INDIANAPOLIS – Loyola University Maryland continued to have one of the top NCAA's Graduation Success Rate (GSR) scores in the nation, tying for fourth out of 357 Division I schools in the most-recent report released today.
 
The university's GSR has ranked in the top six nationally in all 17 years of the report's existence. The school has been in the top 98 or 99 percentile each year. The Greyhounds have had a GSR of 95 percent or higher each year.
 
Twelve of the Greyhounds' teams measured in the report had scores of 100 percent, and Loyola student-athletes cumulatively achieved a 96 percent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) score in the data compiled from the 2011-2014 cohort that makes up this year's report.
 
Loyola's 96 percent overall GSR ranks first among schools from the State of Maryland. A full database of GSR results is available from the NCAA.
 
"Loyola student-athletes continue to impress us with their dedication and efforts, not only in competition but in the classroom," said Donna M. Woodruff, assistant vice president and director of athletics at Loyola. "We are proud that the latest NCAA report reflects those values. Our university has a tremendous system that supports our student-athletes, and we are grateful for the continued diligent work of our administration, faculty, Student-Athlete Support Services, coaches and staff in assisting with their scholarly pursuits."
 
Loyola attained 100 percent scores for men's basketball, men's cross country, men's rowing, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's cross country and track and field, women's lacrosse, women's rowing, women's soccer, women's swimming and diving, women's tennis and women's volleyball.
 
The NCAA developed the Graduation Success Rate as part of its academic reform initiative to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. The GSR also accounts for midyear enrollees and is calculated for every sport, which increases the total number of student-athletes tracked for graduation by more than 37 percent over the federal version.
 
Under the calculation, institutions are not penalized for outgoing transfer students who leave in good academic standing. Instead, the outgoing transfers are passed to the receiving institution's Graduation Success Rate cohort.