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Graduation Rates
by: Bob Howdeshell
High School Baseball Web
You have been through the long process of college baseball recruiting. He has finally found the perfect
school and baseball program. Is there one thing that you have overlooked?
Most parents assume that once their child enters college he (or she) will complete an undergraduate degree,
and get a diploma in 4 or 5 years. This is simply not the case. With general student
population graduation rates in the 40% to 50% range, at most colleges the pressures
in getting a degree are even higher on the student-athlete.
Have you taken a look at the graduation rates for the school and baseball program that your son has
selected? NCAA rules require that an athletic department provide a student-athlete with the latest
graduation rates. Did you get them and forget to review them?
Maybe you think that your son is different (we all do). Statistics tend to prove otherwise.
Most of us think of college football and basketball programs as having the problems with graduating student-athletes.
Facts support that college baseball programs do not have any higher graduation rate than football or basketball,
and in some cases baseball does not graduate their athletes as well!
The overall graduation rates for NCAA Division I schools is as follows:
| NCAA DI |
All Students |
Student-Athletes |
| 94-95 Rates % |
56% |
58% |
| 4 Class % |
56% |
58% |
Here's a look at several NCAA Division I baseball program graduation rates.
The first teams listed are the participants in the 2001 College World Series.
| School |
Male Students |
Male Athletes |
Baseball
94-94 % |
Baseball
4 Class % |
| Miami (Fla) |
59% |
68% |
25% |
16% |
| Stanford |
92% |
83% |
60% |
76% |
| Tennessee |
53% |
49% |
50% |
42% |
| Cal-Fullerton |
33% |
32% |
20% |
16% |
| Southern Cal |
72% |
71% |
NR |
27% |
| Tulane |
68% |
74% |
67% |
64% |
| Georgia |
64% |
56% |
17% |
32% |
| Nebraska |
49% |
42% |
40% |
20% |
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| Akron |
32% |
49% |
41% |
49% |
| Alabama |
55% |
56% |
NR |
24% |
| Auburn |
62% |
44% |
25% |
39% |
| Baylor |
67% |
69% |
67% |
47% |
| Charleston |
49% |
50% |
43% |
50% |
| Citadel |
66% |
60% |
40% |
55% |
| Clemson |
66% |
57% |
50% |
19% |
| Coast. Carolina |
27% |
11% |
0% |
13% |
| Creighton |
68% |
37% |
17% |
48% |
| Duke |
92% |
88% |
100% |
89% |
| East Carolina |
45% |
53% |
44% |
45% |
| E. Tennessee |
32% |
29% |
20% |
36% |
| Florida |
66% |
33% |
67% |
48% |
| Florida State |
55% |
40% |
25% |
19% |
| Ga. Southern |
30% |
50% |
45% |
30% |
| Georgia Tech |
67% |
34% |
38% |
38% |
| Houston |
29% |
26% |
0% |
12% |
| Kansas |
53% |
53% |
40% |
42% |
| Kansas State |
51% |
71% |
67% |
36% |
| Long Beach St. |
28% |
35% |
0% |
8% |
| LSU |
50% |
35% |
33% |
41% |
| Miami (Ohio) |
77% |
63% |
50% |
50% |
| Michigan |
80% |
62% |
50% |
64% |
| M. Tennessee |
31% |
42% |
100% |
71% |
| Minnesota |
46% |
41% |
100% |
67% |
| Mississippi |
45% |
67% |
100% |
74% |
| Miss. State |
47% |
63% |
63% |
41% |
| North Carolina |
77% |
66% |
80% |
61% |
| N.C. State |
57% |
49% |
50% |
33% |
| Notre Dame |
93% |
69% |
50% |
72% |
| Ohio State |
53% |
53% |
63% |
57% |
| Oklahoma |
47% |
48% |
25% |
24% |
| Okie State |
45% |
17% |
0% |
17% |
| Rice |
86% |
72% |
14% |
60% |
| Rutgers |
73% |
62% |
100% |
61% |
| S. Carolina |
52% |
53% |
67% |
50% |
| Texas |
64% |
58% |
50% |
36% |
| Texas A&M |
65% |
38% |
17% |
41% |
| UCLA |
77% |
48% |
40% |
41% |
| Vanderbilt |
82% |
66% |
50% |
59% |
| Virginia |
89% |
79% |
60% |
74% |
| Virginia Tech |
69% |
62% |
25% |
29% |
| Wake Forest |
86% |
69% |
100% |
78% |
| Washington |
65% |
57% |
40% |
39% |
| Wash. State |
53% |
53% |
33% |
45% |
| W. Carolina |
41% |
49% |
44% |
43% |
| Wichita State |
27% |
47% |
29% |
41% |
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| NCAA DII |
38% |
44% |
40% |
44% |
| NCAA DIII |
55% |
39% |
30% |
35% |
To find out more about the graduation rates for your favorite team follow these links:
NCAA Graduation Rates
NAIA Graduation Rates
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