Memphis Posts All-Time Best In NCAA Academic Success
Nov 09, 2017 | General
Four Tigers programs have 100 percent graduation success rates.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – For the third year in a row, University of Memphis Athletics posted an all-time high in academic achievement, as the NCAA released its Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and Federal Graduation Rate (FGR) reports.
In the reports, the University of Memphis' numbers improved from the year before, with the University graduating 87 percent of its student-athletes for the 2010 cohort and having a 62 percent federal graduation rate for the same time period (2007-10). Last year's numbers were 85 percent for Memphis' GSR and 61 percent from its FGR.
The FGR accesses only first-time, full-time freshmen and only counts them as an academic success if they graduate from their institution of initial enrollment within a six-year period.
The GSR differs from the FGR in that it adds transfer students, mid-year enrollees and non-scholarship students (in specific cases) to the sample. This allows the GSR to more accurately look at student-athlete successes by taking into account the full variety of participants in NCAA Division I and tracking their individual outcomes.
The GSR for all NCAA Division I institutions was 87 percent.
Memphis' overall 87 percent GSR ranked in the top-half of the American Athletic Conference, coming in behind Temple, Tulane, Connecticut and UCF. Regionally, Memphis' GSR was higher than Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss and Tennessee.
Memphis' 87 percent GSR was ahead of nine of the 10 schools in the Big 12 Conference and eight of the 14 institutions in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Some of the institutions from those leagues behind Memphis include Georgia, Florida, Iowa State, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU and West Virginia. The Tigers' GSR also ranked ahead of Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina and NC State from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Four Memphis teams – men's golf, women's golf, men's tennis and women's tennis – recorded 100 percent GSR for the 2010 cohort.
Six squads improved their GSR from last year, including football (71 percent to 75 percent), men's golf (92 to 100), men's soccer (87 to 88), rifle (88 to 89), women's basketball (71 to 81) and softball (85 to 91).
Memphis had eight programs rank in the top-three in their respective sports in the American Athletic Conference, including four leading their sports in the league with 100 percent GSR (men's golf, men's tennis, women's golf, women's tennis). Men's basketball (87) was second behind Tulane and men's soccer (88) was second behind Temple. Baseball (91) and women's track and field (95) were third in their respective sports.
In the reports, the University of Memphis' numbers improved from the year before, with the University graduating 87 percent of its student-athletes for the 2010 cohort and having a 62 percent federal graduation rate for the same time period (2007-10). Last year's numbers were 85 percent for Memphis' GSR and 61 percent from its FGR.
The FGR accesses only first-time, full-time freshmen and only counts them as an academic success if they graduate from their institution of initial enrollment within a six-year period.
The GSR differs from the FGR in that it adds transfer students, mid-year enrollees and non-scholarship students (in specific cases) to the sample. This allows the GSR to more accurately look at student-athlete successes by taking into account the full variety of participants in NCAA Division I and tracking their individual outcomes.
The GSR for all NCAA Division I institutions was 87 percent.
Memphis' overall 87 percent GSR ranked in the top-half of the American Athletic Conference, coming in behind Temple, Tulane, Connecticut and UCF. Regionally, Memphis' GSR was higher than Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss and Tennessee.
Memphis' 87 percent GSR was ahead of nine of the 10 schools in the Big 12 Conference and eight of the 14 institutions in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Some of the institutions from those leagues behind Memphis include Georgia, Florida, Iowa State, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU and West Virginia. The Tigers' GSR also ranked ahead of Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina and NC State from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Four Memphis teams – men's golf, women's golf, men's tennis and women's tennis – recorded 100 percent GSR for the 2010 cohort.
Six squads improved their GSR from last year, including football (71 percent to 75 percent), men's golf (92 to 100), men's soccer (87 to 88), rifle (88 to 89), women's basketball (71 to 81) and softball (85 to 91).
Memphis had eight programs rank in the top-three in their respective sports in the American Athletic Conference, including four leading their sports in the league with 100 percent GSR (men's golf, men's tennis, women's golf, women's tennis). Men's basketball (87) was second behind Tulane and men's soccer (88) was second behind Temple. Baseball (91) and women's track and field (95) were third in their respective sports.
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