CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College ranks tied for seventh in the nation in overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in all sports among FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) schools. The NCAA released the most recent GSR information today.
BC boasted an overall GSR of 95 for the class of student-athletes that entered the university in 2013. Boston College's GSR was tied for fourth-best in the ACC and is topped only by Northwestern (98), Notre Dame (98), Duke (98), Vanderbilt (97), Stanford (96), and Wake Forest (96) among FBS institutions.
Since the GSR's inception, Boston College has earned a mark of 94 or better in all 15 GSR reports, which first date back to the class of student-athletes that entered in 1998.