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Spiders graduation rates among highest in nationFor the third consecutive year, Richmond student-athletes are ranked in the Top 20 nationally for graduation rates, according to the NCAA Official 2004 Division I Graduation Rates Report. The Spiders finished tied for sixth with an 88 percent graduation rate, according to the report, which tracks the 1997–98 freshman class. The average graduation rate for that class of student-athletes was 62 percent. In addition, Richmond’s four-class average tied for 10th nationally at 84 percent. The four-class average for all Division I institutions was 60 percent—a figure matched or exceeded by every Atlantic 10 school. Moreover, each Atlantic 10 institution ranks at or above the national average for graduation rates, and all 12 schools graduate student-athletes at a percentage equal to or higher than the general student body for both the 1997–98 class and the four-class. “The institutions of the Atlantic 10 have a history of providing environments for student-athletes to excel both on the field and in the classroom,” says Atlantic 10 Commissioner Linda Bruno. “These figures again prove that the term ‘student-athlete’ is not lost among our institutions.” In 2002, Richmond’s student-athlete graduation rate was 89 percent, ninth nationally, while in 2003 it was 84 percent, rated 12th in the nation. |
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