PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Four Rutgers University Athletics programs posted perfect scores of 100 and 16 out of 20 teams earned marks above 80 percent in the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) report, released today by the NCAA for all Division I institutions. Rutgers Athletics posted an overall score of 86, its eighth consecutive year with a score of 84 or above.

Rutgers gymnastics, women's soccer, women's lacrosse and field hockey all achieved a perfect GSR of 100. Gymnastics has earned a perfect score in every GSR report thus far, marking 12 consecutive years. Today's announcement also marked the third straight perfect score for No. 22-ranked women's soccer, which competes in the second round of the NCAA Championship this Friday at Georgetown.

Nineteen Rutgers programs had GSR scores above the federal rate within sport and nine of 12 women's teams registered scores of 90 or above.

Men's basketball posted a GSR of 89, the highest score among Rutgers men's programs and 58 points above the average federal rate within sport. The score ranked sixth among Big Ten Conference men's hoops programs.

Football also performed well with a GSR of 82, 24 points above the federal rate. The score is third among Big Ten football programs.

Women's basketball boasted a GSR of 90, 26 points above the sport's federal rate. It signaled the second highest score for RU women's hoops since the data has been tabulated.

Among football bowl subdivision universities, four of eight Rutgers men's teams were at or above the FBS average, while nine of 12 women's programs were at or above the FBS average.

Each year, the NCAA publicly announces the GSR of all Division I institutions. This year's numbers reflect an average for students who entered college from 2006-09. The graduation-rate data is based on a six-year cohort prescribed by the U.S. Department of Education. The NCAA developed the Division I GSR in response to college and university presidents who wanted graduation data that more accurately reflect the mobility among all college students today.

The GSR begins with the federal cohort, and adds transfer students, mid-year enrollees, and non-scholarship students (in specified cases) to the sample. Student-athletes who leave an institution while in good academic standing before exhausting athletics eligibility are removed from the cohort of their initial institution. This rate provides a more complete and accurate look at actual student-athlete success by taking into account the full variety of participants in Division I athletics and tracking their academic outcomes.

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