Student-Athlete Graduation Success Rate at 80 percent
EUGENE, Ore. - The University of Oregon's 2005-08 cohort of student-athletes posted a 80 percent graduation success rate, according to the latest data released Wednesday by the NCAA. It marks the fifth straight year UO's GSR has topped at least 80 percent.
All 14 UO athletic programs included in the report had a GSR at or above the federal rate for participants in that particular sport, led by women's track and field, soccer and volleyball, which all posted a rate of 100 percent.
Other notable GSR's went to women's golf (88 percent), women's tennis (86 percent), women's basketball (85 percent), men's tennis (82 percent), lacrosse (82 percent) and men's track and field (81 percent).
This particular cohort attended the University prior to the addition of the John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Student Athletes in 2010.
Unlike the federal rate, which tracks only those who enrolled as freshmen and counts all students who leave school or transfer to another college against the overall rate, regardless of whether or not they graduate from another University, the GSR takes two- and four-year transfer student graduation rates into account. Additionally, a student-athlete who leaves an institution in good academic standing does not count against a school's GSR. Both the fed rate and GSR allow for a six-year window to graduate.
The general student population of the University posted a 69 percent federal rate of graduation based on 2008-09 data, compared to a 57 percent federal rate for student-athletes.
Women student-athletes outpaced the general student population by four percent, posting a federal rate of 71 percent. Women's track and field led all programs with a 100 percent federal graduation rate.
The four-year class average graduation rate, which refers to those students who enrolled as freshmen between 2002 and 2005, held steady at 67 percent for all students and decreased slightly to 60 percent for student-athletes. The four-year average during the previous window - those who enrolled from 2001 to 2004 - was 62 percent for student-athletes and 67 percent for the overall student population.
All 14 UO athletic programs included in the report had a GSR at or above the federal rate for participants in that particular sport, led by women's track and field, soccer and volleyball, which all posted a rate of 100 percent.
Other notable GSR's went to women's golf (88 percent), women's tennis (86 percent), women's basketball (85 percent), men's tennis (82 percent), lacrosse (82 percent) and men's track and field (81 percent).
This particular cohort attended the University prior to the addition of the John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Student Athletes in 2010.
Unlike the federal rate, which tracks only those who enrolled as freshmen and counts all students who leave school or transfer to another college against the overall rate, regardless of whether or not they graduate from another University, the GSR takes two- and four-year transfer student graduation rates into account. Additionally, a student-athlete who leaves an institution in good academic standing does not count against a school's GSR. Both the fed rate and GSR allow for a six-year window to graduate.
The general student population of the University posted a 69 percent federal rate of graduation based on 2008-09 data, compared to a 57 percent federal rate for student-athletes.
Women student-athletes outpaced the general student population by four percent, posting a federal rate of 71 percent. Women's track and field led all programs with a 100 percent federal graduation rate.
The four-year class average graduation rate, which refers to those students who enrolled as freshmen between 2002 and 2005, held steady at 67 percent for all students and decreased slightly to 60 percent for student-athletes. The four-year average during the previous window - those who enrolled from 2001 to 2004 - was 62 percent for student-athletes and 67 percent for the overall student population.
