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Graduation Rate Continues To Climb
11/17/20 | General
UO student-athletes have been continually raising the bar in recent years when it comes to Graduation Success Rate.
Five different UO athletics programs achieved a perfect graduation rate among student-athletes who enrolled between 2010-13 and received athletics aid, according to data released this week by the NCAA.
Overall, the UO athletic department had a Graduation Success Rate of 87 percent among freshmen and transfers who enrolled in that time period. That's the highest rate in UO athletics history, with the Ducks setting a new department standard for the third year in a row.
The latest data reflects student-athletes who enrolled beginning in 2010, the year the John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Student-Athletes opened and also the year Rob Mullens became UO athletic director.
"Our student-athletes continue to exceed the standard of excellence they have set in the classroom," said Mullens. "The academic achievement of our student-athletes remains our most important mission, and their efforts along with the strategic programming, including our tremendous staff at the Jaqua Center, continues to enhance the student-athlete experience.
"We congratulate our student-athletes for another record year in the classroom, and we look forward to their continued success academically and in competition."
The five individual programs with Graduation Success Rates of 100 percent for student-athletes enrolling between 2010-13 and receiving aid were men's tennis, women's tennis, volleyball, women's golf and acrobatics and tumbling. Though acrobatics and tumbling has not been an NCAA-sponsored sport thus far, its student-athletes have enjoyed the full array of academic support available throughout the department.
The tennis programs had a perfect Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for the fourth year in a row, and women's golf reported a perfect GSR for the third year in a row. Those three programs were among the eight Oregon teams that earlier this year reported a perfect Academic Progress Rate, a different measure of academic success that accounts for eligibility and retention along with graduation.
In all, 12 programs recorded a GSR above 80, one more than a year ago. For student-athletes in all sports who exhausted their eligibility at Oregon, their GSR was 93 percent.
Overall, the UO athletic department had a Graduation Success Rate of 87 percent among freshmen and transfers who enrolled in that time period. That's the highest rate in UO athletics history, with the Ducks setting a new department standard for the third year in a row.
The latest data reflects student-athletes who enrolled beginning in 2010, the year the John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Student-Athletes opened and also the year Rob Mullens became UO athletic director.
"Our student-athletes continue to exceed the standard of excellence they have set in the classroom," said Mullens. "The academic achievement of our student-athletes remains our most important mission, and their efforts along with the strategic programming, including our tremendous staff at the Jaqua Center, continues to enhance the student-athlete experience.
"We congratulate our student-athletes for another record year in the classroom, and we look forward to their continued success academically and in competition."
The five individual programs with Graduation Success Rates of 100 percent for student-athletes enrolling between 2010-13 and receiving aid were men's tennis, women's tennis, volleyball, women's golf and acrobatics and tumbling. Though acrobatics and tumbling has not been an NCAA-sponsored sport thus far, its student-athletes have enjoyed the full array of academic support available throughout the department.
The tennis programs had a perfect Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for the fourth year in a row, and women's golf reported a perfect GSR for the third year in a row. Those three programs were among the eight Oregon teams that earlier this year reported a perfect Academic Progress Rate, a different measure of academic success that accounts for eligibility and retention along with graduation.
In all, 12 programs recorded a GSR above 80, one more than a year ago. For student-athletes in all sports who exhausted their eligibility at Oregon, their GSR was 93 percent.
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