Boston College Again Ranks Among Nation's Elite in Graduation Success Rate
November 17, 2020 | Boston College Athletics
BC's GSR ranks tied for seventh in all sports among all Football Bowl Subdivision Schools
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College ranks tied for seventh in the nation in overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in all sports among FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) schools. The NCAA released the most recent GSR information today.
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BC boasted an overall GSR of 95 for the class of student-athletes that entered the university in 2013. Boston College's GSR was tied for fourth-best in the ACC and is topped only by Northwestern (98), Notre Dame (98), Duke (98), Vanderbilt (97), Stanford (96), and Wake Forest (96) among FBS institutions.
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Since the GSR's inception, Boston College has earned a mark of 94 or better in all 15 GSR reports, which first date back to the class of student-athletes that entered in 1998.
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In the latest GSR rate release, 12 BC teams scored a perfect 100 GSR: men's golf, men's skiing, men's swimming & diving, men's tennis, women's cross country/track & field, women's golf, women's ice hockey, women's lacrosse, women's skiing, women's swimming & diving, and women's volleyball.
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Twenty-one of Boston College's 23 athletics programs scored a GSR of 90 or better and 20 of BC's 23 programs scored at or better than the national GSR of 88.
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BC football ranked third in the ACC with an 90 GSR. Men's basketball registered a GSR of 89, while women's basketball posted a GSR of 93 - both well above the national marks of 84 and 89, respectively.
More student-athletes than ever are graduating from college, according to the most recent Division I Graduation Success Rate data released today by the NCAA. The single-year rate for student-athletes who enrolled in college in 2013 increased one percentage point to 90% - the highest rate ever.
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The GSR was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiatives, which were to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. Institutions are held accountable for transfer students – unlike the federal graduation rate – as well as midyear enrollees. The GSR is calculated both overall for a university, as well as for each sport sponsored by a school.
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More information about the GSR is available at NCAA.org.
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BC boasted an overall GSR of 95 for the class of student-athletes that entered the university in 2013. Boston College's GSR was tied for fourth-best in the ACC and is topped only by Northwestern (98), Notre Dame (98), Duke (98), Vanderbilt (97), Stanford (96), and Wake Forest (96) among FBS institutions.
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Since the GSR's inception, Boston College has earned a mark of 94 or better in all 15 GSR reports, which first date back to the class of student-athletes that entered in 1998.
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In the latest GSR rate release, 12 BC teams scored a perfect 100 GSR: men's golf, men's skiing, men's swimming & diving, men's tennis, women's cross country/track & field, women's golf, women's ice hockey, women's lacrosse, women's skiing, women's swimming & diving, and women's volleyball.
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Twenty-one of Boston College's 23 athletics programs scored a GSR of 90 or better and 20 of BC's 23 programs scored at or better than the national GSR of 88.
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BC football ranked third in the ACC with an 90 GSR. Men's basketball registered a GSR of 89, while women's basketball posted a GSR of 93 - both well above the national marks of 84 and 89, respectively.
More student-athletes than ever are graduating from college, according to the most recent Division I Graduation Success Rate data released today by the NCAA. The single-year rate for student-athletes who enrolled in college in 2013 increased one percentage point to 90% - the highest rate ever.
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The GSR was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiatives, which were to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. Institutions are held accountable for transfer students – unlike the federal graduation rate – as well as midyear enrollees. The GSR is calculated both overall for a university, as well as for each sport sponsored by a school.
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More information about the GSR is available at NCAA.org.
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