How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
Plymouth State University admits about 87.5% of applicants. Among enrolled undergraduates, 28.1% receive Pell Grants and 27.0% are first-generation college students. Transfer enrollment accounts for 12.6% of the student body. The six-year graduation rate is 52.0%, with 48.0% of Pell-eligible students completing within the same window. Azimuth ranks Plymouth State University #896 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The institution enrolls a meaningful share of Pell-eligible and first-generation students on a regional public campus, reflecting broad admission practices and a student body drawn substantially from lower-income and first-generation backgrounds. Azimuth ranks Plymouth State University #686 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates earn a median of $41,300 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 49.9 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The mobility ranking reflects what happens when a broad-access institution serves a large share of Pell-eligible students and those graduates move into stable career pathways with measurable earnings gains. Plymouth State University operates at the scale where modest per-student outcomes aggregate into meaningful institutional mobility impact.
Plymouth State University admits about 87.5% of applicants. Among enrolled undergraduates, 28.1% receive Pell Grants and 27.0% are first-generation college students. Transfer enrollment accounts for 12.6% of the student body. The six-year graduation rate is 52.0%, with 48.0% of Pell-eligible students completing within the same window. Azimuth ranks Plymouth State University #896 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The institution enrolls a meaningful share of Pell-eligible and first-generation students on a regional public campus, reflecting broad admission practices and a student body drawn substantially from lower-income and first-generation backgrounds. Azimuth ranks Plymouth State University #686 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates earn a median of $41,300 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 49.9 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The mobility ranking reflects what happens when a broad-access institution serves a large share of Pell-eligible students and those graduates move into stable career pathways with measurable earnings gains. Plymouth State University operates at the scale where modest per-student outcomes aggregate into meaningful institutional mobility impact.
Plymouth State University admits about 87.5% of applicants. Among enrolled undergraduates, 28.1% receive Pell Grants and 27.0% are first-generation college students. Transfer enrollment accounts for 12.6% of the student body. The six-year graduation rate is 52.0%, with 48.0% of Pell-eligible students completing within the same window. Azimuth ranks Plymouth State University #896 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The institution enrolls a meaningful share of Pell-eligible and first-generation students on a regional public campus, reflecting broad admission practices and a student body drawn substantially from lower-income and first-generation backgrounds. Azimuth ranks Plymouth State University #686 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates earn a median of $41,300 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 49.9 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The mobility ranking reflects what happens when a broad-access institution serves a large share of Pell-eligible students and those graduates move into stable career pathways with measurable earnings gains. Plymouth State University operates at the scale where modest per-student outcomes aggregate into meaningful institutional mobility impact.