Student-Athlete Graduation Success Rate Tops 90 Percent Again

The NCAA's Graduation Success Rates for student-athletes who entered the University of North Carolina in 2013-14 is 91 percent, UNC's second consecutive year above 90 percent.

In addition, Carolina's four-year GSR climbed from 86 to 88 percent, which matched the NCAA average, and 26 of 28 varsity teams either improved or stayed at the same rate from a year ago.

Fifteen of UNC's 28 teams had a higher four-year GSR than in last year's report, 11 stayed the same and two dropped by a single point apiece. Men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country and track and field, football, men's golf, men's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, men's swimming and diving and wrestling all reported increases.

The NCAA's Graduation Success Rates measure graduation rates over a six-year period for student-athletes who entered UNC from 2010 to 2013. It takes into account student-athletes who were on scholarship their first year and graduate from their respective university or leave the program via transfer to another university or professional opportunities while in good academic standing.

Twenty of Carolina's varsity teams showed a Graduation Success Rate of 90 percent or higher with 10 (two more than a year ago) posting a perfect 100 percent (women's basketball, women's fencing, gymnastics, men's and women's golf, women's lacrosse, women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis and volleyball).

Ten Tar Heel teams led the ACC or tied for the best GSR in the ACC: women's basketball, women's fencing, men's and women's golf, gymnastics, women's lacrosse, women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis and volleyball.

The University's single-year Federal Graduation Rate, which penalizes a school when students leave the university early for various reasons (including the opportunity to play professionally), fell from 78 to 75 percent, which is still a five-point increase from two years ago. UNC's four-year federal rate improved three percentage points to 72 percent.

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