Based on data released by the NCAA Tuesday, UCF has a Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 95 percent. That mark ties the Knights with Boston College for fifth-best in NCAA Division I (FBS), trailing only private institutions Notre Dame, Stanford, Duke and Northwestern. UCF 麻豆精品 S檚 GSR is 11 points above the national average and is also a school record.

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The GSR data in this most recent report is for student-athletes who first enrolled in 2006.

The Knights compiled a 3.17 grade-point average for the spring term, the highest student-athlete GPA for a single semester in school history. In addition, UCF student-athletes compiled an average GPA of 3.14 for the 2012-13 academic year, which was also the best mark for the Knights.

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Knight student-athletes said the UCF academic support personnel and their coaches impress upon them the importance of academics.

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Seven of UCF 麻豆精品 S檚 athletic teams set program records for spring term GPAs. Football (2.95), men 麻豆精品 S檚 basketball (2.85), women 麻豆精品 S檚 basketball (3.14), men 麻豆精品 S檚 golf (3.43), men 麻豆精品 S檚 soccer (3.29), softball (3.42) and track and field (3.31) all recorded the best spring term GPA in their teams 麻豆精品 S� histories.

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UCF 麻豆精品 S檚 GSR was 85 percent, up two points from last year 麻豆精品 S檚 report. The Knights rank No. 1 among public institutions in the State of Florida and second overall in the state. UCF 麻豆精品 S檚 GSR also ranks highest among public institutions in Conference USA and is tied for second overall in the league, behind Rice (95 percent).

UCF also compared well with institutions in the BIG EAST Conference, which the Knights will join on July 1, 2013. UCF would currently rank No. 2 in the BIG EAST among public institutions, behind only Rutgers (88 percent). Among all football-playing members of the BIG EAST, the Knights would tie for third, behind Rutgers and Syracuse (87 percent).

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The football program finished 13 points above the national average, with an 81-percent mark, compared to 68 percent nationally. It was the sixth consecutive year the football program improved its GSR. Football 麻豆精品 S檚 81 percent was a program-best score. In football, UCF ranks No. 2 in C-USA and would rank No. 2 among BIG EAST public institutions.

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Wednesday 麻豆精品 S檚 release includes data from the 2010-11 academic year and lists the multi-year APR by sport, which averages the last four reporting years.

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Ten of UCF 麻豆精品 S檚 16 programs turned in multi-year averages at or above the national average for their respective sports.

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The NCAA uses the multi-year average to track a program 麻豆精品 S檚 overall academic progress. The multi-year rate takes the last four reports into account.

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