How this school serves students from different economic backgrounds, including Pell students, first-generation pathways, and long-term mobility outcomes.
The University of Providence is a small private nonprofit institution in Great Falls, Montana, where health sciences form the dominant academic focus. University of Mount Olive admits 75.8% of applicants, with ACT scores for admitted students typically falling between 18 and 24 (middle 50%, interquartile range). Among enrolled undergraduates, 44.7% receive Pell Grants and 43.3% are first-generation college students — a profile that reflects the institution's commitment to serving students from working-class and rural Montana families. Transfer enrollment accounts for 51.5% of the student body, a meaningful share for an institution of this size. Azimuth ranks University of Mount Olive #600 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The freshman retention rate is 71.7%, and the six-year graduation rate is 51.8%, with 45.9% of Pell-eligible students completing within that window — a figure that speaks to how well the institution supports students who arrive with fewer financial resources. Azimuth ranks University of Mount Olive #1177 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates earn a median of $35,300 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 8.3 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The health-sciences concentration matters here: nursing, allied health, and clinical programs tend to produce stable, locally grounded careers — fields where graduates often remain in the region and build durable financial footing over time. As explored in Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale, the mobility story at institutions like University of Mount Olive is shaped not just by per-student earnings but by how consistently those earnings materialize across a student body that skews toward first-generation and Pell-eligible backgrounds.
The University of Providence is a small private nonprofit institution in Great Falls, Montana, where health sciences form the dominant academic focus. University of Mount Olive admits 75.8% of applicants, with ACT scores for admitted students typically falling between 18 and 24 (middle 50%, interquartile range). Among enrolled undergraduates, 44.7% receive Pell Grants and 43.3% are first-generation college students — a profile that reflects the institution's commitment to serving students from working-class and rural Montana families. Transfer enrollment accounts for 51.5% of the student body, a meaningful share for an institution of this size. Azimuth ranks University of Mount Olive #600 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The freshman retention rate is 71.7%, and the six-year graduation rate is 51.8%, with 45.9% of Pell-eligible students completing within that window — a figure that speaks to how well the institution supports students who arrive with fewer financial resources. Azimuth ranks University of Mount Olive #1177 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates earn a median of $35,300 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 8.3 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The health-sciences concentration matters here: nursing, allied health, and clinical programs tend to produce stable, locally grounded careers — fields where graduates often remain in the region and build durable financial footing over time. As explored in Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale, the mobility story at institutions like University of Mount Olive is shaped not just by per-student earnings but by how consistently those earnings materialize across a student body that skews toward first-generation and Pell-eligible backgrounds.
The University of Providence is a small private nonprofit institution in Great Falls, Montana, where health sciences form the dominant academic focus. University of Mount Olive admits 75.8% of applicants, with ACT scores for admitted students typically falling between 18 and 24 (middle 50%, interquartile range). Among enrolled undergraduates, 44.7% receive Pell Grants and 43.3% are first-generation college students — a profile that reflects the institution's commitment to serving students from working-class and rural Montana families. Transfer enrollment accounts for 51.5% of the student body, a meaningful share for an institution of this size. Azimuth ranks University of Mount Olive #600 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. The freshman retention rate is 71.7%, and the six-year graduation rate is 51.8%, with 45.9% of Pell-eligible students completing within that window — a figure that speaks to how well the institution supports students who arrive with fewer financial resources. Azimuth ranks University of Mount Olive #1177 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Low-income graduates earn a median of $35,300 on a historical ten-year Scorecard measure, placing this cohort in the 8.3 percentile for low-income graduate earnings among nonprofit four-year institutions. The health-sciences concentration matters here: nursing, allied health, and clinical programs tend to produce stable, locally grounded careers — fields where graduates often remain in the region and build durable financial footing over time. As explored in Azimuth's analysis of access versus outcomes at scale, the mobility story at institutions like University of Mount Olive is shaped not just by per-student earnings but by how consistently those earnings materialize across a student body that skews toward first-generation and Pell-eligible backgrounds.
