MSU Continues Its Record Climb in NCAA Graduation Success Rate
November 03, 2015
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Mississippi State’s athletic teams combined for a score of 85 in the annual release of the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rates, representing the school’s highest total since the formula’s inception in 2005.
The 85 percentile is up one point from last year’s previous school-record total of 84, and it is two points better than the national Division I overall average of 83. State’s total tied for fifth among the 14-member Southeastern Conference institutions. The score is a measure of the four-year cohort from 2005-08.
Five Bulldog programs – men’s and women’s tennis, volleyball, softball and women’s golf -- earned perfect scores of 100. Five other teams registered scores of 90 or better, including soccer (96), women’s basketball (95), men’s cross country and track and field (93), baseball (91) and men’s golf (90).
Ten Bulldog programs exceeded the GSR national average: baseball, men’s track and field, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s basketball, women’s soccer, softball and volleyball. Football hit the FBS average of 72 and improved six points from last year’s tally.
The NCAA Graduation Success Rate is designed to show the proportion of student-athletes on any given team who earn a college degree. The report represents data from first-time freshmen, student-athletes who entered at midyear, and student-athletes who transferred into Mississippi State University between 2005 and 2008, but excludes student-athletes who transfer from the university in good academic standing.
The 85 percentile is up one point from last year’s previous school-record total of 84, and it is two points better than the national Division I overall average of 83. State’s total tied for fifth among the 14-member Southeastern Conference institutions. The score is a measure of the four-year cohort from 2005-08.
Five Bulldog programs – men’s and women’s tennis, volleyball, softball and women’s golf -- earned perfect scores of 100. Five other teams registered scores of 90 or better, including soccer (96), women’s basketball (95), men’s cross country and track and field (93), baseball (91) and men’s golf (90).
Ten Bulldog programs exceeded the GSR national average: baseball, men’s track and field, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s basketball, women’s soccer, softball and volleyball. Football hit the FBS average of 72 and improved six points from last year’s tally.
The NCAA Graduation Success Rate is designed to show the proportion of student-athletes on any given team who earn a college degree. The report represents data from first-time freshmen, student-athletes who entered at midyear, and student-athletes who transferred into Mississippi State University between 2005 and 2008, but excludes student-athletes who transfer from the university in good academic standing.
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