WORCESTER, Mass. – Twenty of Holy Cross’ athletic teams have achieved a perfect 100 percent graduation rate, according to the Graduation Success Rate Report, which has been released by the NCAA. The data used to calculate the Graduation Success Rate is from the four-class aggregate of entering classes from 1997 through 2000, for which the NCAA has compiled sport-by-sport figures.
Holy Cross also led its fellow Patriot League members with the most teams reporting at 100 percent GSR. Overall, Patriot League schools were at the top of the NCAA report, with 97 percent of its sponsored sports reporting 90 percent or better graduation rates.
The Crusader programs to post perfect graduation rates were baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s cross country, men’s golf, women’s golf, women’s ice hockey, men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse, women’s rowing, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, softball, men’s swimming and diving, women’s swimming and diving, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, women’s indoor track and field, women’s outdoor track and field, and volleyball.
Overall, the lowest Graduation Success Rate for any Holy Cross team was 92 percent, far above the NCAA Division I average of 77 percent for all sports.
Holy Cross Among National Leaders In Graduation Success Rate
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