Academic Progress Rate Again Highlights Long Beach State Classroom Success
5/19/2020 2:21:00 PM | General
All sports met the minimum standard for a CSU-best 15th year in a row.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – NCAA APR Rates were announced nationally for the four-year period ending in 2018-19 on Tuesday, and Long Beach State once more easily exceeded the NCAA minimum in all sports.
The Beach remains the only school in the California State University system to have passed the minimum standard in all sports since the initiation of the four-year standard by the NCAA, now 15 years in a row. The minimum is currently set at 930, while Long Beach State had no program with a score lower than 950.
Two programs, Beach Volleyball and Women's Golf had perfect APR scores of 1,000 and received NCAA Public Recognition awards as announced last week, while Men's Water Polo was just under with a score of 990.
In all, Long Beach State continues to have an exemplary record of academic progress for its student-athletes.
The APR was developed by the NCAA in 2004 to measure the academic progress and performance of athletic programs at its member institutions. The APR is determined by using the eligibility and retention for each student-athlete on scholarship during a particular academic year. Student-athletes are awarded one point for each semester they are enrolled and one point for each semester they are eligible for intercollegiate competition. A student-athlete can earn a maximum of two points per semester and a maximum of four points during an academic year.
The APR is calculated by taking the number of possible points for a particular sport and dividing that number by the total number of points earned from student-athlete retention and eligibility over the same period of time. The percentage is then multiplied by 1,000 to get the actual APR.
The NCAA does not penalize an institution for student-athletes who remain academically eligible but did not return to the institution due to circumstances beyond the student and/or institution's control. Examples of this include student-athletes who leave to pursue professional athletics, suffer from incapacitating physical or mental illness, or experience extreme financial difficulties as the result of a specific event such as a death in the family.
Complete information on the 2018-19 APR Report can be found at the NCAA's website, NCAA.org.
Long Beach State's Academic Progress Rate Scores (2015-16 to 2018-19)
Women's Basketball – 977
Beach Volleyball* – 1000
Women's Cross Country – 980
Women's Golf* – 1000
Women's Soccer - 975
Softball – 983
Women's Tennis – 974
Women's Track and Field – 987
Women's Volleyball – 970
Women's Water Polo – 985
Baseball – 962
Men's Basketball – 968
Men's Cross Country - 956
Men's Golf – 989
Men's Track and Field – 965
Men's Volleyball – 970
Men's Water Polo – 990
*Earned NCAA Public Recognition
The Beach remains the only school in the California State University system to have passed the minimum standard in all sports since the initiation of the four-year standard by the NCAA, now 15 years in a row. The minimum is currently set at 930, while Long Beach State had no program with a score lower than 950.
Two programs, Beach Volleyball and Women's Golf had perfect APR scores of 1,000 and received NCAA Public Recognition awards as announced last week, while Men's Water Polo was just under with a score of 990.
In all, Long Beach State continues to have an exemplary record of academic progress for its student-athletes.
The APR was developed by the NCAA in 2004 to measure the academic progress and performance of athletic programs at its member institutions. The APR is determined by using the eligibility and retention for each student-athlete on scholarship during a particular academic year. Student-athletes are awarded one point for each semester they are enrolled and one point for each semester they are eligible for intercollegiate competition. A student-athlete can earn a maximum of two points per semester and a maximum of four points during an academic year.
The APR is calculated by taking the number of possible points for a particular sport and dividing that number by the total number of points earned from student-athlete retention and eligibility over the same period of time. The percentage is then multiplied by 1,000 to get the actual APR.
The NCAA does not penalize an institution for student-athletes who remain academically eligible but did not return to the institution due to circumstances beyond the student and/or institution's control. Examples of this include student-athletes who leave to pursue professional athletics, suffer from incapacitating physical or mental illness, or experience extreme financial difficulties as the result of a specific event such as a death in the family.
Complete information on the 2018-19 APR Report can be found at the NCAA's website, NCAA.org.
Long Beach State's Academic Progress Rate Scores (2015-16 to 2018-19)
Women's Basketball – 977
Beach Volleyball* – 1000
Women's Cross Country – 980
Women's Golf* – 1000
Women's Soccer - 975
Softball – 983
Women's Tennis – 974
Women's Track and Field – 987
Women's Volleyball – 970
Women's Water Polo – 985
Baseball – 962
Men's Basketball – 968
Men's Cross Country - 956
Men's Golf – 989
Men's Track and Field – 965
Men's Volleyball – 970
Men's Water Polo – 990
*Earned NCAA Public Recognition
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