Chicago – The NCAA released its annual Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data for incoming student-athletes and Chicago State achieved a class average of 78 percent, based on the cohort starting during the 2014-15 academic year and who graduated within six years. Four CSU teams accomplished a GSR of over 80 percent, including two teams, men's tennis and women's golf, which recorded a perfect 100 percent graduation rate. This is the fourth consecutive year men's tennis has recorded a graduation rate of 100 percent and the second consecutive year for women's golf.
The Graduation Success Rate measures graduation rates for student-athletes by team. The GSR considers student-athletes who are on scholarship 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. The data is based on a six-year cohort starting in 2011-12, for 2018 graduates, 2012-13 for 2019 graduates, 2013-14 for 2020 graduates and 2014-15 for 2021 graduates.
The other two teams accomplishing an 80 percent or higher mark included women's soccer (88 percent) and women's tennis (83 percent).
The NCAA launched the GSR in 1998. CSU checked in with an overall GSR of 73 percent in 2017 and increased that mark to 79 percent in 2018. The previous two years (2019 and 2020) the Cougars checked in at 80 percent and 78 percent this year.
ABOUT THE NCAA's GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE:
The NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) is designed to show the proportion of student-athletes on any given team who earn a college degree. The NCAA has imposed a new set of academic standards that seeks to hold teams and institutions accountable for how well a student-athlete progresses toward a degree.
