LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV student-athletes continue to graduate at a higher rate than the general student population as the NCAA released its most recent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and Federal Graduation Rate (FGR) on Thursday.

Current data shows the academic successes of the student-athletes who initially enrolled full-time at UNLV during the Fall 2014 semester. UNLV's GSR for student-athletes in the 2014 cohort was 82 percent, setting the institution's high. The current mark is three percentage points higher than the previous record. Additionally, UNLV's four-class average FGR for student-athletes was 18 percentage points higher than the general student population at UNLV. 

FGR assesses first-time, full-time freshmen in a given group and only counts them as academic successes if they graduate from their institution of initial enrollment within a six-year period. It makes no accommodation for transfers into or out of an institution. It is, however, the only measure that allows a direct comparison between student-athletes and the general student body.

GSR begins with the Federal unit, and adds transfer students, mid-year enrollees and non-scholarship students (in specified cases) to the sample. Student-athletes who leave an institution while in good academic standing before exhausting athletics eligibility are removed from the unit of their initial institution. This rate provides a more complete and accurate look at actual student-athlete success by taking into account the full variety of participants in Division I athletics and tracking their academic outcomes.

UNLV student-athletes also set a multitude of significant academic records over the last year, which have been previously announced:

For a record eighth-straight semester, Rebel student-athletes achieved a collective GPA of at least 3.0. The Spring 2021 cumulative GPA of all UNLV student-athletes was a department-record 3.24, breaking the old mark of 3.21 set during Spring 2020. 

UNLV also saw 149 student-athletes earn Dean's Honor List recognition for Spring 2021, which requires a semester GPA of greater than 3.50 in at least 12 academic credits.

UNLV also saw a historic jump in APR numbers this past year, setting multiple records. UNLV Athletics' collective multi-year score of 985 was a record-high. 

Additionally, seven teams set or tied program records for single-year scores: men's basketball (1,000), football (987), men's golf (1,000), men's swimming & diving (1,000), men's tennis (1,000), cross country (1,000), and track & field (1,000). Also, baseball (984), men's golf (993), and men's soccer (977) all set or tied program records for multi-year scores.