MAAC Garners 91-Percent Graduation Success Rate
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) achieved a 91-percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for the 2008-2011 cohort, announced by the NCAA.
The conference stands fourth in the nation among all Division I conferences for the four-year cohort, matching last year’s rate.
"The MAAC is fully committed to excellence in both academics and athletics. Nothing illustrates this mission more than the high level of graduation reflected in our 11 institutions’ Graduation Success Rates,” noted MAAC Commissioner, Rich Ensor. “I congratulate the student-athletes and commend the academic support staffs who work every day to help our athletes achieve the ultimate goal of college sports: graduation.”
All 11 MAAC institutions recorded a GSR of 90-percent or better, which is two more members than the last cohort. Fairfield University and Manhattan College garnered the highest overall GSR in the league at 97-percent. The Jaspers saw a three-percent increase from last year, while the Stags matched their rate from the 2007-2010 cohort. Both institutions find themselves tied for 16
th among all Division I colleges and universities.
Following Fairfield and Manhattan, was Canisius College (93%), Quinnipiac University (93%), Rider University (93%), Niagara University (92%), Saint Peter’s University (92%), Siena College (92%), Iona College (91%), Monmouth University (91%), and Marist College (90%).
The NCAA report also included the most recent Federal Graduation Rate (FGR) data. MAAC student-athletes checked in at number seven among DI institutions with a rate of 74-percent. The NCAA developed the GSR because the FGR does not credit colleges and universities with student-athletes who leave in good academic standing and go on to graduate from other institutions, or transfers into the school that graduates them.
About GSR:
Each year since 2005, the NCAA publicly announces the Graduation Success Rate of all Division I institutions. The governing body developed GSR in response to college and university presidents who wanted graduation data that more accurately reflected the mobility among all college students today. This year’s data encompasses a four-year cohort of student-athletes entering school between 2008 and 2011.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38
th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University, and Siena College.