Syracuse, N.Y. – In the latest academic report issued by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Le Moyne College student-athletes continue to perform well above the average of other Division II schools they competed against at the time. The report details Federal Graduation Rates (FGR) for both student-athletes and the entire student population as well as the Academic Success Rate (ASR) of student-athletes.

Each year the NCAA issues a report detailing various measures of academic performance for all its member institutions. In the 2024 FGR report, Le Moyne's four-year average covering the freshman classes of student-athletes receiving athletically-related aid in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and completing their degree within six years from enrollment is 79%, which is tied for the 13th-best mark in Division II for the second straight year. Amongst Northeast-10 Conference institutions, where Le Moyne competed at the time, Le Moyne ranks tied for fifth with Southern New Hampshire University and is behind Bentley University (91%, second-best in Division II), now-former member Stonehill College (88%, tied for third in Division II), Saint Michael's College (84%, fifth in Division II) and Saint Anselm College (82%, tied for eighth in Division II).

The Division II ASR is a model developed 20 years ago at the request of presidents of Division II institutions to overcome inadequacies with the Federal Graduation Rate. The FGR only takes into account student-athletes that receive athletically-related aid, leaving large numbers of DII student-athletes out of the calculation. Because of Division II's partial scholarship financial aid model, the ASR was created to include non-scholarship student-athletes. The ASR also takes transfer students into account and removes students who left the institution in good academic standing. For the student-athletes who enrolled from 2014 through 2017, the four years covered in the most recent data, Le Moyne posted an ASR of 96%, tied for the fifth-best mark in Division II (up one spot from last year) and tied for the best in the College's history with the 2021 and 2023 reports. Amongst NE10 institutions, Le Moyne is third behind Bentley (98%) and Saint Michael's (97%), which are second and third, respectively, in the country. The national ASR for the 2014 through 2017 cohort is 77%, up one percent from last year.
 
Average Graduation Rate
(average rate for students entering college in 2014, 2015, 2016, & 2017)
All students at Division II schools: 53% (same as last year)
All students at Le Moyne: 75% (same as last year)
All student-athletes at Division II schools: 59% (1% decrease from last year)
All student-athletes at Le Moyne: 79% (2% decrease from last year)
 
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