News12/6/2023 10:00 AM | By: Cal Athletics
Cal Matches All-Time High In GSR
Golden Bears Post Graduation Success Rate Of 91 Percent For Second Straight Year
BERKELEY - Cal Athletics tied its all-time best performance in Graduation Success Rate (GSR), according to the latest data released Wednesday by the NCAA.
The Golden Bears posted an overall GSR of 91 percent, which matches the all-time high set by the department last year.
Six Cal teams achieved a perfect GSR mark of 100 percent while 18 had a rate of at least 90 percent.
"It's exciting to see our graduation rates maintaining such a high level," Cal Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton said. "It is a tribute to the singular commitment of our student-athletes, who continue to make us proud with their performance in and out of the classroom. It is our mission as a department to support our student-athletes so they have a world-class experience both academically and athletically, and we will continue to provide the resources to help them succeed during their time at Cal and beyond."
The six teams with perfect graduation rates are:
- Volleyball (12th straight year)
- Women's Tennis (11th straight year)
- Men's Tennis (8th straight year)
- Beach Volleyball
- Lacrosse
- Men's Gymnastics
In addition to the six programs with perfect graduation rates, the other 12 that were at least at 90 percent were the following
- Field Hockey (97 percent)
- Women's Track & Field (97 percent)
- Women's Rowing (96 percent)
- Women's Soccer (96 percent)
- Women's Swimming & Diving (96 percent)
- Softball (95 percent)
- Men's Swimming & Diving (94 percent)
- Men's Track & Field (92 percent)
- Men's Golf (92 percent)
- Women's Basketball (92 percent)
- Women's Gymnastics (92 percent)
- Men's Basketball (91 percent)
The field hockey program's mark is an all-time high while both of Cal's men's and women's track & field teams tied their best marks ever.
Cal's football program had a GSR of 84 percent, just two points shy of its all-time high.
The GSR is based on a six-year cohort, meaning that the latest report includes those student-athletes who received athletic scholarships, enrolled at Cal as freshman or incoming transfers from 2013-16 and completed their degree within six years.
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