University of Tennessee Athletics
Latest GSR Data Highlighted by Tennessee’s Highest-Ever Multi-Year Score
December 02, 2021 | General
The NCAA this week announced Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and Federal Graduation Rate for the 2011-12 to 2014-15 freshman cohorts for all Division I institutions as part of the annual NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program.
This year's Tennessee-specific data revealed an overall multi-year GSR of 91 percent—the highest in UT history. It marked the ninth straight year of improvement in Tennessee's multi-year score.
For the second year in a row, eight sports posted a 100 percent multi-year GSR. Women's swimming (100), baseball (95) and football (84) all set new multi-year GSR records.
The teams with perfect multi-year GSRs are men's golf, women's golf, rowing, softball, women's swimming & diving, men's tennis, women's tennis and women's track & field.
Tennessee's female student-athletes' combined multi-year GSR of 96 tied for the highest in Lady Vols history, while UT's male student-athletes collectively posted their highest-ever multi-year GSR (87).
"Ensuring that our student-athletes graduate is mission No. 1, and this data illustrates that Tennessee is delivering on that mission at a high level," Tennessee Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White said. "These numbers are a credit to the hard work and diligence of many student-athletes, coaches and the incredible academic services team we have here at Tennessee."
Tennessee's single-year (2014 cohort) GSR of 94 percent was the second-best in school history—trailing only the 2013 cohort's score of 95—as 11 teams posted a single-year GSR of 100 percent. Also noteworthy in UT's single-year GSR data was the collective male student-athlete score of 91 percent—yet another school record.
The GSR is calculated differently than the Federal Graduation Rate (FGR). The GSR allows institutions to add scholarship transfers that fit into their respective freshman cohorts and remove those students that choose to leave and are academically eligible according to NCAA Progress-Toward-Degree-Requirements.
One of Tennessee Athletics' key objectives is to graduate student-athletes and prepare them for real-world experiences. In 2001, the University of Tennessee opened the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center to provide student-athletes with superior academic support programs and personal and career development assistance.
This year's Tennessee-specific data revealed an overall multi-year GSR of 91 percent—the highest in UT history. It marked the ninth straight year of improvement in Tennessee's multi-year score.
For the second year in a row, eight sports posted a 100 percent multi-year GSR. Women's swimming (100), baseball (95) and football (84) all set new multi-year GSR records.
The teams with perfect multi-year GSRs are men's golf, women's golf, rowing, softball, women's swimming & diving, men's tennis, women's tennis and women's track & field.
Tennessee's female student-athletes' combined multi-year GSR of 96 tied for the highest in Lady Vols history, while UT's male student-athletes collectively posted their highest-ever multi-year GSR (87).
"Ensuring that our student-athletes graduate is mission No. 1, and this data illustrates that Tennessee is delivering on that mission at a high level," Tennessee Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White said. "These numbers are a credit to the hard work and diligence of many student-athletes, coaches and the incredible academic services team we have here at Tennessee."
Tennessee's single-year (2014 cohort) GSR of 94 percent was the second-best in school history—trailing only the 2013 cohort's score of 95—as 11 teams posted a single-year GSR of 100 percent. Also noteworthy in UT's single-year GSR data was the collective male student-athlete score of 91 percent—yet another school record.
The GSR is calculated differently than the Federal Graduation Rate (FGR). The GSR allows institutions to add scholarship transfers that fit into their respective freshman cohorts and remove those students that choose to leave and are academically eligible according to NCAA Progress-Toward-Degree-Requirements.
One of Tennessee Athletics' key objectives is to graduate student-athletes and prepare them for real-world experiences. In 2001, the University of Tennessee opened the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center to provide student-athletes with superior academic support programs and personal and career development assistance.
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