THE REPORTER:
Graduation Rates Rise Among Athletes
Washington College is among the Top 10 NCAA Division III schools
in two comparisons related to student- athlete graduation rates.
The College is fifth among Division III institutions in "student-athlete
graduation rate above student body rate" and seventh in "student-athlete
graduation rate increase."
The rankings, released by the NCAA in October, reflect the rate
of incoming freshmen in the 1996-97 academic year who went on
to graduate from that institution in six years or fewer. The
graduation rate for Washington College studentathletes over
that time period was 79.3%, while the overall student body graduation
rate at the College was 54.4%. WC's student-athlete graduation
rate for the 1996- 97 incoming class was up 13 percentage points
from the 66.3% graduation rate of the 1995-96 incoming class.
"We are pleased to see that our student-athletes have
performed among the best in the country for several key graduation
rate comparisons," notes Athletic Director Bryan Matthews. "The
academic accomplishments of our athletes are as much a source
of pride as their athletic achievements. We congratulate them,
their coaches, the faculty and the support staff that assist
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