Display 1260: Team Graduation Rates  X  Year

        "Graduation rates" for collegiate athletes are calculated and maintained using conventions established by the NCAA and the DOE.  The Federal Department of Education (IPEDS) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) require rates to be calculated for first-time entering full-time freshmen who receive financial aid and who graduate within 6 years.  This convention is the basis for the following table.  (Notice: these rates do not reflect all student athletes at SSU but only full-time, first-time freshmen receiving financial aid.)

A. Freshman Athletes Receiving Financial Aid & Graduating within 6 Years**    
First-Time, Full-Time    
           
Cohort Year    
  1995 1996 1997 1998   3 Year Composite
Baseball # Freshmen 1 3 7 5   15
Baseball Graduated w/in 6 yrs 1 1 1 0   2
Baseball % 100.00% 33.33% 14.29% 0.00%   13%
             
Men's Basketball # Freshmen 5 2 6 3   11
Men's Basketball Graduated w/in 6 yrs 0 0 0 1   1
Men's Basketball % 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 33.33%   9%
             
Football # Freshmen 25 17 0 18   35
Football Graduated w/in 6 yrs 8 1 * 1   2
Football % 32.00% 5.88% * 5.56%   6%
             
Women's Basketball # Freshmen 6 1 3 2   6
Women's Basketball Graduated w/in 6 yrs 1 1 1 1   3
Women's Basketball % 16.67% 100.00% 33.33% 50.00%   50%
             
Women's Tennis # Freshmen 0 2 0 2   4
Women's Tennis Graduated w/in 6 yrs * 0 * 1   1
Women's Tennis % * 0.00% * 50.00%   25%
             
Women's Volleyball # Freshmen 4 1 2 1   4
Women's Volleyball Graduated w/in 6 yrs 2 1 1 1   3
Women's Volleyball % 50.00% 100.00% 50.00% 100.00%   75%
             
Men's CC/Track # Freshmen 1 0 0 2   2
Men's CC/Track Graduated w/in 6 yrs 1 * * 1   1
Men's CC/Track % 100.00% * * 50.00%   50%
             
Women's CC/Track # Freshmen 2 0 3 2   5
Women's CC/Track Graduated w/in 6 yrs 1 * 1 0   1
Women's CC/Track % 50.00% * 33.33% 0.00%   20%
             
Total Athletes # Freshmen 44 26 21 35   82
Total Athletes Graduated w/in 6 yrs 14 4 4 6   14
Total Athletes % 31.82% 15.38% 19.05% 17.14%   17%
           
* No new first-time, full-time freshmen in the cohort          
** Based on financial aid data extracted from SSU's legacy registration data system by Tom Hendrix, July, 2005.  Reported to NCAA, August, 2005.  

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