% 91.6% 2021 Black: 90.3% 90.3% 2022 Black: 95.9% 95.9% 2023 Black: 92.7% 92.7% 2024 Black: 94.9% 94.9% 2025 Black: 92.4% 92.4% 2011 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2012 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2013 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2014 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2016 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2018 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2022 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2024 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 White: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 White: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 White: 1.7% 1.7% 2021 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2025 White: 0.8% 0.8% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 250 500 750 1,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 958 958 2012 Total: 863 863 2013 Total: 817 817 2014 Total: 770 770 2015 Total: 760 760 2016 Total: 735 735 2017 Total: 730 730 2018 Total: 633 633 2019 Total: 578 578 2020 Total: 667 667 2021 Total: 446 446 2022 Total: 468 468 2023 Total: 480 480 2024 Total: 488 488 2025 Total: 454 454 2011 Men: 416 416 2012 Men: 363 363 2013 Men: 363 363 2014 Men: 331 331 2015 Men: 358 358 2016 Men: 302 302 2017 Men: 290 290 2018 Men: 255 255 2019 Men: 233 233 2020 Men: 270 270 2021 Men: 166 166 2022 Men: 215 215 2023 Men: 228 228 2024 Men: 236 236 2025 Men: 223 223 2011 Women: 542 542 2012 Women: 500 500 2013 Women: 454 454 2014 Women: 439 439 2015 Women: 402 402 2016 Women: 433 433 2017 Women: 440 440 2018 Women: 378 378 2019 Women: 345 345 2020 Women: 397 397 2021 Women: 280 280 2022 Women: 253 253 2023 Women: 252 252 2024 Women: 252 252 2025 Women: 231 231

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2014 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2017 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2018 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2015 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2016 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2017 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Black: 98.5% 98.5% 2012 Black: 93.0% 93.0% 2013 Black: 97.2% 97.2% 2014 Black: 97.7% 97.7% 2015 Black: 98.3% 98.3% 2016 Black: 98.4% 98.4% 2017 Black: 97.9% 97.9% 2018 Black: 94.8% 94.8% 2019 Black: 93.8% 93.8% 2020 Black: 93.9% 93.9% 2021 Black: 93.5% 93.5% 2022 Black: 95.1% 95.1% 2023 Black: 93.1% 93.1% 2024 Black: 94.1% 94.1% 2025 Black: 92.3% 92.3% 2011 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2014 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2015 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2019 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2022 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2023 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2024 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2025 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 White: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 White: 0.1% 0.1% 2013 White: 0.4% 0.4% 2014 White: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 White: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 White: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 White: 0.1% 0.1% 2018 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 White: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 White: 0.7% 0.7% 2021 White: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 White: 1.2% 1.2% 2024 White: 1.0% 1.0% 2025 White: 0.9% 0.9% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Morris College 55 36% 2% 0% 89% 0% 0% $38,360 0 -2.07 11 93%
Cybersecurity 2 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $66,373 5 -1.45 74 — — — — —
Biology 2 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $36,560 0 -3.47 9 — — — — —
Community Health 4 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $31,939 0 -2.50 5 96% — — — —
Applied Business Administration 20 — 20% 0% 0% 75% 0% 0% $34,012 0 -2.27 6 90% — — — —
Business Administration 5 — 60% 20% 0% 80% 0% 0% $34,012 0 -2.27 6 90% — — — —
Recreation Management 3 — 33% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $41,403 1 -1.73 17 — — — — —
English — — — — — — — — $39,256 3 -1.60 13 — — — — —
Liberal Studies 1 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $40,113 1 -1.65 14 — — — — —
Religious Education — — — — — — — — $52,320 54 +0.18 45 — — — — —
Theology 3 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $52,379 71 +0.19 45 — — — — —
Mass Communication 4 — 75% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $40,001 1 -2.04 14 — — — — —
Sociology 4 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $35,840 0 -1.91 8 100% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 1 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $39,794 1 -1.86 14 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 6 — 17% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $43,551 1 -2.25 22 100% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $17,830
ROI Percentile 11th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 41%
4-Year Graduation Rate 7%
6-Year Graduation Rate 17%
Transfer-Out Rate 36%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 32.9% 32.9% 2012 Graduated: 31.3% 31.3% 2013 Graduated: 26.4% 26.4% 2014 Graduated: 30.8% 30.8% 2015 Graduated: 33.7% 33.7% 2016 Graduated: 22.3% 22.3% 2017 Graduated: 20.6% 20.6% 2018 Graduated: 31.1% 31.1% 2019 Graduated: 25.3% 25.3% 2020 Graduated: 26.3% 26.3% 2021 Graduated: 24.9% 24.9% 2022 Graduated: 23.9% 23.9% 2023 Graduated: 20.4% 20.4% 2024 Graduated: 17.3% 17.3%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 33.8% 2012 Men: 25.7% 2013 Men: 23.8% 2014 Men: 23.8% 2015 Men: 29.9% 2016 Men: 19.9% 2017 Men: 24.4% 2018 Men: 24.3% 2019 Men: 24.5% 2020 Men: 20.2% 2021 Men: 25.2% 2022 Men: 15.1% 2023 Men: 16.8% 2024 Men: 15.3% 2011 Women: 32.3% 2012 Women: 35.4% 2013 Women: 28.9% 2014 Women: 36.4% 2015 Women: 36.7% 2016 Women: 24.3% 2017 Women: 17.9% 2018 Women: 35.4% 2019 Women: 25.9% 2020 Women: 30.8% 2021 Women: 24.5% 2022 Women: 29.5% 2023 Women: 22.9% 2024 Women: 18.9%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 32.9% 2012 Black: 31.3% 2013 Black: 26.4% 2014 Black: 30.9% 2015 Black: 33.7% 2016 Black: 22.3% 2017 Black: 21.0% 2018 Black: 30.7% 2019 Black: 26.2% 2020 Black: 26.6% 2021 Black: 25.5% 2022 Black: 24.3% 2023 Black: 19.7% 2024 Black: 18.2%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 50.9% 28 29% 4% 0% 79% 0% 0% $34,804 0 -2.21 7 90% —
Social Sciences 14.5% 8 62% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $37,921 0 -1.97 11 100% —
Professional 10.9% 6 17% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $43,551 0 -2.25 22 100% —
Health Sciences 7.3% 4 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $31,939 0 -2.50 5 96% —
Humanities 7.3% 4 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $49,313 17 -0.27 37 — —
Computer Science 3.6% 2 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $66,373 1 -1.45 74 — —
Life & Natural Sciences 3.6% 2 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $36,560 0 -3.47 9 — —
Education 1.8% 1 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $39,794 1 -1.86 14 — —

Sports

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Basketball 18 $154K $154K $0
Baseball 16 $89K $89K $0
Total 33 $243K $243K $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Basketball 16 $102K $102K $0
Volleyball 15 $79K $79K $0
Total 29 $182K $182K $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Basketball 34 $257K $257K $0
Baseball 16 $89K $89K $0
Volleyball 15 $79K $79K $0
Total 62 $453K $453K $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 95%
Yield (non-ED) 12%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 95% 95% 95%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional