10 Northwestern Programs Earn Perfect APR Scores from NCAA
6/14/2022 1:59:00 PM | General
EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern saw 10 of its varsity sports programs earn a perfect Academic Progress Rate (APR) score in the latest data released by the NCAA on Tuesday (June 14). All of the Wildcats varsity programs posted a score of 990 or higher.
Northwestern field hockey, men's basketball, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's golf, women's soccer, women's tennis, lacrosse, volleyball and wrestling captured unblemished scores of 1000.
As a department, Northwestern posted an average score of 997, besting the national average of 984.
For the fourth straight year, the football program tallied a score of 995 or better, while pacing the Big Ten Conference and ranking fourth nationally in FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision).
Men's basketball is one of two Big Ten hoops programs to record a perfect score and one of 20 nationally. The women's basketball, field hockey and wrestling programs each ranked inside the top two among Big Ten members for their respective sport.
The APR, created to provide a real-time measurement of academic success than graduation rates offer, is a team-based metric in which scholarship student-athletes earn 1 point each term for remaining eligible and 1 point for staying in school or graduating. Schools that don't offer scholarships track their recruited student-athletes.
The NCAA did not release its annual scorecard of academic achievement for all Division I teams last year (2021), taking a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic. The most recent APRs are multi-year rates based on scores from 2017-18 through the 2020-21 academic years.
Northwestern field hockey, men's basketball, men's tennis, women's basketball, women's golf, women's soccer, women's tennis, lacrosse, volleyball and wrestling captured unblemished scores of 1000.
As a department, Northwestern posted an average score of 997, besting the national average of 984.
For the fourth straight year, the football program tallied a score of 995 or better, while pacing the Big Ten Conference and ranking fourth nationally in FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision).
Men's basketball is one of two Big Ten hoops programs to record a perfect score and one of 20 nationally. The women's basketball, field hockey and wrestling programs each ranked inside the top two among Big Ten members for their respective sport.
The APR, created to provide a real-time measurement of academic success than graduation rates offer, is a team-based metric in which scholarship student-athletes earn 1 point each term for remaining eligible and 1 point for staying in school or graduating. Schools that don't offer scholarships track their recruited student-athletes.
The NCAA did not release its annual scorecard of academic achievement for all Division I teams last year (2021), taking a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic. The most recent APRs are multi-year rates based on scores from 2017-18 through the 2020-21 academic years.
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