6 Highlander Programs Record Perfect Graduation Success Rates, NJIT Athletics Excels in Latest NCAA GSR Release

Six Highlander programs recorded a perfect Graduation Success Rate (GSR) score in the NCAA's latest release. As a department, the Highlanders earned an overall GSR of 92%.

The figures released Wednesday by the NCAA reflect graduation numbers among student-athletes who entered college in 2017. The overall single-cohort rate held steady at 91%, which is the highest rate recorded.

The Highlander programs whose data was tracked by the NCAA have a GSR of a perfect 100 percent this year: men's fencing, women's basketball, women's fencing, women's soccer, women's tennis and women's volleyball.

The GSR is a measurement that, unlike the federally mandated graduation rates, includes transfer data in the calculation. The GSR data released Wednesday is based on four classes of scholarship student-athletes who entered college from the Fall of 2014 to the Fall of 2017.

The GSR allows for a six-year window in which the student-athlete can earn his or her degree. Although the GSR includes student-athletes who transferred to NJIT, it does not count student-athletes who transferred to another school and were academically eligible at the time of their transfer.