Liberty Athletics GSR Climbs to All-Time High of 96 Percent
12/6/2023 2:00:00 PM | General
Liberty student-athletes' historic success on the field has been matched by an unprecedented achievement in the classroom as the department has a new all-time record high graduation success rate.
The NCAA released its annual graduation success rate (GSR) information today, which revealed Liberty's student-athletes are graduating at a 96 percent rate.
As part of its mission to afford the highest quality academic, athletic, spiritual and social experience to its student-athletes, Liberty Athletics seeks to have its student-athletes finish their time on the Mountain with their college degree of choice.
Liberty Athletics continues to meet this goal as the athletics department has extended its previous record GSR of 89 percent set last year.
Liberty's student-athlete graduation success rate (GSR) has seen an increase or matched its previous year's total each of the last 11 years and 12 out of the last 13 years, improving from a 69 percent rate in 2009-10.
Liberty's student-athlete graduation success rate in recent years: 2009-10 (69 percent), 2010-11 (70 percent), 2011-12 (74 percent), 2012-13 (71 percent), 2013-14 (78 percent), 2014-15 (80 percent), 2015-16 (81 percent), 2016-17 (87 percent), 2017-18 (87 percent), 2018-19 (88 percent), 2019-20 (88 percent), 2020-21 (88 percent), 2021-22 (89 percent) and 2022-23 (96 percent). Â Â Â Â Â
"We are grateful that Liberty student-athletes continue to perform at such a high level in the classroom," said Liberty Vice President and Director of Athletics Ian McCaw. "Liberty Athletics' record-setting graduation success rate is a credit to the dedication of our student-athletes, academic commitment of our coaches, and outstanding work of Kristie Beitz and the Academic Affairs for Athletics staff. Moreover, Liberty's faculty play a vital role in the academic development of our student-athletes and are to be commended for their excellent work."
Liberty's Academic Affairs for Athletics staff is the "team behind the team" that supports Liberty student-athletes. The group spends countless hours walking alongside Liberty's student-athletes, helping them balance all aspects of life while pursuing their path toward a degree that will allow them to be successful following college.
The Graduation Rates Institution Report gives graduation information about the most recent six-year graduating class of students and student-athletes who entered as freshmen in 2014-15. The graduation rate (percent) is based on a comparison of the number of students who entered a college or university and the number of those who graduated within six years.
The NCAA membership asked the NCAA in the early 2000s to develop a measure of student-athlete graduation success that more accurately reflects modern-day patterns of student enrollment and transfer. As a result, the NCAA created the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for Division I and the Academic Success Rate (ASR) for Division II.
The NCAA GSR differs from the federal calculation in two important ways. First, the GSR holds colleges accountable for those student-athletes who transfer into their school. Second, the GSR does not penalize colleges whose student-athletes transfer in good academic standing. Essentially, those student-athletes are moved into another college's cohort.
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The NCAA released its annual graduation success rate (GSR) information today, which revealed Liberty's student-athletes are graduating at a 96 percent rate.
As part of its mission to afford the highest quality academic, athletic, spiritual and social experience to its student-athletes, Liberty Athletics seeks to have its student-athletes finish their time on the Mountain with their college degree of choice.
Liberty Athletics continues to meet this goal as the athletics department has extended its previous record GSR of 89 percent set last year.
Liberty's student-athlete graduation success rate (GSR) has seen an increase or matched its previous year's total each of the last 11 years and 12 out of the last 13 years, improving from a 69 percent rate in 2009-10.
Liberty's student-athlete graduation success rate in recent years: 2009-10 (69 percent), 2010-11 (70 percent), 2011-12 (74 percent), 2012-13 (71 percent), 2013-14 (78 percent), 2014-15 (80 percent), 2015-16 (81 percent), 2016-17 (87 percent), 2017-18 (87 percent), 2018-19 (88 percent), 2019-20 (88 percent), 2020-21 (88 percent), 2021-22 (89 percent) and 2022-23 (96 percent). Â Â Â Â Â
"We are grateful that Liberty student-athletes continue to perform at such a high level in the classroom," said Liberty Vice President and Director of Athletics Ian McCaw. "Liberty Athletics' record-setting graduation success rate is a credit to the dedication of our student-athletes, academic commitment of our coaches, and outstanding work of Kristie Beitz and the Academic Affairs for Athletics staff. Moreover, Liberty's faculty play a vital role in the academic development of our student-athletes and are to be commended for their excellent work."
Liberty's Academic Affairs for Athletics staff is the "team behind the team" that supports Liberty student-athletes. The group spends countless hours walking alongside Liberty's student-athletes, helping them balance all aspects of life while pursuing their path toward a degree that will allow them to be successful following college.
The Graduation Rates Institution Report gives graduation information about the most recent six-year graduating class of students and student-athletes who entered as freshmen in 2014-15. The graduation rate (percent) is based on a comparison of the number of students who entered a college or university and the number of those who graduated within six years.
The NCAA membership asked the NCAA in the early 2000s to develop a measure of student-athlete graduation success that more accurately reflects modern-day patterns of student enrollment and transfer. As a result, the NCAA created the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for Division I and the Academic Success Rate (ASR) for Division II.
The NCAA GSR differs from the federal calculation in two important ways. First, the GSR holds colleges accountable for those student-athletes who transfer into their school. Second, the GSR does not penalize colleges whose student-athletes transfer in good academic standing. Essentially, those student-athletes are moved into another college's cohort.
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