BU Athletics Earns High Marks for NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR)
December 20, 2022 | Field Hockey, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Soccer, Softball, Women's Golf, Women's Ice Hockey, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Men's Rowing, Student-Athlete Academic Support Service, Bloom Family Leadership Initiative
BOSTON – The Boston University Department of Athletics achieved an overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 94 percent or higher for the 10th consecutive year and nine varsity teams recorded a perfect 100 percent GSR, according to data released by the NCAA. It was the 17th straight cohort in which Terrier Athletics achieved a GSR of 93 percent or higher.
Men's and women's soccer, men's basketball, field hockey, women's golf, women's ice hockey, men's rowing, softball and women's tennis all earned perfect scores. Six additional programs -- men's and women's track & field, men's and women's lacrosse, women's rowing and women's swimming & diving -- each had GSR scores of at least 92 percent.
This year's overall GSR data represents an aggregate average of the incoming classes from 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16. The team scores reflect an aggregate average of that particular team's incoming students from the same time period.
BU posted a 95 GSR and all 10 members of the Patriot League had a score of 91 or better. The PL ranked second among conferences with an average GSR of 96. The NCAA Division I average GSR for this cohort was 89.
The GSR was developed to provide graduation data of student-athletes who receive athletics aid at Division I institutions more accurately than the federal rates that had been calculated based solely on freshmen matriculation. It includes in its calculation students who transfer into institutions, and subtracts those who leave their institutions prior to graduation as long as they would have been academically eligible to compete had they remained. The GSR credits a school for students who graduate within six years of entering their institution.
A GSR is compiled only for athletic departments, and not for entire student bodies. The federal graduation rate allows for a four-year window and neither includes those who transfer in nor excludes those who transfer out.
More information about the GSR report is available at the NCAA's official website, www.ncaa.org. Additional information about BU Athletics is available at the official website for the Department of Athletics, GoTerriers.com.
Men's and women's soccer, men's basketball, field hockey, women's golf, women's ice hockey, men's rowing, softball and women's tennis all earned perfect scores. Six additional programs -- men's and women's track & field, men's and women's lacrosse, women's rowing and women's swimming & diving -- each had GSR scores of at least 92 percent.
This year's overall GSR data represents an aggregate average of the incoming classes from 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16. The team scores reflect an aggregate average of that particular team's incoming students from the same time period.
BU posted a 95 GSR and all 10 members of the Patriot League had a score of 91 or better. The PL ranked second among conferences with an average GSR of 96. The NCAA Division I average GSR for this cohort was 89.
The GSR was developed to provide graduation data of student-athletes who receive athletics aid at Division I institutions more accurately than the federal rates that had been calculated based solely on freshmen matriculation. It includes in its calculation students who transfer into institutions, and subtracts those who leave their institutions prior to graduation as long as they would have been academically eligible to compete had they remained. The GSR credits a school for students who graduate within six years of entering their institution.
A GSR is compiled only for athletic departments, and not for entire student bodies. The federal graduation rate allows for a four-year window and neither includes those who transfer in nor excludes those who transfer out.
More information about the GSR report is available at the NCAA's official website, www.ncaa.org. Additional information about BU Athletics is available at the official website for the Department of Athletics, GoTerriers.com.
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