BOSTON – Northeastern Athletics posted a 97% Graduation Success Rate in the latest NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program report, released by the NCAA on Wednesday. The latest data set included information from the 2015-16 to 2018-19 freshman cohorts.
 
This marks the fifth straight year that Northeastern has recorded a GSR of 97%, which remains the highest in school history. It is also the second highest in the Coastal Athletic Association and tied for the highest in Hockey East this year. 
 
Eight of Northeastern's 14 programs sponsored by the NCAA earned perfect 100 scores including the baseball, women's basketball, field hockey, women's ice hockey, men's soccer, women's soccer, women's cross country/track & field and volleyball teams, while all of Northeastern's other sponsored programs posted rates of 92% or above.
 
Twelve of Northeastern's programs also recorded a GSR at or above the national average for their respective sport.
 
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Baseball: third consecutive 100 (eighth overall)
 
• Men's basketball: second straight year above 90 and seven points above the national average in the sport (85)
 
• Women's basketball: fifth consecutive 100 (eighth overall)
 
• Women's cross country/track & field: 12th consecutive 100 
 
• Field hockey: fourth consecutive 100 (13th overall)
 
• Men's ice hockey: second straight 93, which is the second highest for the program on record 
 
• Women's ice hockey: 12th consecutive 100
 
• Men's soccer: 12th consecutive 100 (13th overall) 
 
• Women's soccer: seventh consecutive 100 (eighth overall)
 
• Volleyball: 11th consecutive 100 (17th overall)
 
ABOUT GSR:
GSR was created in 2002 in response to Division I college and university presidents who wanted data that more accurately reflected the mobility of college students beyond what the federal graduation rate measures. The federal rate counts any student who leaves a school as an academic failure, even if the student enrolls at another school. Also, the federal rate does not recognize students who enter schools 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 provides a more accurate measurement of student-athlete success.
 
While student-athlete graduation success rates remain high, deeper analysis and data forecasting indicate that the additional flexibility in rules governing competition after transfer could impact graduation rates in the future.