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From the issue dated December 1, 2000
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Best and Worst Graduation Rates in Division I
The following are institutions' graduation rates for players who enrolled from 1990-91 to 1993-94. The rate is the percentage of scholarship athletes who earned their degrees within six years.
| Highest rates |
| Men | Women | Total |
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| Number
of atletes | Percent
graduated | Number
of athletes | Percent
graduated | Number
of athletes | Percent
graduated |
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| Northwestern U | 166 | 90% | 86 | 98% | 252 | 92% |
| Duke U | 184 | 90% | 69 | 93% | 253 | 91% |
| Georgetown U | 66 | 88% | 51 | 94% | 117 | 91% |
| Lehigh U | 248 | 88% | 128 | 96% | 376 | 90% |
| Manhattan C | 49 | 88% | 66 | 91% | 115 | 90% |
| Bucknell U | 223 | 87% | 87 | 97% | 310 | 89% |
| U of Notre Dame | 224 | 87% | 117 | 94% | 341 | 89% |
| Stanford U | 162 | 88% | 76 | 92% | 238 | 89% |
| Loyola C in Maryland | 49 | 84% | 54 | 89% | 103 | 86% |
| La Salle U | 81 | 84% | 91 | 86% | 172 | 85% |
| Wofford C | 131 | 83% | 33 | 94% | 164 | 85% |
| U of Dayton | 49 | 78% | 53 | 91% | 102 | 84% |
| U of New Hampshire | 114 | 82% | 58 | 88% | 172 | 84% |
| Providence C | 93 | 80% | 81 | 90% | 174 | 84% |
| Boston C | 155 | 77% | 88 | 93% | 243 | 83% |
| U of Richmond | 124 | 78% | 60 | 93% | 184 | 83% |
| Siena C | 25 | 72% | 29 | 93% | 54 | 83% |
| C of William and Mary | 118 | 81% | 93 | 86% | 211 | 83% |
| Xavier U | 81 | 78% | 66 | 89% | 147 | 83% |
| Colgate U | 149 | 77% | 64 | 92% | 213 | 82% |
| C of the Holy Cross | 65 | 80% | 35 | 86% | 100 | 82% |
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| Lowest rates |
| Men | Women | Total |
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| Number
of atletes | Percent
graduated | Number
of athletes | Percent
graduated | Number
of athletes | Percent
graduated |
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| Texas Southern U | 98 | 17% | 25 | 44% | 123 | 23% |
| U of Texas, Pan American | 83 | 24% | 45 | 29% | 128 | 26% |
| Florida Atlantic U | 84 | 23% | 61 | 34% | 145 | 28% |
| Mississippi Valley State U | 86 | 27% | 30 | 30% | 116 | 28% |
| U of Arkansas, Little Rock | 168 | 25% | 98 | 35% | 266 | 29% |
| California State U, Fullerton | 89 | 20% | 66 | 41% | 155 | 29% |
| Chicago State U | 43 | 33% | 30 | 27% | 73 | 30% |
| U of Houston | 140 | 25% | 86 | 40% | 226 | 31% |
| Nicholls State U | 121 | 25% | 46 | 46% | 167 | 31% |
| Alabama State U | 92 | 27% | 26 | 50% | 118 | 32% |
| Charleston Southern U | 118 | 31% | 102 | 35% | 220 | 33% |
| Idaho State U | 117 | 24% | 52 | 52% | 169 | 33% |
| Weber State U | 84 | 30% | 65 | 37% | 149 | 33% |
| Boise State U | 120 | 24% | 76 | 50% | 196 | 34% |
| Jackson State U | 112 | 30% | 42 | 43% | 154 | 34% |
| U of Nevada, Reno | 108 | 24% | 74 | 49% | 182 | 34% |
| Lamar U | 76 | 26% | 58 | 47% | 134 | 35% |
| McNeese State U | 124 | 33% | 60 | 40% | 184 | 35% |
| Oral Roberts U | 17 | 24% | 23 | 43% | 40 | 35% |
| U of Tennessee, Martin | 127 | 31% | 46 | 48% | 173 | 35% |
| Highest rates |
| Black players | White players | All players |
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| Boston C | 100*% | 100% | 100% |
| Lafayette C | 100*% | 100% | 100% |
| Lehigh U | -- | 100% | 100% |
| Loyola U of Chicago | -- | 100% | 100% |
| Saint John's U (NY) | 100*% | 100*% | 100% |
