University of New Hampshire Athletics
10/17/2019 3:02:00 PM | Field Hockey, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Ice Hockey, Men's Skiing, Men's Soccer, Men's Track & Field, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Gymnastics, Women's Ice Hockey, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Skiing, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming and Diving, Women's Track & Field, Women's Volleyball, Academics, Men's Cross Country
Seven Teams Record a Perfect 100% GSR
INDIANAPOLIS – The University of New Hampshire athletic department earned an NCAA Graduation Success Rate score of 96 percent in the most recent data that was released Wednesday.
UNH matched Cornell University atop the list of 53 Land Grant Universities; that list includes Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Kentucky and Wisconsin. And UNH scored significantly higher than the national student-athlete average of 88 percent.
"We never take for granted the fabulous effort our staff and student-athletes put into our academic mission," UNH director of athletics Marty Scarano said. "Academic achievement is the foundation to our success and we are tremendously proud of this achievement. All due credit to our student-athletes!"
UNH was the conference leader in nine sports, including seven that received a perfect mark of 100 – they are field hockey, gymnastics, lacrosse, men's skiing, women's skiing, women's soccer and swimming & diving.
Football (98) and men's soccer (95) were the Wildcats' other conference sport leaders.
New Hampshire recorded the top overall mark in America East in both GSR and Federal Graduation Rate (80). The Wildcats also had the best overall percentage of all CAA (two other schools also at 96%) and Hockey East schools (one other at 96%).
And excluding Ivy League schools, UNH tied for the second-best percentage in New England.
Six other Wildcat teams recorded a score of 90 or higher with women's ice hockey (95) followed by women's cross country/track & field (94), men's ice hockey (94), men's basketball (93) and volleyball (90).
Overall 14 of 16 UNH teams recorded a GSR higher than the sport's national average.
This year's overall GSR continues UNH's six-year upward trend from 93 last year, 92 in 2017, 91 in 2016, 90 in 2015 and 88 in 2014.
The NCAA also announced the Federal Graduation Rate, and the mark for UNH's student-athletes is two percent higher than the University's general student body.
"One of the goals stated in the current UNH Athletics' Mission Statement is to 'graduate every student-athlete,'" said Dr. Heather Barber, UNH faculty athletic representative. "A Graduation Success Rate of 96 percent places UNH among the highest graduation rates in the country and demonstrates that our student-athletes are achieving in and out of the classroom and ultimately graduating with a UNH degree. Graduating such a high percentage of our student-athletes is a product of the culture created at UNH that supports academic and athletic excellence."
The GSR indicates the percentage of scholarship student-athletes earning a degree within six years; these numbers are for the entering class of 2013. The NCAA developed the GSR to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. Unlike the federal graduation rate, the GSR takes transfer students into account.
New Hampshire's outstanding GSR reflects the high academic performance of its student-athletes. UNH has won the America East Walter Harrison Academic Cup, which acknowledges the highest overall grade-point-average for the fourth time in five years in the 2018-19 season.
GSR REPORT
AMERICA EAST: OVERALL GSR
UNH matched Cornell University atop the list of 53 Land Grant Universities; that list includes Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Kentucky and Wisconsin. And UNH scored significantly higher than the national student-athlete average of 88 percent.
"We never take for granted the fabulous effort our staff and student-athletes put into our academic mission," UNH director of athletics Marty Scarano said. "Academic achievement is the foundation to our success and we are tremendously proud of this achievement. All due credit to our student-athletes!"
UNH was the conference leader in nine sports, including seven that received a perfect mark of 100 – they are field hockey, gymnastics, lacrosse, men's skiing, women's skiing, women's soccer and swimming & diving.
Football (98) and men's soccer (95) were the Wildcats' other conference sport leaders.
New Hampshire recorded the top overall mark in America East in both GSR and Federal Graduation Rate (80). The Wildcats also had the best overall percentage of all CAA (two other schools also at 96%) and Hockey East schools (one other at 96%).
And excluding Ivy League schools, UNH tied for the second-best percentage in New England.
Six other Wildcat teams recorded a score of 90 or higher with women's ice hockey (95) followed by women's cross country/track & field (94), men's ice hockey (94), men's basketball (93) and volleyball (90).
Overall 14 of 16 UNH teams recorded a GSR higher than the sport's national average.
This year's overall GSR continues UNH's six-year upward trend from 93 last year, 92 in 2017, 91 in 2016, 90 in 2015 and 88 in 2014.
The NCAA also announced the Federal Graduation Rate, and the mark for UNH's student-athletes is two percent higher than the University's general student body.
"One of the goals stated in the current UNH Athletics' Mission Statement is to 'graduate every student-athlete,'" said Dr. Heather Barber, UNH faculty athletic representative. "A Graduation Success Rate of 96 percent places UNH among the highest graduation rates in the country and demonstrates that our student-athletes are achieving in and out of the classroom and ultimately graduating with a UNH degree. Graduating such a high percentage of our student-athletes is a product of the culture created at UNH that supports academic and athletic excellence."
The GSR indicates the percentage of scholarship student-athletes earning a degree within six years; these numbers are for the entering class of 2013. The NCAA developed the GSR to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. Unlike the federal graduation rate, the GSR takes transfer students into account.
New Hampshire's outstanding GSR reflects the high academic performance of its student-athletes. UNH has won the America East Walter Harrison Academic Cup, which acknowledges the highest overall grade-point-average for the fourth time in five years in the 2018-19 season.
GSR REPORT
| Sport | UNH | National |
| Men's Basketball | 93 | 83 |
| Men's Cross Country / Track & Field | 83 | 82 |
| Football (FCS) | 98 | 77 |
| Men's Ice Hockey | 94 | 92 |
| Men's Skiing | 100 | 96 |
| Men's Soccer | 95 | 86 |
| Women's Basketball | 92 | 91 |
| Women's Cross Country / Track & Field | 94 | 91 |
| Field Hockey | 100 | 96 |
| Gymnastics | 100 | 97 |
| Women's Ice Hockey | 95 | 97 |
| Lacrosse | 100 | 97 |
| Women's Skiing | 100 | 99 |
| Women's Soccer | 100 | 94 |
| Swimming & Diving | 100 | 96 |
| Volleyball | 90 | 93 |
| School | GSR % |
| UNH | 96 |
| Vermont | 95 |
| Hartford | 94 |
| Binghamton | 91 |
| UMass Lowell | 90 |
| UAlbany | 90 |
| Stony Brook | 87 |
| UMBC | 86 |
| Maine | 84 |
CAA FOOTBALL (football only)
| School | GSR % |
| UNH | 98 |
| Elon | 96 |
| Villanova | 92 |
| UAlbany | 88 |
| William & Mary | 87 |
| Richmond | 84 |
| Stony Brook | 84 |
| Maine | 79 |
| Delaware | 78 |
| Towson | 78 |
| James Madison | 77 |
| Rhode Island | 73 |
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