New Study Reveals Marked Improvements for the Graduation Rates

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The following were some of the results comparing the Federal Graduation Rates in the 1984 cohort to the 2001 entering cohort:

– All African-American student-athletes increased from 35 percent in the 1984 cohort to 53 percent in the 2001 cohort.

– The graduation rate for male African-American student-athletes jumped 15 percent.  The 1984 cohort had a rate of 33 percent compared to the 48 percent of male African-American student-athletes who graduated in the 2001 cohort.

– Female African-American student-athletes showed a 21 percent increase.  In the 1984 cohort, 45 percent of African-Americans female student-athletes graduated compared to 66 percent in 2001.

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