STANFORD, Calif. – For the fourth straight year, Stanford Athletics registered an overall graduation rate of 96 percent in the latest Graduation Success Rate, with 16 programs earning a 100 percent graduation rate.
Both the Graduation Success Rate, which reflects a rolling four-year average, and Federal Graduation Rates are based upon the percentage of student-athletes who earned a degree within six years of initial college enrollment. The NCAA developed the Graduation Success Rate to account for transfer student-athletes, mid-year enrollees and others not tracked by the Federal Graduation Rates. Stanford student-athletes have a Federal Graduation Rates four-class average of 93 percent.
Stanford's nine women's programs achieving perfect GSR scores were: basketball, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, and volleyball. Seven men's programs also were perfect: baseball, basketball, fencing, golf, tennis, water polo, and wrestling.
Other programs checking in at 90 percent or higher were: women's cross country/track and field (97), women's rowing (97), lacrosse (96), football (94), men's soccer (94), women's water polo (94), men's swimming and diving (92), men's volleyball (92), men's cross country/track and field (91) and men's gymnastics (90).
The Graduation Success Rate is the NCAA's comprehensive calculation of student-athlete academic success. Unlike the federally mandated methodology, the NCAA rate includes incoming transfer students who graduate as well as students enrolling in the spring semester who receive athletic aid and graduate.
The less-inclusive Federal Graduation Rates is limited to individuals in the cohort who entered their freshmen year on athletic aid while also counting any individuals in the cohort that leave the institution as a non-graduate (including transfer students who may graduate elsewhere).
Stanford extended one of the most recognizable streaks in college athletics during the 2021-22 campaign, making it 46 consecutive seasons with at least one NCAA team championship coming back to The Farm.
The Cardinal produced three NCAA titles (men's gymnastics, women's water polo, women's golf) over a six-week stretch in the spring, maintaining an impressive streak that dates back to the 1976-77 campaign.
Four years after becoming the nation's all-time leader in NCAA team championships, Stanford owns 131 overall, gaining separation from its closest competitors in UCLA (119) and USC (111).
Stanford, which sponsors 36 varsity sports, has won the Learfield Directors' Cup in 25 of the possible 28 seasons, including a 25-year streak from 1995-2019. In the Capital One Cup race, Stanford is a three-time winner on the men's side and seven-time champion of the women's program.