Broncos Set Standard in Graduation Success

BOISE, Idaho – Boise State Athletics matched its all-time best performance for NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and set a new standard for Federal Graduation Rate (FGR), according to data released Tuesday, by the NCAA. The latest numbers include the cohort that entered college during the 2013-14 academic year, while the four-class average includes student-athletes who entered college between the 2010-11 and 2013-14 academic years.

The Broncos recorded a four-class average GSR of 90 percent, matching the school record set by the 2011 and 2012 reporting cycles. The mark ranked third in the Mountain West. Every Boise State program posted a score of at least 83 percent, with seven teams setting or tying all-time records, including perfect scores from women's golf, women's tennis and volleyball.

Boise State's federal rate of 72 percent is the highest all-time four-class average FGR by a Mountain West school since the NCAA began tracking the data for the 1998 cohort. The Broncos now own four of the top eight FGR marks in MW history.

Both figures calculate the rate at which first-year, full-time student-athletes who enter college on an athletic scholarship earn their degree within six years. The FGR measures the percentage of students who complete an undergraduate degree from their initial school by counting any student who leaves a school as a non-graduate, and does not recognize students who enter school as a transfer.

The GSR factors in transfers and mid-year enrollees. Those student-athletes who elect to leave their initial institution while still in good academic standing are moved into another school's cohort. Those who leave in poor academic standing are deemed non-graduates for their initial school.

Boise State's entire student population registered a four-class average of 45 percent in the federal calculation, the highest mark in school history. The university's graduation rate is up 10 percent in five years and nearly 20 percent in the last decade.

Team-by-Team Highlights
…Boise State women's golf posted a perfect GSR for the 15th consecutive cohort and a perfect FGR for the second consecutive reporting cycle. The team is one of five programs across all sports in the Mountain West to reach 100 in both GSR and FGR for the 2013 cohort.

…Boise State women's tennis recorded a perfect GSR for the sixth consecutive cohort.

…Boise State volleyball posted a perfect GSR for the second consecutive cohort and the fourth time in program history.

…Boise State men's basketball recorded a program-record 90-percent GSR. The team has posted a rate of 86 percent or better for each of the four cohorts completed during Leon Rice's tenure as head coach. Prior to his arrival, the program's best GSR was 79 percent.

…Boise State football ranked third in the Mountain West with an 87-percent GSR.

…Boise State women's track and field and cross country matched its program record with a GSR of 90 percent, tying the 2000 cohort, to continue its steady climb in which the team's GSR has risen eight of the last nine cohorts.

…Boise State men's track and field and cross country set a program record with a GSR of 83 percent, tying for third best in the Mountain West.

…Boise State men's golf matched its program record with a GSR of 89 percent, previously set by the 2012 cohort whose data was released last year.
…Boise State women's soccer recorded a GSR of 94 percent and a program-record FGR of 91 percent. The 2013 cohort is the first to include freshmen brought in by current head coach Jim Thomas.

…Boise State women's basketball recorded a GSR of 85 percent for the third consecutive cohort.

…Boise State gymnastics posted a GSR of 93 percent, improving on the previous cohort for the second consecutive data cycle.

…Boise State softball recorded a GSR of 88 percent and FGR of 73 percent, the highest FGR in program history.

…Boise State men's tennis recorded a GSR of 88 percent, its sixth consecutive cohort with a GSR of at least 80 percent.

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