Long Beach State Again Sets New High In Graduation Success Rate
10/16/2019 4:08:00 PM | General
With a success rate of 89%, Long Beach State student-athletes graduated at the highest rate in both the Big West and the CSU System.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The NCAA released its latest Graduation Success Rate information on Wednesday for the class matriculating in academic year 2012-13, and Long Beach State recorded its highest margin yet, an 89 percent success rate for its student-athletes.
That rate is two percentage point higher than the school's previous best of 87% from the 2011-12 graduation rate data as the Beach continues to set a high standard in this area.
Long Beach State's improvement of two points moved the Beach into a tie with UC Davis for the best GSR in the Big West at 89 percent. It also represented the highest mark in the CSU, and was only behind UCLA among public institutions in the state of California.
All 18 measured programs finished with a rate of over 80%; Beach Volleyball will be added in a future cycle once six years have passed since the sport earned championship status. Additionally, three sports for Long Beach State had perfect graduation records over the six-year period: Women's Tennis, Women's Golf and Softball.
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. This is especially important for a school like Long Beach State, who saw a 23 percent difference between the Graduation Success Rate and the Federal Graduation Rate.
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.
That rate is two percentage point higher than the school's previous best of 87% from the 2011-12 graduation rate data as the Beach continues to set a high standard in this area.
Long Beach State's improvement of two points moved the Beach into a tie with UC Davis for the best GSR in the Big West at 89 percent. It also represented the highest mark in the CSU, and was only behind UCLA among public institutions in the state of California.
All 18 measured programs finished with a rate of over 80%; Beach Volleyball will be added in a future cycle once six years have passed since the sport earned championship status. Additionally, three sports for Long Beach State had perfect graduation records over the six-year period: Women's Tennis, Women's Golf and Softball.
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. This is especially important for a school like Long Beach State, who saw a 23 percent difference between the Graduation Success Rate and the Federal Graduation Rate.
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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