Kansas University’s student-athletes are ahead of the national curve when it comes to graduation rates.
While 60 percent of the nation’s student-athletes who entered college in 1995 graduated, KU saw 62 percent of its student-athletes graduate.
KU male student-athletes fared a little worse than the national norm. According to the NCAA, 54 percent of the male athletes in that 1995 group have graduated, while at KU that number was 52 percent. Kansas’ female student-athletes, however, beat the national average, 75 percent to 69 percent.
Nationally, the graduation rate among athletes was 2 percentage points higher than the rate for the general student population, but just 56 percent of the general population graduated at KU, six percent lower than athletes.
Baseball was Kansas’ worst graduation rate from that 1995 group, the latest to have completed the NCAA-allowed six-year window for graduation. Just 33 percent of KU’s 1995 freshman graduated. Other KU sports and their graduation percentages were: football, 43 percent; women’s basketball, 50; women’s cross country/track 57; men’s basketball, 67; men’s cross country/track and men’s other, 75; women’s other, 83.
Kansas University’s student-athletes are ahead of the national curve when it comes to graduation rates.
While 60 percent of the nation’s student-athletes who entered college in 1995 graduated, KU saw 62 percent of its student-athletes graduate.
KU male student-athletes fared a little worse than the national norm. According to the NCAA, 54 percent of the male athletes in that 1995 group have graduated, while at KU that number was 52 percent. Kansas’ female student-athletes, however, beat the national average, 75 percent to 69 percent.
Nationally, the graduation rate among athletes was 2 percentage points higher than the rate for the general student population, but just 56 percent of the general population graduated at KU, six percent lower than athletes.
Baseball was Kansas’ worst graduation rate from that 1995 group, the latest to have completed the NCAA-allowed six-year window for graduation. Just 33 percent of KU’s 1995 freshman graduated. Other KU sports and their graduation percentages were: football, 43 percent; women’s basketball, 50; women’s cross country/track 57; men’s basketball, 67; men’s cross country/track and men’s other, 75; women’s other, 83.
Kansas University’s student-athletes are ahead of the national curve when it comes to graduation rates.
While 60 percent of the nation’s student-athletes who entered college in 1995 graduated, KU saw 62 percent of its student-athletes graduate.
KU male student-athletes fared a little worse than the national norm. According to the NCAA, 54 percent of the male athletes in that 1995 group have graduated, while at KU that number was 52 percent. Kansas’ female student-athletes, however, beat the national average, 75 percent to 69 percent.
Nationally, the graduation rate among athletes was 2 percentage points higher than the rate for the general student population, but just 56 percent of the general population graduated at KU, six percent lower than athletes.
Baseball was Kansas’ worst graduation rate from that 1995 group, the latest to have completed the NCAA-allowed six-year window for graduation. Just 33 percent of KU’s 1995 freshman graduated. Other KU sports and their graduation percentages were: football, 43 percent; women’s basketball, 50; women’s cross country/track 57; men’s basketball, 67; men’s cross country/track and men’s other, 75; women’s other, 83.
Kansas University’s student-athletes are ahead of the national curve when it comes to graduation rates.
While 60 percent of the nation’s student-athletes who entered college in 1995 graduated, KU saw 62 percent of its student-athletes graduate.
KU male student-athletes fared a little worse than the national norm. According to the NCAA, 54 percent of the male athletes in that 1995 group have graduated, while at KU that number was 52 percent. Kansas’ female student-athletes, however, beat the national average, 75 percent to 69 percent.
Nationally, the graduation rate among athletes was 2 percentage points higher than the rate for the general student population, but just 56 percent of the general population graduated at KU, six percent lower than athletes.
Baseball was Kansas’ worst graduation rate from that 1995 group, the latest to have completed the NCAA-allowed six-year window for graduation. Just 33 percent of KU’s 1995 freshman graduated. Other KU sports and their graduation percentages were: football, 43 percent; women’s basketball, 50; women’s cross country/track 57; men’s basketball, 67; men’s cross country/track and men’s other, 75; women’s other, 83.
