LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) -- UNLV Athletics set a multi-year NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) department record with a score of 985 as the national organization released its most recent data for the 2020-21 academic year Tuesday.
 
Four Rebel programs set or tied their record for APR multi-year scores: football (984), baseball (984), men's basketball (990) and men's golf (993).
 
In addition, seven UNLV teams earned a single-year perfect score of 1,000: men's basketball, men's swimming & diving, men's tennis, softball, women's soccer, women's tennis and volleyball.
 
For the 14th consecutive year, all 17 of UNLV's NCAA Division I sports programs possess a multi-year APR score that exceeds the NCAA minimum cut score of at least 930 to avoid penalties.
 
"Our student-athletes continue to do amazing work academically and that is a testament to their commitment, as well as that of our tremendous staff," said UNLV Director of Athletics Erick Harper. "A big thank you again to Academic Success Center Dean Ann McDonough and our entire Student-Athlete Academic Services Department."
 
The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete. The APR includes eligibility, retention and graduation in the calculation and its goal is to provide a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport. A score of 1,000 means that the institution has met the goals of retention and satisfactory degree progress for 100 percent of each of its student-athletes in a given time period. A score of 900 equates to 90 percent, 800 equals 80 percent, and so forth. The NCAA implemented the APR in 2003.
 
The most recent APRs are multiyear rates based on scores from the 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years.