The University of Missouri-Rolla athletics program scored well in the initial NCAA Division II Academic Success Rate that was released recently by the national organization.
The Academic Success Rate, or ASR, is a measurement similar to the Graduation Success Rate used in Division I but also tracks transfer students and student-athletes who are not on athletically-related financial aid.
Of the 12 UMR athletic programs that were in effect in 1999, the year the study started from, nine of them had 100 graduation rates. The three programs that did not have 100 percent marks still had ASR rates that were at least 14 percentage points higher than the average at all NCAA Division II schools and were also higher than the federal rate, which did not factor in the student-athletes who transferred or did not receive athletic grant-in-aid money.
The highest-ranked sport in terms of its ASR at the Division II level was men's water polo at 95 percent, followed by men's volleyball at 83 percent. The top women's program was field hockey at 91 percent. Of the sports that UMR sponsored in 1999, the highest ranking on the national level was achieved in women's soccer at 82 percent.
The overall ASR in NCAA Division II was 69 percent.
The 12 UMR athletic programs that were factored in the study were baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country and track and field (combined), football, men's golf, men's and women's soccer, men's swimming, softball and men's tennis. UMR discontinued its golf and tennis programs after the 2002-03 academic year, but both of those programs scored at the 100 percent level in the study.
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