unitid 157386 · Morehead, KY · public 4-year · town (remote)
Morehead State University
- enrollment 2023
- 9,836
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
77%
38th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
4,578
48th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
30%
undergrads on Pell grants
43rd pctl among public 4-years
completion
52%
finish within 150% time
63rd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$21,961
48th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$9,793
after aid, aided students
30th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$43,197
after entry, Title IV students
27th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,250
74th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $7,150 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k36%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k17%
- 110k+14%
- Median family income
- $35,407
- First-generation students
- 41%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,024
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 140 | $39,857 | $28,902 |
| Biology, General. | 68 | $63,399 | $19,250 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 60 | $37,421 | $25,292 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 51 | $50,745 | $25,946 |
| Social Work. | 50 | $40,435 | $32,002 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 50 | $73,339 | $29,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 49 | $67,669 | $30,000 |
| Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other. | 46 | — | — |
| Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General. | 44 | $75,498 | $28,396 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 35 | $56,811 | $25,558 |
| Education, General. | 34 | $47,770 | — |
| Sociology. | 33 | $39,101 | $25,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.