How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
Grambling State University admits approximately 44.9% of applicants. The middle range of SAT scores for admitted students falls between 920 and 1,080, and ACT scores typically fall between 15 and 19. Among enrolled undergraduates, 75.0% receive Pell Grants and 39.5% are first-generation college students. Transfer enrollment accounts for 15.9% of the student body. Azimuth ranks Grambling State University #10 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The institution serves a student population with substantial economic and educational barriers: nearly three-quarters of undergraduates qualify for Pell Grants, and a comparable share are first-generation students. The six-year graduation rate is 36.2%, with 35.3% of Pell-eligible students completing within the same window. These figures reflect the scale and composition of Grambling State University's enrollment — a broad-access institution serving students who often lack family college experience and face significant financial constraints. Azimuth ranks Grambling State University #359 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates earn a median of $30,400 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 5.2 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The mobility ranking reflects the institution's role in serving a large population of Pell-eligible and first-generation students and supporting them toward measurable post-graduation earnings. Grambling State University's outcomes demonstrate that broad access and meaningful economic mobility can coexist — the institution operates at the scale where modest per-student earnings gains aggregate to substantial mobility impact across a large student body.
Grambling State University admits approximately 44.9% of applicants. The middle range of SAT scores for admitted students falls between 920 and 1,080, and ACT scores typically fall between 15 and 19. Among enrolled undergraduates, 75.0% receive Pell Grants and 39.5% are first-generation college students. Transfer enrollment accounts for 15.9% of the student body. Azimuth ranks Grambling State University #10 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The institution serves a student population with substantial economic and educational barriers: nearly three-quarters of undergraduates qualify for Pell Grants, and a comparable share are first-generation students. The six-year graduation rate is 36.2%, with 35.3% of Pell-eligible students completing within the same window. These figures reflect the scale and composition of Grambling State University's enrollment — a broad-access institution serving students who often lack family college experience and face significant financial constraints. Azimuth ranks Grambling State University #359 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates earn a median of $30,400 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 5.2 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The mobility ranking reflects the institution's role in serving a large population of Pell-eligible and first-generation students and supporting them toward measurable post-graduation earnings. Grambling State University's outcomes demonstrate that broad access and meaningful economic mobility can coexist — the institution operates at the scale where modest per-student earnings gains aggregate to substantial mobility impact across a large student body.
Grambling State University admits approximately 44.9% of applicants. The middle range of SAT scores for admitted students falls between 920 and 1,080, and ACT scores typically fall between 15 and 19. Among enrolled undergraduates, 75.0% receive Pell Grants and 39.5% are first-generation college students. Transfer enrollment accounts for 15.9% of the student body. Azimuth ranks Grambling State University #10 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The institution serves a student population with substantial economic and educational barriers: nearly three-quarters of undergraduates qualify for Pell Grants, and a comparable share are first-generation students. The six-year graduation rate is 36.2%, with 35.3% of Pell-eligible students completing within the same window. These figures reflect the scale and composition of Grambling State University's enrollment — a broad-access institution serving students who often lack family college experience and face significant financial constraints. Azimuth ranks Grambling State University #359 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates earn a median of $30,400 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 5.2 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The mobility ranking reflects the institution's role in serving a large population of Pell-eligible and first-generation students and supporting them toward measurable post-graduation earnings. Grambling State University's outcomes demonstrate that broad access and meaningful economic mobility can coexist — the institution operates at the scale where modest per-student earnings gains aggregate to substantial mobility impact across a large student body.
