UB Posts Highest Graduation Rate in Four Years
11/20/2020 11:12:00 AM | General
BUFFALO, NY - University at Buffalo's overall student-athlete GSR (Graduate Success Rate) increased to 89 percent for the 2013 cohort – its highest in the last four years. Six teams — men's tennis, women's tennis, women's basketball, softball, swimming and diving and volleyball — boasted perfect 100 percent marks.
"Our continued academic success goes to show the level of excellence our student-athletes strive to achieve not only in their sport, but in the classroom as well," Associate Athletic Director for Academic Affairs Aaron Stang said. "We are extremely proud of the dedication and effort they put towards their school work on a day to day basis. In addition to our student-athletes hard work, congratulations also go out to our coaches and academic support staff, who remain committed to sustaining a culture of academic excellence in which the graduation of our student-athletes is an utmost priority."
All of UB's teams did their part by matching their GSR score from the previous cohort. 12 teams maintained their GSR score in: football, men's basketball, men's tennis, men's cross country, wrestling, women's basketball, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, women's tennis, women's cross country and volleyball.
This year's GSR is based on student-athletes who began enrollment in the fall of 2013 or the spring of 2014 and received athletic aid in their first year of college. The Graduation Success Rate was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiative to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes.
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, no matter whether he or she 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. The rate also allows for a deeper understanding of graduation success in individual sports than the federal metric, which provides only broad groupings.
"Our continued academic success goes to show the level of excellence our student-athletes strive to achieve not only in their sport, but in the classroom as well," Associate Athletic Director for Academic Affairs Aaron Stang said. "We are extremely proud of the dedication and effort they put towards their school work on a day to day basis. In addition to our student-athletes hard work, congratulations also go out to our coaches and academic support staff, who remain committed to sustaining a culture of academic excellence in which the graduation of our student-athletes is an utmost priority."
All of UB's teams did their part by matching their GSR score from the previous cohort. 12 teams maintained their GSR score in: football, men's basketball, men's tennis, men's cross country, wrestling, women's basketball, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, women's tennis, women's cross country and volleyball.
This year's GSR is based on student-athletes who began enrollment in the fall of 2013 or the spring of 2014 and received athletic aid in their first year of college. The Graduation Success Rate was developed by the NCAA as part of its academic reform initiative to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes.
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, no matter whether he or she 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. The rate also allows for a deeper understanding of graduation success in individual sports than the federal metric, which provides only broad groupings.
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