Belmont Athletics Ranks Among the Nation's Best for NCAA Graduation Success Rate

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - - Belmont University Athletics ranked in the top-25 in the nation in graduating its student-athletes as the 2023-24 Graduation Success Rate (GSR) Report was released Wednesday by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Belmont has an overall graduation success rate of 97 percent, which ranks among the top-25 among all Division I institutions.  BU had the same GSR rate as fellow MVC members Bradley and Evansville, Canisius, Colgate, Creighton, Dartmouth, Duke, Fordham, Hofstra, Lafayette, Lehigh, Marquette, Niagara, Northeastern, Pennsylvania, and San Francisco.  This marks the 11^th straight year that Belmont has finished in the top-25 nationally.  Five schools led Division I with a GSR rate of 99 – Columbia, Harvard, Notre Dame, Santa Clara, and Yale.

The two-pronged report contained both Federal Graduation Rates, which are based solely on freshman scholarship student-athletes enrolling between 2014-2017, and a Graduation Success Rate (GSR) that takes into account transfers in and out of the institution for the same time period. Both surveys are based on the student-athletes having six years to graduate from the time of their initial enrollment.

Eight Belmont programs –men's basketball, men's cross country/track and field, men's golf, women's golf, softball, men's tennis, women's tennis, and volleyball – not only ranked among the nation's best - and paced the Missouri Valley Conference in GSR within their respective sports - but had perfect scores of 100 for the reported cohort.

Belmont earned the 2023-24 Missouri Valley Conference All-Academic Award.  The school has now claimed a conference academic achievement award 21 of the last 23 academic years. It marks the 12th straight crown for Belmont, who claimed the honor every year of its membership in the Ohio Valley Conference (2012-22).

Complete NCAA Graduation Success Rate data for all Division I institutions can be accessed at www.ncaa.org.

About Belmont University  
Located two miles from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, Belmont University comprises nearly 9,000 students from every state and 33 countries. Nationally ranked and consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report for innovation in higher education, the University offers more than 115 areas of undergraduate study, 41 master's programs and eight doctoral degrees. With a focus on whole-person formation and data-informed social innovation, Belmont is committed to forming diverse leaders of character equipped to solve the world's complex problems. For more information, visit www.belmont.edu.