Xavier University Athletics
Xavier Athletics Posts 97 Percent Graduation Success Rate
10.17.19 | Athletic Department
CINCINNATI -Â Xavier Athletics posted a program-best mark in the Graduate Success Ratings, released by the NCAA on Wednesday, earning a GSR of 97 percent for the cohort year of 2012, which ended following the 2018-19 school year.
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"Our student-athletes continue to be exceptional representatives of Xavier University, on and off the field," said Greg Christopher, Xavier University Vice President for Administration and Director of Athletics. "The upward trend of our program's graduation success rate, reaching a program-best 97 percent, is a testament to the efforts of our student-athletes, coaches and staff to meet the expectation of excellence that we have in Xavier Athletics. We expect to continue to build on that as we move forward."
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Xavier's rate of 97 percent matches a program best mark, set for cohort years of 2005 and 2006, and ranks among the top 20 rates in NCAA DI. Xavier's rate is the third highest in the BIG EAST, behind only Georgetown and Seton Hall, which both posted GSR of 98 percent.
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Of Xavier's 18 intercollegiate teams, 17 posted a GSR of 89 or above. Among those teams are 14 programs that posted a perfect 100 GSR for the cohort year of 2012. Those teams include women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's golf, women's soccer, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball.
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The NCAA developed the Graduation Success Rate formula in 2003, as part of its academic reform initiatives to better measure student-athlete academic success. The NCAA's GSR metric allows student-athletes six years to earn their degrees. This year's rate is based on the average of student-athletes who enrolled in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and also graduated within six years following their enrollment.
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"Our student-athletes continue to be exceptional representatives of Xavier University, on and off the field," said Greg Christopher, Xavier University Vice President for Administration and Director of Athletics. "The upward trend of our program's graduation success rate, reaching a program-best 97 percent, is a testament to the efforts of our student-athletes, coaches and staff to meet the expectation of excellence that we have in Xavier Athletics. We expect to continue to build on that as we move forward."
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Xavier's rate of 97 percent matches a program best mark, set for cohort years of 2005 and 2006, and ranks among the top 20 rates in NCAA DI. Xavier's rate is the third highest in the BIG EAST, behind only Georgetown and Seton Hall, which both posted GSR of 98 percent.
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Of Xavier's 18 intercollegiate teams, 17 posted a GSR of 89 or above. Among those teams are 14 programs that posted a perfect 100 GSR for the cohort year of 2012. Those teams include women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's golf, women's soccer, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball.
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The NCAA developed the Graduation Success Rate formula in 2003, as part of its academic reform initiatives to better measure student-athlete academic success. The NCAA's GSR metric allows student-athletes six years to earn their degrees. This year's rate is based on the average of student-athletes who enrolled in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and also graduated within six years following their enrollment.
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