GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida student-athletes are achieving their goal of becoming UF graduates.
The Graduation Success Rates (GSR) published Tuesday shows UF set its all-time high with 94 percent of Gators student-athletes completing their degrees in the latest cycle. The Gators’ latest number is above NCAA Division I’s overall GSR of 90 percent.<https://www.ncaa.org/news/2022/11/15/media-center-student-athletes-continue-to-graduate-at-record-rates.aspx>
The GSR of 12 Gator teams are above or equal the national average for their sport – men’s & women’s basketball, football, men’s & women’s golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, softball, men’s & women’s tennis, men’s track & field/cross country and volleyball. Florida set its all-time high with nine teams posting a perfect 100 GSR in this report: men’s basketball, men’s & women’s golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, softball, men’s & women’s tennis and volleyball.
Earlier this fall, UF again ranked No. 5 in the public institutions ranking on US News and World Reports annual list<https://news.warrington.ufl.edu/rankings/university-of-florida-ranks-fifth-among-u-s-news-top-public-universities/#:~:text=University%20of%20Florida%20ranks%20fifth%20among%20U.S.%20News’%20top%20public%20universities,-By%20Allison%20Alsup&text=For%20the%20fifth%20year%20in,milestone%20in%20the%20university’s%20history.>. The combined grade point average for all Gator student-athletes for the 2021-22 academic year is an all-time high 3.21 and 122 student-athletes earned bachelor or master degrees in the last academic year.
The most recent Graduation Success Rates are based on the four entering freshmen classes in Division I from 2012-13 to 2015-16.
University of Florida
Teams
UF Graduation
Success Rate
Overall DI National Average
Baseball
73
87
Men’s Basketball
100
84
Women’s Basketball
91
93
Men’s Cross Country & Track
94
84
Women’s Cross Country & Track
81
91
Football
96
82
Men’s Golf
100
90
Women’s Golf
100
96
Gymnastics
100
98
Lacrosse
100
98
Soccer
94
95
Softball
100
94
Men’s Swimming
88
91
Women’s Swimming
96
96
Men’s Tennis
100
93
Women’s Tennis
100
97
Volleyball
100
95
Overall Athletics Program
94% – Florida’s Overall GSR
90% – Overall Division I GSR
