Morgan State University wants to bring a privately funded, for-profit medical school to its campus as early as 2023, an addition that would be the first new medical school at a historically black college or university in nearly 45 years, officials said.
The school has partnered with Salud Education LLC. The endeavor at Morgan State would be Salud’s first attempt at opening a school, said George Mychaskiw, the company’s chief learning officer. Individual members of the company have opened medical schools elsewhere.
The announcement comes as Morgan State experiences steady enrollment increases thanks, in part, to a growing number of nonblack students.
The opening of a medical school could prove financially beneficial for the Baltimore university. Morgan State alumni more than a decade ago joined other Maryland graduates of historically black schools in accusing the state of withholding funds and allowing predominantly white schools to duplicate their programs.