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November 11, 2002 Volume 27, Issue 15 |
Mississippi State graduated 62 percent of the student-athletes who entered the university as freshmen in 1995 within six years, the highest rate among public universities in the Southeastern Conference.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association recently released graduation rates for student-athletes at member schools across the nation. The average graduation rate for Division I institutions reached 60 percent for the first time since the NCAA began tracking 18 years ago.
"We have for a long time stressed graduation over eligibility," said David Boles, associate athletic director and University Academic Advising Center director. "We don't talk just eligibility, we talk graduation with our freshmen coming in."
The average graduation rate for the last four classes of student-athletes at MSU was 60 percent. The six-year graduation rate for all students entering MSU as freshmen in 1995 was 53 percent, and the average for the last four classes was 50 percent.