How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
Metropolitan State University of Denver serves a student body defined by broad access and genuine economic diversity. The university admits 98.8% of applicants, making it one of the more open-enrollment institutions in the region. Among enrolled undergraduates, 35.5% receive Pell Grants and 40.5% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect a deliberate commitment to serving students who are often underrepresented at four-year institutions. Transfer enrollment is substantial, at 65.7%, signaling that Metropolitan State University of Denver functions as a meaningful destination for students continuing their education from community colleges and other pathways. Azimuth ranks Metropolitan State University of Denver #330 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The mobility picture reflects both the scale of that access and the outcomes graduates achieve from it. The six-year graduation rate is 31.5%, with 36.1% of Pell-eligible students completing within that window. Low-income graduates see median earnings of $40,400 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 43.8 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions — a meaningful figure given that more than half of undergraduates come from Pell-eligible backgrounds. Azimuth ranks Metropolitan State University of Denver #146 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. As explored in Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale, institutions like Metropolitan State University of Denver generate mobility impact not only through per-student earnings gains but through the volume of students from low-income and first-generation backgrounds they move through to completion.
Metropolitan State University of Denver serves a student body defined by broad access and genuine economic diversity. The university admits 98.8% of applicants, making it one of the more open-enrollment institutions in the region. Among enrolled undergraduates, 35.5% receive Pell Grants and 40.5% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect a deliberate commitment to serving students who are often underrepresented at four-year institutions. Transfer enrollment is substantial, at 65.7%, signaling that Metropolitan State University of Denver functions as a meaningful destination for students continuing their education from community colleges and other pathways. Azimuth ranks Metropolitan State University of Denver #330 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The mobility picture reflects both the scale of that access and the outcomes graduates achieve from it. The six-year graduation rate is 31.5%, with 36.1% of Pell-eligible students completing within that window. Low-income graduates see median earnings of $40,400 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 43.8 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions — a meaningful figure given that more than half of undergraduates come from Pell-eligible backgrounds. Azimuth ranks Metropolitan State University of Denver #146 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. As explored in , institutions like Metropolitan State University of Denver generate mobility impact not only through per-student earnings gains but through the volume of students from low-income and first-generation backgrounds they move through to completion.
Metropolitan State University of Denver serves a student body defined by broad access and genuine economic diversity. The university admits 98.8% of applicants, making it one of the more open-enrollment institutions in the region. Among enrolled undergraduates, 35.5% receive Pell Grants and 40.5% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect a deliberate commitment to serving students who are often underrepresented at four-year institutions. Transfer enrollment is substantial, at 65.7%, signaling that Metropolitan State University of Denver functions as a meaningful destination for students continuing their education from community colleges and other pathways. Azimuth ranks Metropolitan State University of Denver #330 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The mobility picture reflects both the scale of that access and the outcomes graduates achieve from it. The six-year graduation rate is 31.5%, with 36.1% of Pell-eligible students completing within that window. Low-income graduates see median earnings of $40,400 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 43.8 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions — a meaningful figure given that more than half of undergraduates come from Pell-eligible backgrounds. Azimuth ranks Metropolitan State University of Denver #146 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. As explored in Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale, institutions like Metropolitan State University of Denver generate mobility impact not only through per-student earnings gains but through the volume of students from low-income and first-generation backgrounds they move through to completion.
