Lehigh Ranks Among NCAA Leaders in Graduation Success Rate Data

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The NCAA announced the latest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) report data Wednesday afternoon as well as Federal Graduation Rate (FGR) information for student-athletes who entered Lehigh in the 2018-2019 academic year.  The data shows that Lehigh continues to graduate student-athletes at rates that are higher than the national average. The FGR and the GSR report only on student-athletes on our rosters that receive athletically related aid. The GSR differs from the FGR by discounting the reported population for those student-athletes that transfer directly to another higher education institution and are in good academic standing. 

Lehigh’s GSR rates for student-athletes is 96 percent, up four percent from last year. The four-year FGR stands at 91 percent, which ranks second among Patriot League institutions. The six-year deadline for this class to complete their degree was August 31, 2024.

Fourteen of Lehigh’s varsity sport programs earned a perfect 100 percent GSR four-year graduation rate for the current report year: baseball, men’s cross country and track and field, men’s golf, men’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s basketball, women’s cross country and track and field, women’s rowing, field hockey, women’s lacrosse, women’s soccer, women’s swimming and diving, and volleyball.

Seven varsity sport programs earned a perfect 100 percent FGR four-year graduation rate for the current report year:  baseball, men’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s basketball, women’s cross country and track and field, women’s swimming and diving, and volleyball.

 

Lehigh sponsors 26 varsity sports at the Division I level and is a charter member of the Patriot League.