The Graduation Success Rate measures graduation rates for student-athletes by team. The metric considers student-athletes who are on scholarship their first year and who graduate from their respective universities or leave their programs, via transfer to other universities or for professional opportunities, while in good academic standing.
A complete and searchable Graduation Rates Report is available online at NCAA.org.
The data shows that 19 of 21 of UVA’s programs matched or exceeded the national average (88%) for their respective scores, and that the other two programs, football and men’s tennis, were just behind the national average at 86%.
Ten UVA programs recorded perfect 100% scores: baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s cross country and track & field, women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming and volleyball.
Volleyball posted a 100% graduation rate for the 17th consecutive year, which covers the entire history of the report.
The Cavalier women’s golf team had a 100% rate for the 12th straight year, which covers the history of its program.
Women’s cross country/track & field and women’s swimming achieved a perfect mark for the eighth straight year. The UVA women’s lacrosse team had its 12th 100% graduation total in the 15-year history of the report.
The NCAA Graduation Success Rate is designed to show the proportion of student-athletes on any given team who earn a college degree. The NCAA has imposed a new set of academic standards that seeks to hold teams and institutions accountable for how well a student-athlete progresses toward a degree.
