Boston College Sixth in the Nation in Graduation Success Rate

Boston College Sixth in the Nation in Graduation Success Rate

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College once again ranks sixth in the nation in overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in all sports among FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) schools. The NCAA released the most recent GSR information today. | Full GSR Information
 
BC boasted a GSR of 95 for the class of student-athletes that entered in 2010, a rate topped only by Notre Dame (98), Stanford (97), Northwestern (97), Duke (97) and Vanderbilt (96).
 
Boston College has earned a mark of 95 or better in each of the 13 GSR reports, which first date back to the class of student-athletes that entered in 1998.
 
Thirty other FBS schools earned a GSR of 90 or more, up from 12 in the last report, released in November 2016. The Atlantic Coast Conference led all FBS conferences with 9 of its 15 members earning a score of 90 or better. The SEC followed with six of its 14 members drawing a 90 or better.
 
The Eagles' football team's score of 90 is tied for ninth-best nationally and remained level from the 2016 GSR release. BC is one of only 10 FBS programs to earn a score of 90 or higher: Northwestern (99), South Carolina (98), Notre Dame (96), Stanford (96), Duke (96), Wake Forest (93), Central Florida (92), Rice (91) and BC, Vanderbilt (90).  
 
Thirteen Boston College teams earned a perfect GSR score of 100: women's cross country/track and field, field hockey, men's golf, women's golf, women's hockey, lacrosse, rowing, men's skiing, women's skiing, women's soccer, women's swimming and diving, men's tennis and volleyball.
 
Twenty-two of the Eagles' 23 programs reviewed earned GSR scores of 80 or better, including 20 with marks of 90 or more. In total, 22 of BC's 23 programs reviewed earned a GSR mark higher than the national average.
 
The GSR was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiatives, which were to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. Institutions are held accountable for transfer students – unlike the federal graduation rate – as well as midyear enrollees. The GSR is calculated both overall for a university, as well as for each sport sponsored by a school.
 
More information about the GSR is available at ncaa.org.
 
 
 
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