WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest student-athletes registered a graduation rate of 94 percent, according to the annual Graduation Success Rate (GSR) report released by the NCAA on Wednesday (Nov. 8).
The figure stands seven percentage points ahead of the national average of 87 percent. Last year, Wake Forest registered a 92 percent graduation rate, which was eight percentage points ahead of the national average of 84.
Seven Demon Deacon programs had a 100 percent graduation rate in this year’s release, which included student-athletes from 2007-2010. The seven teams that hit the century mark eclipses last year’s total of six. With the latest report, men’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s basketball, field hockey, women’s golf, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball all hit the 100 percent mark.
Since the GSR was first reported in 2004-05, women’s basketball, women’s volleyball, women’s tennis, women’s golf and men’s tennis have posted 100 percent in every release of the rate.
Men’s soccer is the additional program to hit the 100 mark, improving from 86 percent in last year’s report.
With cross country and track & field combined as one program, 11 of Wake Forest’s 14 programs checked in above the national average while five programs saw an increase in their graduation rate, led by men’s soccer with a 14 percent increase. Baseball, men’s basketball and men’s golf also improved their rates from last year.
Football, which checked in at 93 percent, is one of only three football programs in the ACC to score a 90 or better each year, with Duke (96) and Boston College (90). The ACC remains the only conference to have multiple teams score a 90 or higher every year since 2005.
Wake Forest’s 94 percent GSR is good for fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference behind Notre Dame (98 percent), Duke (97 percent) and Boston College (95 percent).
The NCAA also released the Federal Graduation Rates (FGR) with the report. Wake Forest checked in at 78 percent, which is 10 percent higher than the national average of 68 percent. The Demon Deacon mark checks in fifth in the ACC, behind Notre Dame (93 percent), Duke (86 percent) and Boston College and Virginia (80 percent).
Both the GSR and FGR are based upon classes from 2007-10 and show the percentage of student-athletes earning a degree within six years. Unlike the FGR, the GSR includes incoming transfer students as well as students enrolling in the spring semester who receive athletic aid and graduate.
The NCAA introduced the GSR in 2005 to accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. 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 makes it a more complete and accurate look at student-athlete success.
The figure stands seven percentage points ahead of the national average of 87 percent. Last year, Wake Forest registered a 92 percent graduation rate, which was eight percentage points ahead of the national average of 84.
Seven Demon Deacon programs had a 100 percent graduation rate in this year’s release, which included student-athletes from 2007-2010. The seven teams that hit the century mark eclipses last year’s total of six. With the latest report, men’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s basketball, field hockey, women’s golf, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball all hit the 100 percent mark.
Since the GSR was first reported in 2004-05, women’s basketball, women’s volleyball, women’s tennis, women’s golf and men’s tennis have posted 100 percent in every release of the rate.
Men’s soccer is the additional program to hit the 100 mark, improving from 86 percent in last year’s report.
With cross country and track & field combined as one program, 11 of Wake Forest’s 14 programs checked in above the national average while five programs saw an increase in their graduation rate, led by men’s soccer with a 14 percent increase. Baseball, men’s basketball and men’s golf also improved their rates from last year.
Football, which checked in at 93 percent, is one of only three football programs in the ACC to score a 90 or better each year, with Duke (96) and Boston College (90). The ACC remains the only conference to have multiple teams score a 90 or higher every year since 2005.
Wake Forest’s 94 percent GSR is good for fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference behind Notre Dame (98 percent), Duke (97 percent) and Boston College (95 percent).
The NCAA also released the Federal Graduation Rates (FGR) with the report. Wake Forest checked in at 78 percent, which is 10 percent higher than the national average of 68 percent. The Demon Deacon mark checks in fifth in the ACC, behind Notre Dame (93 percent), Duke (86 percent) and Boston College and Virginia (80 percent).
Both the GSR and FGR are based upon classes from 2007-10 and show the percentage of student-athletes earning a degree within six years. Unlike the FGR, the GSR includes incoming transfer students as well as students enrolling in the spring semester who receive athletic aid and graduate.
The NCAA introduced the GSR in 2005 to accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. 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 makes it a more complete and accurate look at student-athlete success.
