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Most Recent NCAA Submission Highlights

April 2023Ìýsubmission for to the 2016Ìýcohort
  • 55% of 11Ìýfootball players
  • 50% of 6Ìýbasketball players (men and women combined)
  • 59% of all 49Ìýstudent-athletes entering in 2016Ìýin all sports combined
  • 75% of all full-time 6,375Ìýfirst-time freshmen entering in 2016Ìýgraduated in six years

Beginning with the 2019-20 academic year, a portion of .Ìý An institution must meet one of three criteria, one of which is the GSR for the most recently available year is equal to or greater than 90%. CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s GSR for the 2016Ìýcohort was 85%.Ìý GSR traditionally is calculated as a four-class average and this comes in at 90%.

Excel summary of graduation rates for all sports and all entering freshman from 1991 to the most recently reported cohort year.Ìý

Detailed information of graduation rates for entering freshman by sport group, gender and ethnicity.

Upcoming Submission Release

Data/information from the April 2024Ìýsubmission (2017Ìýcohort) will not be made available until fallÌý2024Ìýdue to the NCAA asking institutions to wait until they publically release the data first.
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  • Student-athletes are separated into four sport groups: Ìýfootball, basketball, track/cross country and all other reportable sports (at CU Â鶹ӰԺ these sports are golf, soccer, skiing, tennis and volleyball).
  • Student-athlete data is restricted to those students who received athletic aid in their first term enrolled at CU Â鶹ӰԺ).
  • Each April, the Office of Data Analytics submits data for the IPEDS Graduation Rates Survey of the US Department of Education. ÌýThe population of students in this datasetÌýis full-time (12+ hours counted at the end of the fall term) first-timeÌýfreshman who entered in the summer or fall cohort year. ÌýThe cohort yearÌýis six years prior to the previous summer term of when the report is submittedÌý(i.e. in 2007, with the previous summer term being in 2006, the cohort year is 2000). ÌýThis gives students a full six years (or 150% of "normal time") to complete their degree.
  • Timeline of reporting student-athlete graduation rate data
    • Prior to 2004, we submitted all data to IPEDS and the NCAA obtained the information from IPEDS.
    • From 2004 to 2007 we submitted reports to both IPEDS and the NCAA.
    • From 2008 to 2009 we posted all-freshman counts to the IPEDS collection site in April, and student-athlete counts to the NCAA data collection site only, in May. ÌýThe NCAA then calculates the graduation rates.
    • Beginning in 2010, the NCAA requested submission of outcomes for student-athletes by individual. ÌýThe NCAA then used these records to calculate graduation rates. ÌýIPEDS submission remain unchanged.
  • Additionally, the NCAA asks for completion data on student-athletes who entered either as a spring freshman or as a transfer student.ÌýPlease e-mail usÌýif you would like to inquire about viewing these data.

The NCAA produces two summary reports upon submission of the student athlete data.

  • NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) Report. ÌýBy gender and sport. ÌýShows two rates for the four-year combined cohort. The "federal" rate is theÌýstandard six-year graduation rate for new first-time freshmen athletes. The GSR includes student-athletesÌýtransferring in and those entering in spring, and allows institutions to subtract (from the denominator)Ìýstudent-athletes who leave the institution prior to graduation as long as they would have been academicallyÌýeligible to compete had they remained.Ìý
  • NCAA Institutional reportÌý Shows summary tables (most recentÌýcohort and four-year combined cohort)ÌýÌý Ìýfor all freshman, all student athletes plus by sport group results.
  • Trends in NCAA Division I Graduation Rates (December, 2023)

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