TEMPE -- Graduation Success Rate statistics released Thursday by the NCAA indicated an all-time-high 80 percent rate for Arizona State student-athletes. The GSR is based on student-athletes who entered college as freshmen from 2001-2004 and allows for the removal of those individuals who left ASU in good academic standing prior to completing their eligibility.
ASU's stated goal when the APR was introduced seven years ago was an 80 percent GSR, an improvement of 11 percent over the 69 percent rate at the time. In meeting that goal, ASU ranks tied for fifth in the Pac-12 Conference -- behind Stanford, UCLA, Washington and Utah. ASU's women's GSR rate is 94 percent, which is second in the Pac-12 only to Stanford's 98 percent. The ASU men's GSR is 67 percent.
Four ASU teams have a GSR of 100 percent: Women’s golf, women’s swimming and diving, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball. The highest-rated men's program was golf, at 86 percent.
ASU's football team GSR is 63 percent, which ranks fifth in the Pac-12.
“This is the fifth consecutive year that we have improved our Graduation Success Rate,” said Jean Boyd, associate athletic director for the Office of Student-Athlete Development. "Moving from 69 percent to 80 percent is a significant accomplishment, yet we are already setting our sights on the 85 percent threshold.”
