CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – For the second year in a row, Boston College ranks sixth 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, the same as a year ago, for the class of student-athletes that entered the university in 2011. Boston College's GSR was third in the ACC and topped only by Duke (98), Northwestern (98), Notre Dame (98), Stanford (97) and Vanderbilt (97) among FBS institutions.
Since the GSR's inception, Boston College has earned a mark of 95 or better in all 14 GSR reports, which first date back to the class of student-athletes that entered in 1998.