BGSU ranks 10th in nation for Graduation Success Rate

University's 92 percent GSR highest among all MAC schools

Bowling Green State University ranks 10th in Division I athletic programs in the nation in Graduation Success Rate (GSR), according to the NCAA.   

BGSU is in some good company as it ranks behind the University of Notre Dame (98), Duke University (97), Northwestern University (97), Stanford University (97), Vanderbilt University (96), Boston College (95), University of Central Florida (94), Wake Forest University (94), University of South Carolina (93), and is tied with the University of Minnesota (92).

"We are so pleased with our standing, both among MAC and national Division I programs,” said BGSU President Mary Ellen Mazey. “Our student-athletes have a strong history of academic success and continue to be leaders in the areas of scholarship, athletic talent, leadership and service.”

"We are so pleased with our standing, both among MAC and national Division I programs,”

The University's 92 percent GSR was the highest among all MAC schools, up 3 percent over 2016's results. Fifteen of BGSU’s 18 varsity intercollegiate athletics teams had a GSR that ranked among the top half of the league in their respective sport.

Ten of Bowling Green's teams have a perfect 100 percent GSR. Another two teams are at least 90 percent. BGSU’s men's basketball, men's cross country, hockey, women's basketball, women's golf, gymnastics, women's soccer, swim/dive, tennis and volleyball teams all ranked with a perfect graduation success rate, while softball (94 percent) and baseball (90 percent) posted exemplary marks.