Rice Student-Athletes Again Top the Charts

Rice student-athletes continue to be among the nation’s best, according to a recent report from the NCAA.

In its annual study of graduation rates at U.S. colleges and universities, the NCAA ranked Rice highest in two categories for Division 1-A graduation rates. Rice was first in graduation rates for those who exhaust their athletic eligibility, with 99 percent of those students graduating. Rice also had the highest graduation rates for African American student-athletes at 87 percent.

The report examined four-year average graduation rates for freshmen who entered 1993 through 1996 and graduated within six years. The complete Graduation Rates Report is available at www.ncaa.org/grad_rates/2003/.

Last year Rice was recognized for its student-athlete graduation rate of 91 percent with the USA Today/NCAA Academic Achievement Award for Division I-A institutions.