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Morgan State presents FY27 budget, outlines medical‑school plan and retention efforts
Summary
Morgan State officials told the Education and Economic Development Subcommittee that the university’s FY27 budget rises about 6.3% to roughly $559 million, enrollment is growing but first‑time and transfer counts dipped slightly, retention is above 70%, and an 18‑month planning effort for a public medical school is underway with possible entry in 2030–31.
Morgan State University officials appeared before the Education and Economic Development Subcommittee to defend the university’s fiscal 2027 allowance, describe enrollment and retention trends, and outline plans to create a public medical school.
Micah Richards, budget analyst with the Department of Legislative Services, told the panel that the proposed FY27 budget increases about 6.3% to roughly $559,000,000 and highlighted both recent enrollment gains and small declines in select cohorts. Richards noted a 1.9% decline in first‑time, full‑time students and a 0.6% decline in transfer students from FY24 to FY25 and asked university leaders to explain those changes and detail retention and graduation efforts.
President Wilson said Morgan has grown rapidly — citing roughly 11,600 students this past fall and projecting the number to surpass 12,000 — and described the drops in first‑time and transfer counts as small in absolute terms. “This is not at all a concern,” Dr. Cara Turner, senior vice president for enrollment management and student success,…
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