Colgate Student-Athletes Post 97 Percent GSR
HAMILTON – Colgate University student-athletes continue to set a national standard in the classroom, posting a 97 percent graduation success rate according to the new NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data released on Wednesday.
Colgate's 97 percent GSR remains a leader among its peers and ranks alongside contemporaries such as Stanford and Vanderbilt. The success ranks well above the national Division I average of 90 percent, according to the NCAA's latest report for December 2023.
"Our student-athletes continue to set the national standard on campus, in the classroom, and in our community," said Colgate University Vice President and Director of Athletics Yariv Amir '01. "The most recent data from the NCAA once again shows that we as an institution recruit talented and motivated student-athletes who achieve great success in every field and every arena. I am proud to serve this institution and our student-athletes who embody our virtues each and every day."
Fifteen Perfect GSR Scores
Under the GSR formula, Colgate's 15 varsity athletics programs that totaled perfect GSR scores include women's basketball, men's and women's cross country/track, field hockey, golf, men's and women's ice hockey, women's lacrosse, women's rowing, men's and women's soccer, men's swimming, men's and women's tennis, and volleyball.
Two different measures of graduation rates are presented in the NCAA's report: Federal Graduation Rate (FGR) and Division I Graduation Success Rate (GSR). The FGR indicates the percentage of freshmen who entered and received athletics aid during a given academic year who graduated within six years. The GSR adds to the first-time freshmen, those students who entered midyear and student-athletes who transferred into an institution and received athletics aid. Colgate also performed well in the federal guidelines with an average FDR score of 92, which is tied with Stanford for second nationally and once again ranks well above the Division I average of 69 percent. Colgate teams with perfect FGR rates included women's basketball, field hockey, and volleyball.
About the NCAA Graduation Success Rate
The NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) is designed to reflect the proportion of student-athletes on any given team who earn a college degree within a six-year window of their initial enrollment. The GSR was developed in response to colleges and universities who asked for an alternative rate that more accurately reflects the movement among college student-athletes. The GSR takes into account incoming transfers who graduate from a different institution than the one they started at and transfers who leave an institution in good standing. This year's data is for the class of student-athletes who entered Colgate in 2016-17.
Latest Men's Cross Country
- Colgate Holds 17th Annual Golden ’GatesHAMILTON — Colgate Athletics held its 17th annual Golden 'Gates award ceremony Monday evening on Cotterell Court, honoring its student-athletes and presenting department awards.
- Colgate Places 147 on Patriot Fall Academic Honor RollHAMILTON – Colgate University placed 147 student-athletes on the 2023-24 Patriot League Fall Academic Honor Roll, announced by the League office on Thursday.
- Cross Country Season Comes to a CloseBRONX, N.Y. – Colgate cross country wrapped up the first full season of the Chelsea France era on Friday, with the men's team finishing 31st out of 37 teams while the women placed 33rd in the NCAA Regional race at Van Cortlandt Park.
- Holland and Shepard Land Academic HonorsBETHLEHEM, Pa. – Colgate cross country's Owen Holland and Kara Shepard were voted to the Patriot League All-Academic Teams, the conference announced on Friday. Both Raiders competed in every race this year for Colgate and set multiple new PRs in the process.
- Home Course Advantage Helps Raiders in League ChampionshipHAMILTON - A bit of rain on a warm Saturday morning at the Harry H. Lang XC Course was no problem for the Colgate Cross Country program as both the men and the women ran well for what will be the last meet of the year for many involved. The men came in seventh out of 10 competing schools, the highest finish for the program since a sixth-place spot in the 2012 league race, while the women finished eighth and notched their highest Patriot League point total since 2020.
- Cross Country Places at ECAC/IC4A ChampionshipsBRONX, N.Y. – Colgate cross country competed at the ECAC/IC4A Championships on Friday morning, with the men's team improving on last year's 27th-place finish by three spots and an average of 90 seconds on the same course. The women, while placing the same, improved upon their finish last year by nearly 40 seconds on average.