Miami Ohio University Athletics
Miami University Athletes Graduate Higher than National Average
10/14/2008 12:00:00 AM | General
Oct. 14, 2008
OXFORD, Ohio—Miami University’s student-athletes are performing extraordinarily well in the class room, and the most-recent class is well above the national rate according to the latest Federal Graduation Rates (FGR) report.
The recent FGR figures show that 75 percent of Miami’s student-athletes who began college in 2001-02 graduated within the six years permitted by the formula. That is 11 percent better than the national student-athlete graduation rate of 64 percent. Only student-athletes receiving athletics aid are included in the NCAA’s reports.
The Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for Miami University is even more impressive at 87 percent. The GSR takes into account students who transferred into the institution and have left the school in good academic standing. Miami is nine percent ahead of the national average of 78 percent.
Four Miami University teams had a 100 percent GSR rate for those who began college in the 2001-02 school year. They include the men’s golf team, as well as the women’s cross country/track and field, swimming and diving and volleyball teams.
A five-year history of Miami University’s graduate success rate shows that the general student body has remained steady at 80 to 81 percent for that period, but that the GSR of MU’s student-athletes has improved dramatically. In 1997-98, RedHawk athletes’ GSR was 65 percent. It rose six points the following year to 71 percent, eight more points to 79 percent for the freshman-class of 1999-00, then six additional points to 85 percent for the graduates of 2000-01, before settling up two more points at 87 percent for the most recent graduates.
Breaking down the GSR by gender shows that Miami’s most recent female student-athletes graduated at a rate of 96 percent, with men graduating at 80 percent. The gender comparisons for Miami’s general student graduates showed that MU women graduated at 82 percent and men graduated at 79 percent.
—MURedHawks.com—
