LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV student-athletes have set another record in the classrooms as the NCAA released its most recent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and Federal Graduate Rate (FGR) this week.
UNLV Athletics' department-wide record GSR of 85% eclipses last year's record of 82%. The most recent data released show the academic success of the student-athletes who enrolled full-time in Fall 2015.
Three Rebel sports programs had a 100% GSR for the most recent cohort: women's golf, women's tennis and volleyball, while baseball, football, softball and women's soccer all set program records.
"We are extremely proud of our student-athletes' commitment to academics and the success they have achieved," said UNLV Director of Athletics Erick Harper. "Thank you to our Student-Athlete Academic Services Department, along with our coaches and staff for their continued efforts and support."
As a whole, Rebel student-athletes continue to graduate at a higher rate - 15% higher in this same cohort - than the general student population at UNLV.
In addition, UNLV student-athletes have achieved a collective grade point average of at least a 3.0 for a record 10 consecutive semesters.
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.
