How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
Cuny Medgar Evers College serves a student body defined by broad access and deep community roots in Brooklyn. The college admits the large majority of applicants, and among enrolled undergraduates, 56.3% receive Pell Grants while 50.3% are first-generation college students — figures that place it among the most access-oriented institutions in the Azimuth coverage set. Transfer enrollment represents 45.3% of the student body, reflecting the college's role as a destination for students who begin elsewhere and seek a supportive environment to complete their degrees. Azimuth ranks Cuny Medgar Evers College #200 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The graduation rate stands at 19.8%, with 19.4% of Pell-eligible students completing within the same window — a completion profile that reflects both the ambition of the students Medgar Evers enrolls and the structural challenges many of them navigate. Median earnings for low-income graduates reach $36,700 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 14.6 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. Given that 56.3% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, that median reflects outcomes for a broad and representative share of the student population rather than a narrow subset. Azimuth ranks Cuny Medgar Evers College #849 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. As explored in Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale, institutions like Medgar Evers that enroll large shares of Pell and first-generation students create mobility impact through volume and commitment to underserved communities, even when per-student earnings outcomes remain modest relative to more selective peers.
Cuny Medgar Evers College serves a student body defined by broad access and deep community roots in Brooklyn. The college admits the large majority of applicants, and among enrolled undergraduates, 56.3% receive Pell Grants while 50.3% are first-generation college students — figures that place it among the most access-oriented institutions in the Azimuth coverage set. Transfer enrollment represents 45.3% of the student body, reflecting the college's role as a destination for students who begin elsewhere and seek a supportive environment to complete their degrees. Azimuth ranks Cuny Medgar Evers College #200 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The graduation rate stands at 19.8%, with 19.4% of Pell-eligible students completing within the same window — a completion profile that reflects both the ambition of the students Medgar Evers enrolls and the structural challenges many of them navigate. Median earnings for low-income graduates reach $36,700 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 14.6 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. Given that 56.3% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, that median reflects outcomes for a broad and representative share of the student population rather than a narrow subset. Azimuth ranks Cuny Medgar Evers College #849 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. As explored in Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale, institutions like Medgar Evers that enroll large shares of Pell and first-generation students create mobility impact through volume and commitment to underserved communities, even when per-student earnings outcomes remain modest relative to more selective peers.
Cuny Medgar Evers College serves a student body defined by broad access and deep community roots in Brooklyn. The college admits the large majority of applicants, and among enrolled undergraduates, 56.3% receive Pell Grants while 50.3% are first-generation college students — figures that place it among the most access-oriented institutions in the Azimuth coverage set. Transfer enrollment represents 45.3% of the student body, reflecting the college's role as a destination for students who begin elsewhere and seek a supportive environment to complete their degrees. Azimuth ranks Cuny Medgar Evers College #200 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The graduation rate stands at 19.8%, with 19.4% of Pell-eligible students completing within the same window — a completion profile that reflects both the ambition of the students Medgar Evers enrolls and the structural challenges many of them navigate. Median earnings for low-income graduates reach $36,700 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 14.6 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. Given that 56.3% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, that median reflects outcomes for a broad and representative share of the student population rather than a narrow subset. Azimuth ranks Cuny Medgar Evers College #849 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. As explored in Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale, institutions like Medgar Evers that enroll large shares of Pell and first-generation students create mobility impact through volume and commitment to underserved communities, even when per-student earnings outcomes remain modest relative to more selective peers.
