Fordham Ranks Among Atlantic 10 Graduation Success Rate Leaders

Bronx, N.Y. – The NCAA released the graduation rates and graduation success rates for the 2008-09 to 2011-12 freshman cohorts for all NCAA Division I institutions and Fordham University is ranked among the top schools in the Atlantic 10 with a 94 percent graduation success rate.
 
Fordham's 94 percent graduation success rate ties the Rams for second best among all Atlantic 10 schools, behind only Davidson (98), and tied with George Washington and Saint Joseph's.
 
The eight teams with a perfect 100 percent graduation rate was third in the conference, behind Davidson (13) and Saint Joseph's (9). The eight perfect Fordham programs were men's soccer, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's cross country/track and field, women's cross country/track and field, and volleyball.
 
Individually, 14 of the 20 Fordham scholarship programs have a graduation success rate above 90 percent, including baseball (95), rowing (94), women's soccer (95), and softball (94).
 
"We are proud of the NCAA graduation success rate results which are a direct result of the hard work our student-athletes put in, both on and off the playing fields," said director of athletic Dave Roach. "It is also a testament of the dedication demonstrated by our coaches, academic advisors and the entire academic support team, as well as the faculty, at Fordham."
 
The GSR and measures graduation over six years from first-time college enrollment. The NCAA Division I Board of Directors created the GSR in response to Division I college and university presidents who wanted data that more accurately reflected the mobility of college students than the federal graduation rate.