Dartmouth First in Student-Athlete Graduation Success Rate
11/21/2018 2:30:00 PM | Athletics
Dartmouth has been first in the national rankings for six of the past seven years.
HANOVER, N.H. — The NCAA released its annual student-athlete graduation success report and Dartmouth College was tied for first in the nation with a 99 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for student-athletes who began their college careers in 2011. Dartmouth has been ranked in the top three slots each of the last eight years, earning the top spot nationally six of the past seven years.
Dartmouth had 18 of its 24 NCAA-sponsored teams post a perfect 100 percent GSR, and all varsity teams — including its non-NCAA-sponsored sports — were at or above 92 percent.
Of the other five schools that tied with Dartmouth atop the rankings, two came from the Ivy League in Columbia and Yale. All eight league schools had a GSR of at least 95 percent, the only Division I conference in the country that could boast that accomplishment.
The NCAA's Graduation Success Rate includes transfer students and student-athletes who leave in good academic standing. The GSR measures graduation over six years from first-time college enrollment.
In addition to the GSR, the NCAA also releases another set of data, the Academic Progress Rate (APR), to measure the academic performance and retention of each team. Athletic programs that score in the top 10 percent of their sports are honored with APR Public Recognition Awards. For those programs that do not meet the threshold, they are subject to penalties such as postseason bans and loss of scholarships. Last spring, Dartmouth College was ranked among the top three schools in the nation in the APR for the 13th consecutive year (every year since its inception). In addition, Dartmouth remains the only school to finish atop both the APR and GSR rankings in the same year, doing so for four consecutive years (2012-15).
Dartmouth had 18 of its 24 NCAA-sponsored teams post a perfect 100 percent GSR, and all varsity teams — including its non-NCAA-sponsored sports — were at or above 92 percent.
Of the other five schools that tied with Dartmouth atop the rankings, two came from the Ivy League in Columbia and Yale. All eight league schools had a GSR of at least 95 percent, the only Division I conference in the country that could boast that accomplishment.
The NCAA's Graduation Success Rate includes transfer students and student-athletes who leave in good academic standing. The GSR measures graduation over six years from first-time college enrollment.
In addition to the GSR, the NCAA also releases another set of data, the Academic Progress Rate (APR), to measure the academic performance and retention of each team. Athletic programs that score in the top 10 percent of their sports are honored with APR Public Recognition Awards. For those programs that do not meet the threshold, they are subject to penalties such as postseason bans and loss of scholarships. Last spring, Dartmouth College was ranked among the top three schools in the nation in the APR for the 13th consecutive year (every year since its inception). In addition, Dartmouth remains the only school to finish atop both the APR and GSR rankings in the same year, doing so for four consecutive years (2012-15).
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