LA JOLLA, Calif. - UC San Diego is one of just 26 institutions to be honored with a 2013 NCAA Division II Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence for achieving a four-year Academic Success Rate (ASR) of 90 percent or more.
UCSD boasts an ASR of 94 percent, signifying the percentage of its student-athletes from the 2002-05 cohort that graduated within six years of original enrollment. For the second straight year, UCSD is the only California Collegiate Athletic Association school to earn the award.
The ASR is a statistic that reflects the unique qualities of NCAA Division II athletics. It measures graduation rates for virtually all Division II student-athletes, including transfers and those not receiving athletically-related financial aid.
The Division II Academic Requirements Committee created the Division II Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence in 2012 to recognize programs achieving long-term academic success.
Maryville University and Simon Fraser University led the way with ASRs of 100 percent.
“This is the second year for this award and the first in which any institution has reported an Academic Success Rate of 100 percent,” said Pat O'Brien, president of West Texas A&M University and chair of the Division II Presidents Council. “Maryville and Simon Fraser deserve enormous credit for achieving such excellence over a four-year period. In fact, all of the institutions on the list deserve a high degree of respect.”
The Division II Academic Success Rate captures about two-thirds more student-athletes than the federal graduation rate, which does not count incoming transfers, counts outgoing transfers as having not graduated and counts only student-athletes receiving athletically-related financial aid.
The national four-year ASR average is 72 percent.
No matter what measure is used, Division II student-athletes graduate at a higher rate than the general student body. The federal rate for the 2005 entering class of student-athletes was 54 percent, compared to 48 percent for the general student body.
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SCHOOL
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4-YEAR ASR
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Maryville University of Saint Louis
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100
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Simon Fraser University
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100
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William Jewell College
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99
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Saint Michael's College
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98
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Stonehill College
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97
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University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
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97
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Assumption College
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95
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University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon
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95
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Christian Brothers University
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94
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Rollins College
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94
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UC San Diego
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94
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Chestnut Hill College
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93
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Lees-McRae College
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93
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Oakland City University
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93
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Seattle Pacific University
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93
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Adelphi University
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92
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Bentley University
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92
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Merrimack College
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92
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Rockhurst University
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92
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Truman State University
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92
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Eckerd College
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91
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Philadelphia University
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91
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Bellarmine University
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90
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Colorado School of Mines
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90
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Hillsdale College
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90
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Saint Anselm College
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90
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