Nov. 8, 2017
AUBURN, Ala. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Auburn Athletics posted its highest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in program history with an 82 percent. The NCAA released its Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and Federal Graduation Rate (FGR) on Wednesday as part of the annual academic performance program. Statistics represent students that began their studies during the 2010-11 academic year.
The GSR improved two percentage points from last year's rate. Auburn female student-athletes posted a 91 percent graduation success rate, while the men had a GSR of 74 percent.
"Graduating our student-athletes is the most important thing we do at Auburn University," Director of Athletics Jay Jacobs said.
Auburn Athletics' federal graduation rate was 69 percent, matching last year's program best.
ABOUT THE GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE: The GSR begins with the federal cohort, and adds transfer students, mid-year enrollees, and non-scholarship students (in specified cases) to the sample. Student-athletes who leave an institution while in good academic standing before exhausting athletics eligibility are removed from the cohort of their initial institution. This rate provides a more complete and accurate look at actual student-athlete success by taking into account the full variety of participants in Division I athletics and tracking their academic outcomes.
ABOUT THE FEDERAL GRADUATION RATE: The FGR assesses only first-time full-time freshmen in a given cohort and only counts them as academic successes if they graduate from their institution of initial enrollment within a six-year period. It makes no accommodation for transfers into or out of an institution. The rate is very limited because it ignores the large number of transfer students in higher education, but it is still the only rate that allows a direct comparison between student-athletes and the general student body.