NCAA: Colgate is No.1 in student-athlete graduation
The NCAA national office has released the latest round of graduation success rates and Colgate, along with two other schools, had the highest graduation in Division I for its student-athletes with 99 percent.
The data is from the four-class aggregate of entering classes from 1998 through 2001 and show the percentage of student-athletes earning a degree within six years.
Joining Colgate was San Francisco and Alcorn State. Holy Cross, Notre Dame and Navy were next at 98 percent, followed by Davidson, Duke and Northwestern at 97 percent.
Five schools were tied for tenth at 96 percent: Boston College, Dayton, Lafayette, Loyola of Maryland and New Hampshire.
"It is a credit to our outstanding scholar-athletes that they able to balance a vigorous academic program along with competing at the highest level of intercollegiate competition," said David Roach, Colgate athletics director. "Our faculty and coaches work in concert with each other to allow our student-athletes the opportunity to reach their fullest academic and athletic potential."
In addition, this year's NCAA report shows that Colgate graduated 100 percent of its student-athletes in 18 of 20 sports.