University of Kentucky athletes are pretty good at handling the “student” part of their jobs. Today UK Athletics announced 11 of its 20 teams posted perfect scores in the latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) report. Sixteen of the 20 UK team scores exceeded or tied the national average in their sports from 2019-2022. UK’s overall score of 985 (out of 1,000) exceeded the national average.
APR is used to measure an individual sports program’s success in the classroom. It measures academic eligibility, retention and graduation over a four-year period.
Athletic programs can be punished if programs do not reach a threshold of 930 out of 1,000.