INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – For the third year in a row, University of Memphis Athletics posted an all-time high in academic achievement, as the NCAA released its Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and Federal Graduation Rate (FGR) reports.
In the reports, the University of Memphis' numbers improved from the year before, with the University graduating 87 percent of its student-athletes for the 2010 cohort and having a 62 percent federal graduation rate for the same time period (2007-10). Last year's numbers were 85 percent for Memphis' GSR and 61 percent from its FGR.
The FGR accesses only first-time, full-time freshmen and only counts them as an academic success if they graduate from their institution of initial enrollment within a six-year period.