The Rutgers football program scored an 82 percent overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in the latest report released Tuesday by the NCAA for all Division I institutions.
The figure ranks third among Big Ten football programs and 26th nationally among Football Bowl Subdivision teams.
The Scarlet Knights football program has earned a score of 81 percent-or-better in each of the past eight years in GSR. In this decade, Rutgers has earned scores of 88 (2009-10), 89 (2010-11), 91 (2011-12), 85 (2012-13), 83 (2013-14), 83 (2014-15) and 82 this year.
Four of Rutgers' 20 programs — field hockey, gymnastics, women's lacrosse and women's soccer — posted perfect 100 percent GSR scores.