GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gator student-athletes are achieving their goal of earning a University of Florida degree.
The NCAA Graduation Success Rates (GSR) published Wednesday shows UF set its all-time high for a second consecutive year. The GSR shows 95 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 91 percent – the highest rate recorded in the more two decades GSR has been tracked.<https://www.ncaa.org/news/2022/11/15/media-center-student-athletes-continue-to-graduate-at-record-rates.aspx>
The GSR of 13 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, women’s swimming & diving, men’s & women’s tennis, men’s track & field/cross country and volleyball.
Florida set its all-time high with 10 teams posting a perfect 100 GSR in this report: men’s & women’s basketball, men’s & women’s golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, softball, men’s & women’s tennis and volleyball.
Earlier this fall, UF topped the Wall Street Journal rankings for public universities.<https://news.ufl.edu/2023/09/wsj-ranking/> The combined grade point average for all Gator student-athletes for the 2022-23 academic year is an all-time high 3.30 and 132 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 2013-14 to 2016-17.
University of Florida
Teams
UF Graduation
Success Rate
Overall DI National Average
Baseball
85
91
Men’s Basketball
100
86
Women’s Basketball
100
93
Men’s Cross Country & Track
94
86
Women’s Cross Country & Track
83
92
Football
92
84
Men’s Golf
100
95
Women’s Golf
100
96
Gymnastics
100
98
Lacrosse
100
98
Soccer
94
97
Softball
100
95
Men’s Swimming
91
92
Women’s Swimming
97
97
Men’s Tennis
100
95
Women’s Tennis
100
96
Volleyball
100
95
Overall Athletics Program
95% – Florida’s Overall GSR
91% – Overall Division I GSR
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