University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Student-Athletes Excel Again in Graduation Success Rates
December 2, 2021 | Academics
Twelve Tar Heel Teams Have 4-Year Rate of 100 Percent
Graduation Success Rates for University of North Carolina student-athletes over the past four years remained at 88 percent, the second consecutive year the Tar Heels recorded their highest-ever four-year graduation rate.
For the first time, each of Carolina's women's sports programs had a four-year rate of 90 percent or higher, led by 100 percent rates for basketball, fencing, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, swimming and diving, tennis and volleyball.
The data includes the 2011-12 through 2014-2015 incoming freshmen classes.
Carolina's single-year rate also was 88 percent, the fourth time in the last five years the Tar Heels hit that figure.
Three programs had increases of at least nine percentage points, including men's basketball (plus 9), women's soccer (plus 18) and wrestling (plus 15). The men's basketball program reached the 100-percent mark over the past four years for the first time in the program's history.
Three other sports on the men's side – golf, swimming and diving and tennis – also had 100 percent rates for the four-year period included in the data. It was the 10th consecutive year the men's tennis team had a four-year rate of 100 percent.
Men's lacrosse had a program-best 97 percent GSR and was one of 20 Tar Heel teams at 90 percent or higher.
The NCAA's Graduation Success Rates measure graduation rates over a six-year period, factoring 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.
For the first time, each of Carolina's women's sports programs had a four-year rate of 90 percent or higher, led by 100 percent rates for basketball, fencing, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, swimming and diving, tennis and volleyball.
The data includes the 2011-12 through 2014-2015 incoming freshmen classes.
Carolina's single-year rate also was 88 percent, the fourth time in the last five years the Tar Heels hit that figure.
Three programs had increases of at least nine percentage points, including men's basketball (plus 9), women's soccer (plus 18) and wrestling (plus 15). The men's basketball program reached the 100-percent mark over the past four years for the first time in the program's history.
Three other sports on the men's side – golf, swimming and diving and tennis – also had 100 percent rates for the four-year period included in the data. It was the 10th consecutive year the men's tennis team had a four-year rate of 100 percent.
Men's lacrosse had a program-best 97 percent GSR and was one of 20 Tar Heel teams at 90 percent or higher.
The NCAA's Graduation Success Rates measure graduation rates over a six-year period, factoring 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.
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