Top 10 NCAA Div 1 Schools: "Graduation-Success Rates" of student athletes

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<p>...not exactly the same metric as graduation rates reported in a school's CDS or USNews.....</p>

<p>Top 10
1st- Notre Dame & Colgate
3rd- Navy
4th- Wofford, New Hampshire, Northwestern, Lafayette, Furman, Duke, Davidson, Holy Cross</p>

<p>source: Chart:</a> College Athletes' Graduation-Success Rates: Highest and Lowest - Athletics - The Chronicle of Higher Education
full article: Athletes</a>' Graduation Rates Hit Another High, NCAA Says - Athletics - The Chronicle of Higher Education</p>

<p>I'm a little surprised that no Ivies made this list.</p>

<p>ps....grad success rates sport-by-sport are also discussed....lacrosse was #1 mens sport, football worst. Women's best: skiing; bowling worst.</p>

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<p>Holy Cross, Duke, ND, and Davidson are usually the leaders in athletic grad rates every year.</p>

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<p>I suspect that’s because the Ivies don’t provide athletic scholarships, hence they’re not counted in the NCAA graduation data.</p>

<p>Examining the NCAA website reveals that the Ivies do not present athletic graduation data. </p>

<p>[2009</a> NCAA Division I Graduation Success Rate (GSR) Data - NCAA.org](<a href=“http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/ncaa/academics+and+athletes/education+and+research/academic+reform/gsr/2009/841gfw951_2009_d1_school_gsr_data.html]2009”>http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/ncaa/academics+and+athletes/education+and+research/academic+reform/gsr/2009/841gfw951_2009_d1_school_gsr_data.html)</p>

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<p>I think that this data is too limited in what it says. The frequent objection to student-athletes and whether they “deserve” a place at a highly selective college is usually not directed at the student on the Track team or the Golf team or the Water Polo Team. The usual beef is with the high profile and truly national sports of football, basketball, and baseball. </p>

<p>In making these comparisons, the GSR data does not include all of the Division I colleges as some don’t officially offer athletic scholarships, eg, the Ivies. However, the Ivies do provide data for a related NCAA measurement called the Academic Progress Rate and one can measure their student-athletes vs other programs from similarly structured Patriot League colleges to the major Division I colleges that play in the nationally relevant conferences. </p>

<p>For the major sports of football, mens basketball, and baseball, here are the latest 6-year Academic Progress to Graduation Rate figures for the Ivies and Patriot League and the other Division I colleges ranked in the USNWR Top 50:</p>

<p>FOOTBALL</p>

<p>FOOTBALL 90-100% Club
Brown
Bucknell
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Duke
Harvard
Holy Cross
Navy
Princeton
Rice
Stanford
U Penn
Yale</p>

<p>FOOTBALL 80-90% Club
Army
Georgetown
Lafayette
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Penn State
U Florida
UC Berkeley
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest</p>

<p>FOOTBALL 70-80% Club
USC
Lehigh
U Wisconsin</p>

<p>FOOTBALL 60-70% Club
UCLA
U Michigan
U North Carolina</p>

<p>FOOTBALL 50-60% Club
none</p>

<p>FOOTBALL 40-50% Club
U Virginia</p>

<p>FOOTBALL 30-40% Club
U Illinois</p>

<p>BASKETBALL</p>

<p>BASKETBALL 90-100% Club
Army
Brown
Bucknell
Columbia
Duke
Harvard
Holy Cross
Lehigh
Navy
Notre Dame
Princeton
U Illinois
U North Carolina
U Penn
U Texas
Yale</p>

<p>BASKETBALL 80-90% Club
American
Colgate
Cornell
Dartmouth
Lafayette
Northwestern
Penn State
Stanford
UCLA
Vanderbilt</p>

<p>BASKETBALL 70-80% Club
Wake Forest</p>

<p>BASKETBALL 60-70% Club
Rice
U Florida
U Michigan
UC Berkeley</p>

<p>BASKETBALL 50-60% Club
Georgetown</p>

<p>BASKETBALL 40-50% Club
U Virginia
U Wisconsin</p>

<p>BASKETBALL 30-40% Club
none</p>

<p>BASKETBALL 20-30%
USC</p>

<p>BASEBALL</p>

<p>BASEBALL 90-100% Club
Brown
Bucknell
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Duke
Harvard
Holy Cross
Lafayette
Lehigh
Navy
Notre Dame
Princeton
U Penn
Vanderbilt
Yale</p>

<p>BASEBALL 80-90% Club
Army
Georgetown
Northwestern
Stanford
U Florida
USC
Wake Forest</p>

<p>BASEBALL 70-80% Club
U Illinois
U Michigan
U Virginia
UC Berkeley</p>

<p>BASEBALL 60-70% Club
Rice</p>

<p>BASEBALL 50-60% Club
UCLA</p>

<p>BASEBALL 40-50% Club
U Texas</p>