EMU's Graduation Success Rate Reaches an All-Time High

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University Athletics continues its high standard of academic excellence, posting its highest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in program history in the latest report released by the NCAA Wednesday, Dec. 6.

EMU posted an overall GSR of 89 with the mark surpasses the department's previous best set during the 2019-20 and 2021-22 seasons. Overall, it is the ninth consecutive year EMU has posted a GSR of 80 or higher. The total is a 17-point jump from numbers released in 2010-11.

"Academic success at Eastern Michigan is of the highest priority, and is a source of pride for our department," said EMU Vice President/Director of Athletics Scott Wetherbee. "Our student-athletes are committed to becoming champions in the classroom and in competition. We are thankful for the support from the faculty, academic support staff, and our coaches, who are committed to guiding them to reach their academic goals."

The Graduation Success Rate measures graduation rates for student-athletes by team. The GSR considers student-athletes who are on scholarship in their first year and who graduate from their respective universities or leave their programs, via transfer to other universities or for professional opportunities, while in good academic standing.

Men's golf, women's golf, women's basketball, women's gymnastics, women's soccer, and women's volleyball all posted perfect scores of 100. It was the 16th consecutive year gymnastics posted a perfect score. It was also the 13th-consecutive 100 for volleyball and the seventh in a row for women's golf.

Furthermore, every program posted a GSR of 81-or-better with 11 teams improving on or tying the previous year's total.

The Graduation Success Rate includes data about the most recent six-year graduating class of student-athletes receiving athletics aid and entering college as freshmen in 2016-17. The GSR is designed to show the proportion of student-athletes graduating within a six-year window, accounting for transferring student-athletes coming into the institution and student-athletes leaving the institution in good standing.

The NCAA developed the Division I Graduation Success Rate in response to college and university presidents who wanted graduation data that more accurately reflects the mobility among all college students today.

The federal graduation rate, while less inclusive than the GSR, provides the only measure of historic academic comparison between student-athletes and the general student body. Using this standard, EMU student-athletes outperformed their peers in the student body by 24 percent.

Graduation Success Rates for Eastern Michigan's women's programs continue to excel. All nine programs (lacrosse is not included as they began in 2022-23) posted GSRs of 87 percent-or-better, with seven boasting scores above 90 percent.

On the men's side, golf topped the chart at 100 percent with men's basketball also posting its best GSR figure at 92, a 52-point improvement from its 2006-07 number.

Among Mid-American Conference schools, Eastern Michigan was tied for first in six sport categories -- men's golf, women's golf, women's basketball, gymnastics, soccer, and volleyball.

For more information on Graduation Success Rates, please visit www.ncaa.org.

EMU's Graduation Success Rate Report

Sport	06-07	07-08	08-09	09-10	10-11	11-12	12-13	13-14	14-15	15-16	16-17	17-18	18-19	19-20	20-21	21-22	22-23
BASE	68	77	74	68	77	73	85	81	84	87	87	100	100	100	95	87	82
MBB	40	40	40	50	47	71	60	59	79	77	91	100	80	78	85	79	92
MXCTF	87	83	69	55	65	61	65	61	50	50	67	64	76	86	84	87	81
FB	53	52	49	51	51	52	59	59	65	62	57	57	59	75	73	78	81
MGLF	57	57	89	100	100	91	80	80	78	83	80	60	71	82	90	100	100
WBB	69	73	73	85	86	93	93	100	100	91	83	85	79	87	93	82	100
WXCTF	81	95	88	88	75	67	55	60	83	85	92	85	87	89	89	88	90
WGLF	86	86	83	71	71	75	72	86	86	86	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
GYM	82	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
ROW	n/a	100	86	77	67	67	72	79	100	88	83	67	71	86	86	87	87
SOC	81	80	82	90	95	100	100	94	94	89	88	95	95	100	100	100	100
S&D	100	100	100	89	86	86	87	96	100	100	95	95	89	90	88	88	94
TEN	88	88	89	91	90	89	89	80	100	100	100	100	100	n/a	100	100	89
VB	82	83	82	85	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
O'ALL	72	73	72	74	72	74	77	75	81	81	83	85	84	87	86	87	89

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