How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
Suny Old Westbury admits 83.6% of applicants, making it one of the more broadly accessible institutions in the Azimuth coverage set. Among enrolled undergraduates, 49.3% receive Pell Grants and 39.4% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect a student body drawn heavily from families with limited prior college experience. Transfer students make up 41.7% of enrollment, signaling that Old Westbury serves as a meaningful destination for students continuing or restarting their academic paths. Azimuth ranks Suny Old Westbury #258 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. For the students Suny Old Westbury enrolls, the mobility picture is shaped by both the scale of access and the outcomes those students achieve. The six-year graduation rate is 44.6%, with 47.9% of Pell-eligible students completing within that window — a measure of how well the institution supports its most financially vulnerable students through to a degree. Freshman retention stands at 71.8%. Low-income graduates earn a median $44,600 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 52.7 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Suny Old Westbury #264 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Suny Old Westbury admits 83.6% of applicants, making it one of the more broadly accessible institutions in the Azimuth coverage set. Among enrolled undergraduates, 49.3% receive Pell Grants and 39.4% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect a student body drawn heavily from families with limited prior college experience. Transfer students make up 41.7% of enrollment, signaling that Old Westbury serves as a meaningful destination for students continuing or restarting their academic paths. Azimuth ranks Suny Old Westbury #258 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. For the students Suny Old Westbury enrolls, the mobility picture is shaped by both the scale of access and the outcomes those students achieve. The six-year graduation rate is 44.6%, with 47.9% of Pell-eligible students completing within that window — a measure of how well the institution supports its most financially vulnerable students through to a degree. Freshman retention stands at 71.8%. Low-income graduates earn a median $44,600 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 52.7 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Suny Old Westbury #264 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Suny Old Westbury admits 83.6% of applicants, making it one of the more broadly accessible institutions in the Azimuth coverage set. Among enrolled undergraduates, 49.3% receive Pell Grants and 39.4% are first-generation college students — figures that reflect a student body drawn heavily from families with limited prior college experience. Transfer students make up 41.7% of enrollment, signaling that Old Westbury serves as a meaningful destination for students continuing or restarting their academic paths. Azimuth ranks Suny Old Westbury #258 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. For the students Suny Old Westbury enrolls, the mobility picture is shaped by both the scale of access and the outcomes those students achieve. The six-year graduation rate is 44.6%, with 47.9% of Pell-eligible students completing within that window — a measure of how well the institution supports its most financially vulnerable students through to a degree. Freshman retention stands at 71.8%. Low-income graduates earn a median $44,600 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 52.7 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. Azimuth ranks Suny Old Westbury #264 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions.
