Massachusetts Athletics Posts 89 Percent Graduation Success Rate

AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts Athletics posted an 89% Graduation Success Rate in the latest NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program report, released by the NCAA on Wednesday afternoon. The latest data set included information from the 2015-16 to 2018-19 freshman cohorts.

The overall 89% ranks as the second-highest mark in program history, bested only by achieving a 90% GSR on three previous occasions, including the 2014, 2015 and 2017.

Based on NCAA groupings for GSR ratings, five of Massachusetts' 17 programs earned perfect 100 scores including the rowing, field hockey, women's lacrosse, women's soccer and women's swimming & diving teams. The Massachusetts men's and women's cross country and track & field, hockey, men's lacrosse, women's basketball and softball programs also posted rates higher than 90%.

NOTES

The NCAA's GSR releases began with the 1998 cohort and now includes 21 sets of data.
Massachusetts rowing: posted a fourth consecutive 100 (ninth overall).
Massachusetts field hockey: posted a seventh consecutive 100 (13th overall).
Massachusetts women's lacrosse: posted fourth consecutive 100 (sixth overall).
Massachusetts women's soccer: posted a sixth consecutive 100 (12th overall).
Massachusetts women's swimming and diving: posted a fifth consecutive 100 (fifth overall).
Massachusetts women's basketball posted a 92, marking a 13th consecutive score of at least 91.
Massachusetts men's lacrosse posted a 91, marking a ninth consecutive score of at least 90.

About the GSR
Differing from the Federal Graduation Rate, the NCAA GSR holds colleges accountable for student-athletes who transfer to their school, but the GSR does not penalize colleges whose student-athletes leave the institution in good academic standing.

-- MassAthletics.com --

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Massachusetts Athletics Posts 89 Percent Graduation Success Rate

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