Manhattan Tops Among MAAC Schools in NCAA GSR Report
Twelve Jasper athletics teams posted perfect scores in the Graduation Success Rate, measured by the NCAA.
For the second straight year, Manhattan College posted the highest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) score among MAAC schools with an overall score of 98 percent, as released by the NCAA on October 16.The Jaspers also registered a perfect 100 GSR across a league-high 12 sports: baseball, golf, men's basketball, men's cross country/track and field, men's swimming and diving, softball, women's basketball, women's cross country/track and field, women's lacrosse, women's soccer, women's swimming and diving and volleyball.
The MAAC posted a GSR of 91 percent, which is two points higher than this year's national average of 89 percent, and ranks ninth among all Division I conferences.
The report reflects the six-year graduation rates for college athletes who entered school in 2012. The four-class average includes those who entered as freshmen in 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13. 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.