The NCAA this week released scores from its new system for measuring academic success for student-athletes and teams – and Colgate far exceeded the national average.
The NCAA’s new academic measurement, known as the Academic Progress Rate (APR), is based on the academic eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes at Division I schools. A perfect score is 1,000.
Colgate’s score of 984 was higher than the average for Patriot League schools – 978.63 – and far higher than the Division I average of 948.
The APR is calculated by awarding two points each term to student-athletes who meet academic-eligibility standards and who remain with the institution. A team’s total points is then divided by the total points possible to come up with a number.
The NCAA has established a “cut line” of 925, which is equivalent to an approximate graduation rate of 50 percent. Those schools falling below the cut line will be subject to penalties in the future. The scores are based on data collected for the 2003-04 academic year.
“The goal of the academic reform package is to reinforce good behavior,” said NCAA President Myles Brand. “The new reforms are tough but fair.”
In November, the NCAA announced graduation rates, revealing that the Patriot League was tops among Division I conferences for the sixth year in a row.
Colgate’s graduation rate for athletes is among the best in the NCAA.
Colgate is tied for sixth place out of 316 reporting institutions with an 88 percent graduation rate.
Colgate is tied with Richmond University and fellow Patriot League institutions Bucknell University and the College of the Holy Cross at sixth place.
Other schools in the top 10 include Duke University (94 percent), Xavier University (93 percent), Georgetown University (92 percent), Davidson College (91 percent), University of Notre Dame (89 percent), College of William & Mary (87 percent), Marquette University (87 percent), and Stanford University (87 percent).
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