Long Beach State University Athletics
Long Beach State Once Again Improves On Graduation Success Rate
11/14/2018 2:12:00 PM | General
The annual data release shows the Beach again had the highest GSR of any Division I school in the CSU system.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The NCAA released new Graduation Success Rate data on Wednesday, and Long Beach State recorded its highest score ever, an 87 for the class of students that matriculated at the Beach in 2011-12.
With a graduation success rate of 87%, Long Beach State ranked second in the Big West behind only UC Davis, and once again had the highest GSR of any Division I school in the California State University system.
Of special note were two sports, Softball and Women's Golf, who had a 100% graduation success rate over the six-year period ending 2017-18, while 15 of the 16 tracked sports had a GSR of over 80.
The GSR tracks student-athletes for six years after entering college, and does not penalize a school for a student who transfers while in good academic standing.
The Division I Board of Directors created the GSR in response to Division I college and university presidents who wanted data that more accurately reflected the mobility of college students than the federal graduation rate. The federal rate counts any student who leaves a school as an academic failure, no matter whether he or she enrolls at another school. Also, the federal rate does not recognize students who enter school as transfer students.
The GSR formula removes from the rate student-athletes who leave school while academically eligible and includes student-athletes who transfer to a school after initially enrolling elsewhere. This calculation makes it a more complete and accurate look at student-athlete success.
The rate also allows for a deeper understanding of graduation success in individual sports than the federal metric, which provides only broad groupings.
With a graduation success rate of 87%, Long Beach State ranked second in the Big West behind only UC Davis, and once again had the highest GSR of any Division I school in the California State University system.
Of special note were two sports, Softball and Women's Golf, who had a 100% graduation success rate over the six-year period ending 2017-18, while 15 of the 16 tracked sports had a GSR of over 80.
The GSR tracks student-athletes for six years after entering college, and does not penalize a school for a student who transfers while in good academic standing.
The Division I Board of Directors created the GSR in response to Division I college and university presidents who wanted data that more accurately reflected the mobility of college students than the federal graduation rate. The federal rate counts any student who leaves a school as an academic failure, no matter whether he or she enrolls at another school. Also, the federal rate does not recognize students who enter school as transfer students.
The GSR formula removes from the rate student-athletes who leave school while academically eligible and includes student-athletes who transfer to a school after initially enrolling elsewhere. This calculation makes it a more complete and accurate look at student-athlete success.
The rate also allows for a deeper understanding of graduation success in individual sports than the federal metric, which provides only broad groupings.
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