How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
Georgia State University admits about 55.4% of applicants, making it a broadly accessible institution in the heart of Atlanta. Among enrolled undergraduates, 50.7% receive Pell Grants and 32.3% are first-generation college students — figures that place Georgia State among the most economically diverse large public universities in the country. Transfer enrollment is substantial, at 28.6%, reflecting the university's role as a destination for students who begin their academic path elsewhere and seek a path forward at scale. Georgia State offers work-study as part of its aid structure and maintains a portfolio of named scholarship programs, per the financial aid page. Azimuth ranks Georgia State University #27 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 53.1%, and 32.4% of Pell-eligible students complete within that same window — a completion gap that is narrower than at many institutions serving comparable populations. Freshman retention stands at 79.9%, a signal that students who enroll are largely staying on track. Azimuth ranks Georgia State University #33 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates earn median earnings of $45,600 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 58.6 percentile for low-income graduate median earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. Given that more than half of Georgia State's undergraduates come from Pell-eligible or first-generation backgrounds, these outcomes represent mobility at genuine scale — not a narrow cohort effect, but a broad pattern of upward economic movement across a large and diverse student body. As Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes notes, the institutions that matter most for mobility are those that open their doors widely and still deliver durable financial progress for the students who walk through them.
Georgia State University admits about 55.4% of applicants, making it a broadly accessible institution in the heart of Atlanta. Among enrolled undergraduates, 50.7% receive Pell Grants and 32.3% are first-generation college students — figures that place Georgia State among the most economically diverse large public universities in the country. Transfer enrollment is substantial, at 28.6%, reflecting the university's role as a destination for students who begin their academic path elsewhere and seek a path forward at scale. Georgia State offers work-study as part of its aid structure and maintains a portfolio of named scholarship programs, per the financial aid page. Azimuth ranks Georgia State University #27 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 53.1%, and 32.4% of Pell-eligible students complete within that same window — a completion gap that is narrower than at many institutions serving comparable populations. Freshman retention stands at 79.9%, a signal that students who enroll are largely staying on track. Azimuth ranks Georgia State University #33 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates earn median earnings of $45,600 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 58.6 percentile for low-income graduate median earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. Given that more than half of Georgia State's undergraduates come from Pell-eligible or first-generation backgrounds, these outcomes represent mobility at genuine scale — not a narrow cohort effect, but a broad pattern of upward economic movement across a large and diverse student body. As Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes notes, the institutions that matter most for mobility are those that open their doors widely and still deliver durable financial progress for the students who walk through them.
Georgia State University admits about 55.4% of applicants, making it a broadly accessible institution in the heart of Atlanta. Among enrolled undergraduates, 50.7% receive Pell Grants and 32.3% are first-generation college students — figures that place Georgia State among the most economically diverse large public universities in the country. Transfer enrollment is substantial, at 28.6%, reflecting the university's role as a destination for students who begin their academic path elsewhere and seek a path forward at scale. Georgia State offers work-study as part of its aid structure and maintains a portfolio of named scholarship programs, per the financial aid page. Azimuth ranks Georgia State University #27 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 53.1%, and 32.4% of Pell-eligible students complete within that same window — a completion gap that is narrower than at many institutions serving comparable populations. Freshman retention stands at 79.9%, a signal that students who enroll are largely staying on track. Azimuth ranks Georgia State University #33 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates earn median earnings of $45,600 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 58.6 percentile for low-income graduate median earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. Given that more than half of Georgia State's undergraduates come from Pell-eligible or first-generation backgrounds, these outcomes represent mobility at genuine scale — not a narrow cohort effect, but a broad pattern of upward economic movement across a large and diverse student body. As Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes notes, the institutions that matter most for mobility are those that open their doors widely and still deliver durable financial progress for the students who walk through them.
