The fields of 68 in both the Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships have been hitting the books and the hardwood to great success.
Participating men’s and women’s teams have a combined four-cohort average Graduation Success Rate of 90%. The women’s teams scored an average of 96%, while the men’s teams registered an 84% average.
The rates are from the latest reporting span (2020-23) and refer to the cohorts that entered college between 2013 and 2016.
In the men’s tournament, 52 teams have GSRs above 75%. Sixteen schools earned 100% GSRs:
- Alabama.
- Clemson.
- Duquesne.
- Florida.
- Howard.
- Kentucky.
- Mississippi State.
- Northwestern.
- Saint Mary’s (California).
- Saint Peter’s.
- Samford.
- South Dakota State.
- University of Alabama at Birmingham.
- Vermont.
- Washington State.
- Yale.