How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
Baruch College admits 47.5% of applicants, drawing from one of the most competitive urban applicant pools in public higher education. Among enrolled undergraduates, 56.9% receive Pell Grants and 51.1% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect the institution's deep roots in serving working-class and immigrant families across New York City. Transfer enrollment is substantial at 39.8%, underscoring Baruch's role as a destination for students who begin their academic journeys elsewhere and seek a rigorous, career-focused environment to complete their degrees. Azimuth ranks Cuny Bernard M Baruch College #13 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. What makes Cuny Bernard M Baruch College distinctive is how consistently students from low-income and first-generation backgrounds convert that access into durable financial progress. Low-income graduates achieve median earnings of $62,000 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 86.5 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 72.1%, and Pell-eligible students complete at 64.8% — a strong signal that the institution supports students from lower-income backgrounds through to completion, not just enrollment. Azimuth ranks Cuny Bernard M Baruch College #28 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. That mobility standing reflects what Azimuth's analysis of access and outcomes at scale describes as the compounding effect of broad access and strong per-student gains: when a large share of students begin from Pell-eligible and first-generation backgrounds and still achieve top-quartile earnings outcomes, the institution's contribution to upward mobility is both wide and deep.
Baruch College admits 47.5% of applicants, drawing from one of the most competitive urban applicant pools in public higher education. Among enrolled undergraduates, 56.9% receive Pell Grants and 51.1% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect the institution's deep roots in serving working-class and immigrant families across New York City. Transfer enrollment is substantial at 39.8%, underscoring Baruch's role as a destination for students who begin their academic journeys elsewhere and seek a rigorous, career-focused environment to complete their degrees. Azimuth ranks Cuny Bernard M Baruch College #13 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. What makes Cuny Bernard M Baruch College distinctive is how consistently students from low-income and first-generation backgrounds convert that access into durable financial progress. Low-income graduates achieve median earnings of $62,000 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 86.5 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 72.1%, and Pell-eligible students complete at 64.8% — a strong signal that the institution supports students from lower-income backgrounds through to completion, not just enrollment. Azimuth ranks Cuny Bernard M Baruch College #28 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. That mobility standing reflects what Azimuth's analysis of access and outcomes at scale describes as the compounding effect of broad access and strong per-student gains: when a large share of students begin from Pell-eligible and first-generation backgrounds and still achieve top-quartile earnings outcomes, the institution's contribution to upward mobility is both wide and deep.
Baruch College admits 47.5% of applicants, drawing from one of the most competitive urban applicant pools in public higher education. Among enrolled undergraduates, 56.9% receive Pell Grants and 51.1% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect the institution's deep roots in serving working-class and immigrant families across New York City. Transfer enrollment is substantial at 39.8%, underscoring Baruch's role as a destination for students who begin their academic journeys elsewhere and seek a rigorous, career-focused environment to complete their degrees. Azimuth ranks Cuny Bernard M Baruch College #13 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. What makes Cuny Bernard M Baruch College distinctive is how consistently students from low-income and first-generation backgrounds convert that access into durable financial progress. Low-income graduates achieve median earnings of $62,000 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 86.5 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 72.1%, and Pell-eligible students complete at 64.8% — a strong signal that the institution supports students from lower-income backgrounds through to completion, not just enrollment. Azimuth ranks Cuny Bernard M Baruch College #28 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. That mobility standing reflects what Azimuth's analysis of access and outcomes at scale describes as the compounding effect of broad access and strong per-student gains: when a large share of students begin from Pell-eligible and first-generation backgrounds and still achieve top-quartile earnings outcomes, the institution's contribution to upward mobility is both wide and deep.
