HBCU healthcare program
Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy
Baltimore, MD · Founded 1867
Maryland's largest HBCU, with a CCNE-accredited BSN, MSN, and PhD in Nursing inside the School of Community Health and Policy. 100% first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate in 2025 (Maryland Board of Nursing FY2026 reporting), curriculum anchored in health equity.
What Morgan State actually offers in nursing and community health
Morgan State University's School of Community Health and Policy (SCHP) sits at 4101 Hillen Road in Baltimore and houses three departments: Nursing, Public and Allied Health, and Nutritional Sciences. The Department of Nursing runs a pre-licensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), an online RN-to-BSN-to-MPH bridge for working nurses with an associate degree, a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), and a PhD in Nursing. The school also offers an MPH Generalist, an online MPH in Executive Health Management, and a DrPH available on campus or online.
Accreditation you can verify
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) reaccredited Morgan's BSN for a maximum 10-year term on July 26, 2024, running through 2033. The MSN is also CCNE-accredited. The PhD is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. If accreditation matters to you for licensure or graduate school eligibility, those three lines are the ones to confirm in writing.
NCLEX-RN outcomes
Morgan's 2025 BSN cohort posted a 100% first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, ranked No. 1 in Maryland and the 97th percentile among 31 pre-licensure programs in the state, per Maryland Board of Nursing FY2026 reporting analyzed by Mountain Measurement. The previously published rate, cited in the July 2024 CCNE reaccreditation announcement, was 90.3% for FY2024. Both numbers cleared the Maryland (87%) and national (86%) averages reported in the 2025 release.
Cost of attendance
For 2024-2025, the Morgan State Bursar published full-time undergraduate tuition and fees of $4,114.50 per semester for Maryland residents (tuition $2,849 + fees $1,265.50) and $9,562.00 per semester for non-residents (tuition $8,296.50 + fees $1,265.50). Annualized, that is roughly $8,229 in-state tuition and $19,124 out-of-state tuition before housing and meals. Morgan's Office of Financial Aid lists a 2025-2026 on-campus cost of attendance budget of $32,001 for Maryland residents and $43,111 for non-residents, including housing, meals, and indirect costs.
Programs at a glance
- BSN (pre-licensure): Admits only in fall. Requires general education and prerequisites, science coursework within five years, the ATI TEAS, three letters of reference, immunizations, health insurance, and criminal background clearance.
- RN-to-BSN-to-MPH: Online accelerated track for associate-degree RNs to earn the BSN and MPH consecutively.
- MSN, PhD in Nursing: Graduate study based at the Health and Human Services Center.
- MPH (Generalist or Executive Health Management) and DrPH: Public health pathways for students more focused on policy, epidemiology, and health administration than direct clinical care.
Clinical training and Baltimore partners
BSN students complete clinical rotations across Baltimore hospitals, long-term care centers, and community health settings. Documented partnerships include the Baltimore City Public School System school-nursing program launched in 2023 with Coppin State and the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, and the Neighborhood Nursing initiative with Johns Hopkins, the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Coppin State, and Healthcare Access Maryland. The department's simulation labs use high-fidelity manikins and are currently being expanded.
Applying
The university uses common undergraduate deadlines: Fall freshman priority Dec 1 (scholarship consideration), regular Apr 1, documents due Apr 30. Fall transfer applications close Jun 15, documents Jun 30. Spring freshman applications close Dec 1, documents Dec 15. Because the BSN admits only in fall and requires prerequisite completion plus TEAS, plan at least one semester of lead time before the upper-division clinical sequence. Direct undergraduate nursing advising goes through Shelia Richburg at 443-885-4288 or Shelia.Richburg@morgan.edu; the department chair Dr. Maija R. Anderson can be reached at Nurse@morgan.edu or 443-885-4144.
Who Morgan fits
Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban research HBCU and the state's largest historically Black institution. The SCHP frames its work explicitly around urban health, social justice, and reducing health inequities. Students who want a BSN inside a Black majority learning environment, with Baltimore clinical placements and direct exposure to community and public-health practice, will find the school built for that. Students who want a strictly clinical, single-track BSN with no public-health framing should compare against University of Maryland and Coppin State before choosing.