Three Programs Earn Perfect Graduation Success Rates
12/2/2021 3:47:00 PM | General
Mizzou athletics earns 85 GSR, marking 12-straight years over 80 as a department
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri athletics posted an 85 in the NCAA's Graduation Success Rate (GSR) metric, designed to more accurately assess student-athlete academic achievement. Nine Mizzou programs either improved or matched their year-over-year GSR as the Tigers collectively scored over 80 for a 12th-straight year.
Three programs, women's golf, women's swim and dive and women's tennis, recorded perfect scores. Women's golf continued its run of perfection with a 100 GSR for the 17th-consecutive year, the entire lifespan of the report. The squad also posted a perfect 100 in the federal rate for a second-straight year. Women's tennis notched its fifth-straight perfect score while women's swim and dive recorded its third-consecutive 100 to lead the Tigers.
Nine programs also scored better than 90 in the latest report. Women's basketball (93), women's cross country/track and field (96), gymnastics (91), soccer (96), softball (94) and men's golf (92) joined the three Tigers teams with perfect scores to make it 10-straight years with at least eight programs over the 90 GSR threshold.
In the Federal Graduation Rate (FGR), Mizzou posted a 62. The Tigers have scored a 62 or better in the FGR for 13-straight years.
A searchable database of GSR records is available on NCAA.org.
ABOUT THE GSR
The Division I Board of Directors created the GSR in 2002 in response to Division I college and university presidents who wanted data that more accurately reflected the mobility of college students beyond what the federal graduation rate measures. The federal rate counts as an academic failure any student who leaves a school, even if the student enrolls at another school. Also, the federal rate does not recognize students who enter school as transfer students.
The GSR formula removes from the rate student-athletes who leave school while academically eligible and includes student-athletes who transfer to a school after initially enrolling elsewhere. This calculation provides a more accurate appraisal of student-athlete success.
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