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Expanding Student Opportunities

Through the Student Imperative, an initiative started in 2014, we have developed the resources and programs to expand access, increase affordability, enrich value, and expand opportunities for our students as they pursue thoughtful and engaged lives of responsible leadership. In addition to establishing the Soll Center for Student Opportunity, resources allocated through the Student Imperative also allow CMC to expand financial aid and scholarships, create opportunity funding, and develop our scholar community program. 

CMC recruits emerging leaders who are preparing to meet the challenges of our complex world, regardless of their financial background. We are committed to a need-blind, meet-all-need framework, allowing us to attract and retain the most exceptional student-leaders.

Our efforts to attract students in a need-blind, meet-all-need framework have been successful. Over the past five years, CMC has increased the proportion of entering Pell-eligible students by over 75% and nearly doubled our percentage of students who are first in their family to attend college. We also provide guaranteed funding for a first-year summer experience or internship—with stipends ranging from $5,000 to $7,300 for those who have summer savings obligations—and additional financial assistance beyond the cost of attendance (books, family travel, emergency funds, equipment and supplies) to those most in need through our Kravis Opportunity Fund.

Raised to Date: $291.3 million
97% of Goal Reached
 
400+ Average number of students supported each summer by CMC’s Sponsored Internships & Experiences program
94% Students who participated in an internship
75% Students who worked on research with faculty

Through CMC’s need-blind, meet-all-need financial aid packages, the message to deserving students is clear: If you want to lead, and you are admitted to CMC, then financial resources should not be an impediment. Beyond the financial implication of tuition, however, full access to the CMC student experience—from a suit for the Athenaeum to health insurance grants, funds for a summer internship, or support to study abroad—requires significant resources.

Financial Aid

Access equals opportunity, and CMC understands that its unique approach to education works best when it can cast the widest net. CMC recruits emerging leaders who are committed to meeting the challenges of our complex world, regardless of their financial background, on a need-blind, meet-all-need basis. 

Alongside these opportunities is the continued commitment to expanding the accessibility and offerings of uniquely CMC experiences, such as the Athenaeum, faculty-student research, student scholarships, research institutes and centers, and our highly competitive and NCAA-winning athletics programs.

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Financial Aid

Kravis Opportunity Fund

Established in 2018 through a gift from Trustee Henry R. Kravis ’67 and Marie-Josée Kravis, to remove a wide array of financial barriers beyond the cost of attendance.

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Kravis Opportunity Fund

Soll Center for Student Opportunity

The Soll Center for Student Opportunity is home to three important resources: Career Services, the Scholar Communities, and the Sponsored Internships & Experiences (SIE) program. It partners with academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular resources—across the CMC community and beyond—to bring students real-world experiences.

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Soll Center for Student Opportunity

Annual Fund

Gifts made to the Annual Fund benefit all CMC students. These gifts support priorities large and small, including faculty-student research, student scholarships, research centers and institutes, athletics programs, and other essential CMC student experiences.

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Annual Fund