Kentucky touted “dramatic improvement” by its athletes in the Federal Graduation Rate and its highest showing ever in the NCAA Graduation Success Rate.
UK’s freshman class of 2003-04 had a Federal Graduation Rate of 67 percent, a 15-point improvement from the class of 2002-03. The 67-percent graduation rate was UK’s highest since it began collecting data with the 1984-85 freshman class. That marked UK’s highest in the six-year history of the GSR.
UK released those figures on Wednesday, when the NCAA released its nation-wide numbers.
In its news release, UK noted improvements in the high-profile sports of football and men’s basketball.
The 2003-04 freshmen in men’s basketball had a Federal Graduation Rate of 75 percent, an increase of 42 percent from the previous year’s freshmen. The four-year NCAA Graduation Success Rate improved by 13 points to 44 percent.
In football, the Federal Graduation Rate improved 29 points to 75 percent for the freshmen of 2003-04. The four-year Graduation Success Rate improved eight points to 63 percent.
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
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