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Beach Athletics Once Again Among Conference Leaders In Graduation Success Rate
12/2/2021 10:09:00 AM | General
Long Beach State has recorded a GSR higher than 85% for the last five years.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Released Thursday by the NCAA, the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) measures progress towards graduation for student-athletes by institution, and Long Beach State continues to set a high standard with a total GSR of 89.
The mark of 89 dipped slightly from Long Beach State's record high of 91 in the previous cycle, but still ranked only behind last year as a tie for the best score in school history. Among Division I members of the Big West, Long Beach State ranked only behind UC Davis, and the Beach only trailed the Aggies among public institutions in the State of California as well.
Long Beach State had a new high of seven programs that recorded a perfect 100 in the GSR over the period ending in 2020-21. Men's Golf and Men's Volleyball both had perfect scores, as did five women's sports: Women's Golf, Women's Tennis, Women's Volleyball, Women's Water Polo and Women's Beach Volleyball.
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, which saw a 26 percent difference between the Graduation Success Rate and the Federal Graduation Rate as transfers become more common within collegiate athletics.
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.
The mark of 89 dipped slightly from Long Beach State's record high of 91 in the previous cycle, but still ranked only behind last year as a tie for the best score in school history. Among Division I members of the Big West, Long Beach State ranked only behind UC Davis, and the Beach only trailed the Aggies among public institutions in the State of California as well.
Long Beach State had a new high of seven programs that recorded a perfect 100 in the GSR over the period ending in 2020-21. Men's Golf and Men's Volleyball both had perfect scores, as did five women's sports: Women's Golf, Women's Tennis, Women's Volleyball, Women's Water Polo and Women's Beach Volleyball.
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, which saw a 26 percent difference between the Graduation Success Rate and the Federal Graduation Rate as transfers become more common within collegiate athletics.
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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