Florida equaled its all-time high of 92 in today's graduation success rate announcement by the NCAA.
Gators Athletics Ranks High in Recent Graduation Success Rates
Thursday, December 2, 2021 | General, Otis Hawkins Center
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida student-athletes are achieving their goal of becoming UF graduates.
The Graduation Success Rates (GSR) published Thursday shows UF equaled its all-time high with 92 percent of Gators student-athletes completing their degrees in the latest cycle. The Gators' latest number is above NCAA Division I's overall GSR of 90 percent.
The GSR of 12 Gator teams are above or equal the national average for their sport – men's & women's basketball, football, men's & women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, softball, women's tennis, men's track & field/cross country and volleyball. Florida equaled its all-time high with seven teams posting a perfect 100 GSR: men's basketball, men's & women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, women's tennis and volleyball.
Earlier this fall, UF ascended to No. 5 in the public institutions ranking on US News and World Reports annual list. The combined grade point average for all Gator student-athletes for the 2020-21 academic year was 3.16 and 128 student-athletes earned bachelor or master degrees in the last academic year.
The most recent Graduation Success Rates are based on the four entering freshmen classes in Division I from 2011-12 to 2014-15.
The Graduation Success Rates (GSR) published Thursday shows UF equaled its all-time high with 92 percent of Gators student-athletes completing their degrees in the latest cycle. The Gators' latest number is above NCAA Division I's overall GSR of 90 percent.
The GSR of 12 Gator teams are above or equal the national average for their sport – men's & women's basketball, football, men's & women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, softball, women's tennis, men's track & field/cross country and volleyball. Florida equaled its all-time high with seven teams posting a perfect 100 GSR: men's basketball, men's & women's golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, women's tennis and volleyball.
Earlier this fall, UF ascended to No. 5 in the public institutions ranking on US News and World Reports annual list. The combined grade point average for all Gator student-athletes for the 2020-21 academic year was 3.16 and 128 student-athletes earned bachelor or master degrees in the last academic year.
The most recent Graduation Success Rates are based on the four entering freshmen classes in Division I from 2011-12 to 2014-15.
| University of Florida Teams |
UF Graduation Success Rate |
Overall DI National Average |
| Baseball | 75 | 86 |
| Men's Basketball | 100 | 84 |
| Women's Basketball | 92 | 92 |
| Men's Cross Country & Track | 89 | 84 |
| Women's Cross Country & Track | 86 | 91 |
| Football | 93 | 80 |
| Men's Golf | 100 | 91 |
| Women's Golf | 100 | 96 |
| Gymnastics | 100 | 97 |
| Lacrosse | 100 | 97 |
| Soccer | 96 | 95 |
| Softball | 95 | 93 |
| Men's Swimming | 83 | 91 |
| Women's Swimming | 92 | 96 |
| Men's Tennis | 88 | 93 |
| Women's Tennis | 100 | 96 |
| Volleyball | 100 | 94 |
| Overall Athletics Program | 92% - Florida's Overall GSR | 90% - Overall Division I GSR |
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