UW Graduation Success Rate Climbs To Highest Ever
December 26, 2018 | Tyee Club
In 2018, University of Washington student-athletes continued to graduate at a rate among the highest in the country, according to the NCAA's release on Graduation Success Rate (GSR). UW received its highest-ever mark, scoring an 89 on the data released, which measures the single-year GSR for the UW's most recent cohort. The NCAA initially launched the GSR in 1998.
The data showed that 16 of the UW's 22 programs match or exceed the national average for their respective GSR scores. Also of note, 18 of the UW's 22 programs matched or improved their scores from the last data release. The following seven programs recorded a perfect 100 GSR score: women's tennis, women's golf, volleyball, gymnastics, men's golf, men's tennis & men's basketball. Women's golf has posted a perfect score each of the years since the GSR's inception.
"The continued improvement and academic achievements from our student-athletes reflect our commitment to excellence in the classroom," said Jennifer Cohen, UW Director of Athletics. "These numbers attribute the hard work from our students, coaches and academic support staff led by Kim Durand."
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.
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The data showed that 16 of the UW's 22 programs match or exceed the national average for their respective GSR scores. Also of note, 18 of the UW's 22 programs matched or improved their scores from the last data release. The following seven programs recorded a perfect 100 GSR score: women's tennis, women's golf, volleyball, gymnastics, men's golf, men's tennis & men's basketball. Women's golf has posted a perfect score each of the years since the GSR's inception.
"The continued improvement and academic achievements from our student-athletes reflect our commitment to excellence in the classroom," said Jennifer Cohen, UW Director of Athletics. "These numbers attribute the hard work from our students, coaches and academic support staff led by Kim Durand."
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.
About The Competitive Edge Fund
When you donate to The Competitive Edge Fund, you give student-athletes a leading advantage in their education and in competition, empowering them to create a positive impact in the world. The Fund was launched in 2016 as part of The Game Changer Campaign for Husky Athletics, fueling one of our most ambitious fundraising efforts to date to support UW Athletics.
Gifts to The Fund support:
- Strength: Your gift allows us to provide cutting-edge training equipment and to recruit and retain expert strength and conditioning staff to help improve performance and prevent injury.
- Fuel: From healthy meals to nutrition education and individual counseling, your donation provides Husky student-athletes the right fuel and support they need to compete at the highest levels.
- World-class education: You can give young men and women something they will value for a lifetime — a world-class UW education plus the academic support student-athletes need to excel in class and to graduate.
- Teachers: Your donation fuels our ability to recruit and retain the best coaches and staff in college sports, who build winning teams and develop lifelong skills in the student-athletes they coach and support.
- Innovation: From computerized performance analysis to specialized recovery equipment, your gift provides the newest technologies needed for building champions.
- Opportunity: Your gift provides student-athletes with transformational volunteer and study-abroad experiences, leadership and mentoring programs, internships and more.
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