Boston College Athletics
Boston College Ranks High In Graduation Rates
November 14, 2001 | Boston College Athletics
Nov. 14, 2001
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Boston College continues to be among the nation's elite collegiate programs as the school's student-athletes are some of the best in the classroom. According to an NCAA report, the overall graduation rate of the school's athletes is tied for fifth among all Division I-A programs and the rate for the football program is sixth.
The 2001 NCAA Graduation Rates Report, the 11th such survey issued by the association, covers students who enrolled between 1991 and 1994 at 321 Division I schools, including 115 in Division I-A. The report was released earlier this fall. The NCAA bases graduation rates on the raw percentage of student-athletes who entered an institution and graduated within six years. Students who leave or transfer, regardless of academic standing, are considered nongraduates.
Using the NCAA formula, Boston College graduated a four-year average of 82 percent of its student-athletes, tied for fifth with Rice and behind Northwestern (92 percent), Duke (91), Stanford (88) and Notre Dame (85), and ahead of Vanderbilt (79), Virginia (79) and Penn State (76). The national average for Division I-A schools is 58 percent.
Boston College football players graduated at a 78 percent rate, the highest in the BIG EAST Conference and the fifth-highest in the country behind Duke (89), Northwestern (86), Rice (85) and Stanford (83). The Eagles are ahead of Tulane (76), Vanderbilt (76) and Notre Dame (74).
Boston College graduated 88 percent of all women competing in athletics to rank sixth nationally and 77 percent of all its men competing in athletics - tied for sixth in the country. Among African-American student-athletes, Boston College is at 74 percent - the sixth-best number.
Boston College continues to excel on the playing fields as well. Already this year, the women's soccer and women's cross country teams have qualified for NCAA Championship play. The football team is bowl-eligible and the men's basketball team is ranked No. 16 in the preseason Associated Press poll.
Boston College and the NCAA Graduation Rates Report
Overall Rates Men Only Women Only School Pct. School Pct. School Pct. 1. Northwestern 92 1. Duke 90 1. Northwestern 98 2. Duke 91 2. Northwestern 88 2. Stanford 93 3. Stanford 88 3. Stanford 85 3. Duke 92 4. Notre Dame 85 4. Notre Dame 82 4. Vanderbilt 91 5. BC 82 5. Rice 81 5. Notre Dame 90 Rice 82 6. BC 77 6. BC 88 7. Vanderbilt 79 Virginia 77 7. Michigan 85 Virginia 79 8. Vanderbilt 74 Akron 85 9. Penn State 76 9. SMU 70 9. Rice 84 10.Iowa 73 Tulane 70 10. North Caro. 83 Wake Forest 73 Wake Forest 70 Virginia 83 Wake Forest 83African-Americans Football Only School Pct. School Pct. 1. Duke 84 1. Duke 89 2. Vanderbilt 83 2. Northwestern 86 3. Stanford 81 3. Rice 85 4. Northwestern 80 4. Stanford 83 5. Rice 79 5. BC 78 6. BC 74 6. Tulane 76 7. Notre Dame 73 Vanderbilt 76 8. Purdue 70 8. Notre Dame 74 Virginia 70 9. Baylor 72 10. Penn State 69 Syracuse 72 Virginia 72
