EMU Student-Athletes Graduation Success Rate Improves

NCAA's GSR Searchable Database.

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- Eastern Michigan University student-athletes graduated at a rate of 77 percent in the latest NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) survey period according to figures released Thursday, Oct. 24, by the NCAA. That is up from 74 percent a year ago and is the highest graduation percentage for the Eagles since the GSR was implemented in 2005.

In the GSR, EMU athletic teams improved in nine sports including baseball, men's cross country/track, football, men's swimming/diving, rowing, softball, volleyball, women's swimming/diving and wrestling.

The GSR is a NCAA measurement that enhances the federally mandated graduation-rate by including student-athlete transfer data in calculation. It was developed in response to colleges and universities who asked for graduation data that more accurately reflects the mobility among students in today's higher education climate. The report provides information about two groups of students at college or university: (1) all undergraduate students who were enrolled in a full-time program of studies for a degree and (2) student-athletes who received athletics aid from the college or university for any period of time during their entering year.

Among Mid-American Conference schools, Eastern Michigan was first in four sport categories -- softball, volleyball, women's gymnastics and women's soccer. The Eagles finished among the top six MAC schools in11 sports.

Thursday's GSR report gives graduation information about students and student-athletes who entered EMU in 2006. This is the most recent graduating class for which the required six years of information is available.

The GSR differs slightly from the federal graduation rates for several reasons. The GSR is designed to assess the graduation of scholarship student-athletes who initially enroll at an institution during a particular fall or spring semester and earn a baccalaureate degree within six years of their initial collegiate enrollment.

The GSR adds to the first-time freshmen, those students who entered midyear, as well as student-athletes who transferred into an institution and received athletics aid. In addition, the GSR subtracts students from the entering cohort who are considered allowable exclusions, as well as those who left the institution prior to graduation, or had athletics eligibility remaining and would have been academically eligible to compete had they returned to the institution.

The GSR is also different from the Academic Progress Rate (APR), which is a measure of eligibility, retention and graduation for continuing academic progress for current student-athletes on a term-by-term, year-by-year basis.

EMU Graduation Success Rate Report
Sport	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Baseball	68	77	74	68	73	85
Men's Basketball	40	40	40	50	71	60
Men's Cross Country/Track	87	83	69	55	61	65
Football	53	52	49	51	52	59
Men's Golf	57	57	86	100	91	80
Men's Swimming/Diving	87	86	79	82	77	85
Wrestling	50	52	44	58	59	69
Women's Basketball	69	73	73	85	93	93
Women's Cross Country/Track	81	95	88	88	67	55
Women's Golf	86	86	83	71	75	72
Women's Gymnastics	92	100	100	100	100	100
Rowing	N/A	100	86	77	67	72
Soccer	81	80	82	90	100	100
Softball	83	78	82	90	94	100
Women's Swimming/Diving	100	100	100	89	86	87
Women's Tennis	88	88	89	91	89	89
Volleyball	82	83	82	85	100	100
Overall	72	73	72	74	74	77

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