Providence College Athletics
Providence College Student-Athletes Register 97-percent Graduation Success Rate
12/2/2021 1:34:00 PM | General, Athletic Department
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The NCAA announced on Thursday (Dec. 2) the overall Division I student-athlete Graduation Success Rate held steady at 90-percent, the highest ever. Providence College posted a 97-percent Graduation Success Rate, matching its rate since the last data release a year ago.
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.
Ten Providence College programs posted a perfect 100-percent GSR for the 2011-14 cohort - field hockey, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's cross country/track, women's soccer, softball, women's swimming and diving, women's tennis and women's volleyball. The Friars' GSR of 97 was tied for fourth among all BIG EAST institutions for the 2011-14 cohort.
Since the creation of the GSR, Division I members have adopted academic rule and policy changes intended to improve the academic performance of student-athletes. Those changes have had a clear and resounding impact: over the past 20 years, 37,450 more college athletes graduated than would have had the GSR remained at 74%, which was the GSR rate the year it was introduced.
In 2021 alone, the increase accounts for 3,945 more student-athlete graduates.
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.
Ten Providence College programs posted a perfect 100-percent GSR for the 2011-14 cohort - field hockey, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's cross country/track, women's soccer, softball, women's swimming and diving, women's tennis and women's volleyball. The Friars' GSR of 97 was tied for fourth among all BIG EAST institutions for the 2011-14 cohort.
Since the creation of the GSR, Division I members have adopted academic rule and policy changes intended to improve the academic performance of student-athletes. Those changes have had a clear and resounding impact: over the past 20 years, 37,450 more college athletes graduated than would have had the GSR remained at 74%, which was the GSR rate the year it was introduced.
In 2021 alone, the increase accounts for 3,945 more student-athlete graduates.
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