The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Athletics Posts Department Record Graduation Success Rate
11/20/2024 | Student-Athlete Development
INDIANAPOLIS – Ole Miss Athletics set a new department record for Graduation Success Rate in 2024, recording an overall score of 94, according to the NCAA's report released this afternoon. This is the fourth consecutive year that Ole Miss has set a new record, this year breaking the previous best of 90 set in 2023.
That overall score of 94 ranks tied for third among all SEC schools, and it's three points above the national single-cohort rate of 91. Six Rebel teams posted a perfect 100 percent GSR in the report released on Wednesday: women's basketball, men's golf, women's golf, men's tennis, women's tennis and volleyball.
Since 2004, Ole Miss has seen its GSR rise exponentially from 69 percent to the current 94 percent. This includes a recent and rapid rise from 75 percent to 94 percent over the last 12 years.
Across the NCAA, Division I student-athletes continue to graduate at high rates. The overall single-year rate held steady at 91 percent, which continues to be the highest rate recorded. Figures released Wednesday reflect graduation numbers among student-athletes who entered college in 2017. The NCAA has tracked GSR for more than two decades, and student-athletes have long surpassed the original benchmark goal of 80 percent. Since the GSR's inception, the overall student-athlete rate has soared from 74 percent to a two-year consistent rate of 91 percent.
FedEx Student-Athlete Success Center and Ole Miss Student-Athlete Development Mission
The mission of the FedEx Student-Athlete Success Center is to promote academic and personal achievement through quality developmental and need-based programs designed to empower and holistically develop student-athletes for life after collegiate athletics.
That overall score of 94 ranks tied for third among all SEC schools, and it's three points above the national single-cohort rate of 91. Six Rebel teams posted a perfect 100 percent GSR in the report released on Wednesday: women's basketball, men's golf, women's golf, men's tennis, women's tennis and volleyball.
Since 2004, Ole Miss has seen its GSR rise exponentially from 69 percent to the current 94 percent. This includes a recent and rapid rise from 75 percent to 94 percent over the last 12 years.
Across the NCAA, Division I student-athletes continue to graduate at high rates. The overall single-year rate held steady at 91 percent, which continues to be the highest rate recorded. Figures released Wednesday reflect graduation numbers among student-athletes who entered college in 2017. The NCAA has tracked GSR for more than two decades, and student-athletes have long surpassed the original benchmark goal of 80 percent. Since the GSR's inception, the overall student-athlete rate has soared from 74 percent to a two-year consistent rate of 91 percent.
FedEx Student-Athlete Success Center and Ole Miss Student-Athlete Development Mission
The mission of the FedEx Student-Athlete Success Center is to promote academic and personal achievement through quality developmental and need-based programs designed to empower and holistically develop student-athletes for life after collegiate athletics.
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