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Duke leads ACC in graduation study; UNC 4th and N.C. State 12th

By Dane Huffman

Nov 19, 2009

More student-athletes graduated from Duke within six years of matriculation than any of their peers at ACC schools, according to figures released Wednesday by the NCAA. For the four academic years beginning in 1999 and running through 2002, Duke graduated 97 percent of student-athletes.

During that time, the University of North Carolina was fourth in the ACC with a Graduation Success Rate of 87 percent and North Carolina State University came in 12th at 69 percent. State had a GSR of only 45 percent of basketball players and 57 percent of football players.

The Graduation Success Rate is part of the NCAA’s academic reform movement and is designed to help track how athletes are performing in the classroom.

Graduation success rates for selected N.C. schools (numbers are percentages)

Men’s basketball
Wake 100
Duke 92
ECU 80
UNC 75
N.C. State 45

Football
Duke 96
Wake 81
UNC 80
ECU 72
N.C. State 57

Women’s basketball
UNC 100
Wake 100
Duke 92
ECU 88
N.C. State 80