| Santa Clara U | 100*% | 100% | 100% |
| Siena C | 100*% | 100% | 100% |
| Wagner C | -- | 100% | 100% |
| U of Wisconsin, Madison | 100*% | 100% | 100% |
| C of Charleston | 100*% | 100% | 100% |
| Wofford C | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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| Lowest rates |
| Black players | White players | All players |
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| U of Houston | 10% | -- | 10% |
| Southeastern Louisiana U | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| McNeese State U | 20*% | 25*% | 22% |
| U of Nevada, Reno | 50*% | 0*% | 22% |
| Florida Atlantic U | 0% | 25*% | 23% |
| U of Texas, San Antonio | 25*% | 22% | 23% |
| U of Alabama, Birmingham | 11% | 38% | 24% |
| U of Missouri, Kansas City | 50*% | 22% | 25% |
| Alcorn State U | 27% | -- | 27% |
| U of South Alabama | 40*% | 25*% | 27% |
| U of Texas, El Paso | 20*% | 17% | 27% |
| * = Institution had five or fewer players in the four classes |
| Highest rates |
| Black players | White players | All players |
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| Stanford U | 100%*% | 100% | 100% |
| Manhattan C | 100% | 67*% | 92% |
| Northwestern U | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| Bucknell U | 100*% | 83% | 91% |
| Southern Methodist U | 80*% | 100% | 91% |
| Drexel U | 83% | 100*% | 89% |
| U of San Diego | 67*% | 100*% | 88% |
| U of Notre Dame | 71% | 100% | 86% |
| Wofford C | 80*% | 89% | 86% |
| Santa Clara U | 57% | 100% | 84% |
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| Lowest rates |
| Black players | White players | All players |
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| California State U, Sacramento | 0% | -- | 0% |
| Nicholls State U | 0% | -- | 0% |
| Southern U, Baton Rouge | 0% | -- | 0% |
| Southwest Missouri State U | 0% | 0*% | 0% |
| U of Idaho | 0*% | 0*% | 0% |
| U of Memphis | 0% | 0*% | 0% |
| U of Nevada, Las Vegas | 0*% | 0*% | 0% |
| U of New Orleans | 0% | -- | 0% |
| U of Oklahoma | 0*% | 0*% | 0% |
| U of Texas, Pan American | 0% | -- | 0% |
| U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | 0*% | 0*% | 0% |
| Virginia Commonwealth U | 0% | -- | 0% |
| * = Institution had five or fewer players in the four classes |
| Highest rates |
| Black players | White players | All players |
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| Duke U | 87% | 95% | 91% |
| Northwestern U | 85% | 89% | 88% |
| U of New Hampshire | 93% | 86% | 86% |
| U of Richmond | 83% | 88% | 86% |
| Lehigh U | 88% | 81% | 83% |
| Stanford U | 88% | 82% | 83% |
| C of William and Mary | 75% | 84% | 82% |
| U of Notre Dame | 80% | 84% | 82% |
| Wofford C | 81% | 82% | 82% |
| C of the Holy Cross | 69% | 81% | 80% |
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| Lowest rates |
| Black players | White players | All players |
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| California State U, Fullerton | 0% | 0*% | 0% |
| Idaho State U | 5% | 24% | 18% |
| Boise State U | 25% | 17% | 20% |
| California State U, Long Beach | 20*% | 22% | 21% |
| U of Arkansas, Fayetteville | 16% | 36% | 23% |
| U of Nevada, Reno | 11% | 32% | 23% |
| Texas Southern U | 24% | 0*% | 23% |
| U of Akron | 15% | 41% | 24% |
| Central Connecticut State U | 20*% | 40*% | 25% |
| Nicholls State U | 19% | 32% | 25% |
| * = Institution had five or fewer players in the four classes |
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