Owls APR Performance Remains Strong
6/4/2024 5:28:00 PM | General, Men's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Men's Track & Field, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Women's Track & Field, Women's Volleyball
Eight sports with perfect scores in the four-year data
The NCAA released its annual Academic Progress Rate data for all member institutions on Tuesday, and eight of the Owls' 14 sports posted perfect four-year scores of 1000, while nine of 14 earned a perfect score in the single-year data.
The Owls' men's cross country, golf, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's tennis, men's track and volleyball programs each received a four-year perfect score in the latest compilation of data. The women's cross country program has received a perfect score in each of the 20 years the NCAA has released information, while women's tennis extended its streak to 16 years, followed by volleyball (13 years) and men's cross country (12 years). Seven of those eight programs (men's cross country, golf, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's tennis, and volleyball) joined with soccer and women's track & field to record perfect scores in the single-year computations for 2022-23.
The national four-year Academic Progress Rate remained 984, while Rice's combined average was 994.6.
Compared with the four-year period before the COVID-19 pandemic (2015-16 through 2018-19), the overall national four-year average across all sports increased by one point. At the sport level, changes in the national average were small. Compared with pre-pandemic averages, baseball increased by one point to 978, football fell by one point to 963, men's basketball increased by two points to 968, and women's basketball decreased by two points to 981.
Additionally, over the past 20 years, 21,365 former student-athletes have returned to the classroom after exhausting their athletics eligibility to complete degrees and earn APR points for their former team. Nearly 11,000 returning to graduate were former football, baseball, and men's and women's basketball student-athletes. These student-athletes are typically not counted as graduates in the federal graduation rate or Graduation Success Rate calculations.
Every Division I sports team's APR is calculated each academic year using a simple and consistent formula. Scholarship student-athletes can earn 1 point for staying on course for a degree in their chosen major and 1 point for being retained (or graduating) at the end of each academic term. For schools that do not offer athletics scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked.
The minimum APR academic standard for each team is 930. Typically, teams that scored below the benchmark would have to face penalties that encouraged an emphasis on and prioritization of academics.
This is the third consecutive year of publicly reported APRs after a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the Division I board approved the release of APR scores but voted to continue the suspension of program penalties. After further review, the Committee on Academics is not enforcing the loss of access to postseason competition for teams that have scored lower than 930. Instead, a conditional waiver is being offered this year due to the lingering impacts of COVID-19.
A full list of APRs for each team, including the Top 10, can be accessed by using the APR searchable database.
The Owls' men's cross country, golf, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's tennis, men's track and volleyball programs each received a four-year perfect score in the latest compilation of data. The women's cross country program has received a perfect score in each of the 20 years the NCAA has released information, while women's tennis extended its streak to 16 years, followed by volleyball (13 years) and men's cross country (12 years). Seven of those eight programs (men's cross country, golf, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's tennis, and volleyball) joined with soccer and women's track & field to record perfect scores in the single-year computations for 2022-23.
The national four-year Academic Progress Rate remained 984, while Rice's combined average was 994.6.
Compared with the four-year period before the COVID-19 pandemic (2015-16 through 2018-19), the overall national four-year average across all sports increased by one point. At the sport level, changes in the national average were small. Compared with pre-pandemic averages, baseball increased by one point to 978, football fell by one point to 963, men's basketball increased by two points to 968, and women's basketball decreased by two points to 981.
Additionally, over the past 20 years, 21,365 former student-athletes have returned to the classroom after exhausting their athletics eligibility to complete degrees and earn APR points for their former team. Nearly 11,000 returning to graduate were former football, baseball, and men's and women's basketball student-athletes. These student-athletes are typically not counted as graduates in the federal graduation rate or Graduation Success Rate calculations.
Every Division I sports team's APR is calculated each academic year using a simple and consistent formula. Scholarship student-athletes can earn 1 point for staying on course for a degree in their chosen major and 1 point for being retained (or graduating) at the end of each academic term. For schools that do not offer athletics scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked.
The minimum APR academic standard for each team is 930. Typically, teams that scored below the benchmark would have to face penalties that encouraged an emphasis on and prioritization of academics.
This is the third consecutive year of publicly reported APRs after a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the Division I board approved the release of APR scores but voted to continue the suspension of program penalties. After further review, the Committee on Academics is not enforcing the loss of access to postseason competition for teams that have scored lower than 930. Instead, a conditional waiver is being offered this year due to the lingering impacts of COVID-19.
A full list of APRs for each team, including the Top 10, can be accessed by using the APR searchable database.
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