NCAA Database
HAMILTON -- Colgate student-athletes once again reside among the top 20 in the nation in Graduation Success Rate, according to NCAA figures released this week.
Colgate's 97 percent rate places the institution alongside such Division I contemporaries as Davidson, Georgetown, Pennsylvania, Stanford and Vanderbilt.
Colgate recorded perfect 100-percent GSR scores from 17 of its 21 NCAA-sponsored teams. For the purposes of this release, cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field are considered one sport instead of three.
"Colgate's graduation rate is not just a point of pride – it is a mark of our identity," said Dr. Nicki W. Moore, Colgate Vice President and Director of Athletics. "Yes, this is a place where you engage in a world-class, demanding educational environment aimed at expanding the mind and equipping students for productive leadership and citizenship, AND you can compete on the biggest stages in college athletics. That our student-athletes have accomplished so much academically is not a surprise, but it should be celebrated nonetheless."
Moore said many Colgate individuals play a role in making academic achieving and graduation a top priority at this university, and they too should be celebrated.
"The faculty who care deeply about their disciplines and about their students, the administrators who lead with intention and passion, the staff who help students navigate the messy parts of their college experience, and the coaches who willingly make practice a secondary priority when academic and athletic obligations collide – they are all a part of this graduation outcome."
This year's data is for the class of student-athletes who entered Colgate in 2011-12.
The Division I Board of Directors created the GSR in response to Division I college and university presidents who wanted data that more accurately reflected the mobility of college students than the federal graduation rate. 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.
