JERSEY CITY, NJ. - The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) released its annual Graduation Success Rate (GSR) on Wednesday. The GSR of Saint Peter's University student-athletes this year was 93 for the 2013-2016 cohort years.
The NCAA GSR report gives graduation information for students and student-athletes who entered college in 2016, the most recent class for which the required six years of information is available. It also breaks down the GSR by sport, using a four-year class average (2013-2016) called a cohort rate to provide a big enough sample. The GSR formula removes from the rate student-athletes who leave school while academically eligible and includes student-athletes who transfer to a school after initially enrolling elsewhere.
Additionally, eight SPU programs accomplished a perfect GSR score. Between 2013-2016: men's basketball, women's basketball, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, men's golf, softball, women's soccer, and volleyball recorded a 100% GSR.
Men's Basketball: Remained at 100%
Men's Golf: Remained at 100%
Men's Swimming: Remained at 100%
Women's Basketball: Remained at 100%
Women's Soccer: 100%
Women's Swimming: Remained at 100%
Softball: Remained at 100%
Volleyball: Remained at 100%
The Division I Board of Directors created the GSR in response to Division I college and university presidents who wanted data that more accurately reflected the mobility of college students than the federal graduation rate. The federal rate counts any student who leaves a school as an academic failure, no matter whether he or she enrolls at another school. Also, the federal rate does not recognize students who enter school as transfer students.
The GSR formula removes from the rate student-athletes who leave school while academically eligible and includes student-athletes who transfer to a school after initially enrolling elsewhere. This calculation makes it a more complete and accurate look at student-athlete success.
For more information and the NCAA's official release, visit NCAA.org.
