The university also set a school record with 2,369 new students in 2024-25, an increase of nearly 4% from last year.
A double shooting marred Bowie State University's homecoming festivities days after a mass shooting took place at Morgan State University, also a Maryland HBCU.
Bowie State University invited Morgan State University students to attend its homecoming football game in the wake of a mass shooting on Morgan's campus this week in Baltimore.
HBCUs have been rallying around one of their own in support and showing unity following a mass shooting on Morgan State University's campus in Baltimore.
Tuesday night's mass shooting that left at least five people injured marked the third consecutive year that gun violence disrupted the Baltimore-based HBCU's week of homecoming festivities.
A mass shooting at the Baltimore HBCU came amid renewed calls for more government funding to help protect the nation's historically Black colleges and universities from such violence.
Morgan State University is investigating an alleged solicitation of $5 million.
NASA has donated $11.7 million to eight HBCUs to support the creation of curricula centered on artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Morgan State University will make history as the first HBCU to open a medical school in 45 years.
Maryland’s Republican nominee for governor, Del. Dan Cox, fell flat trying to woo Black voters at Morgan State University, Maryland's largest HBCU.
Activist and athlete Colin Kaepernick was awarded an honorary degree from Morgan State University.
