The 2024 reporting cycle was the fifth year the federal graduation rate and Academic Success Rate data submission was required for all Division III schools.
The national four-cohort average ASR for Division III remained at 88%, according to the most recent ASR data. The women's rate stayed at 94%, and the men's rate stayed at 84%.
For men, the sports with the highest ASRs for 2024 were skiing (96%), swimming (92%) and tennis (92%). For women, the sports with the highest ASR for 2024 were skiing (98%), water polo (97%) and crew/rowing (96%). All women's sports were over 90%.
Like Division I's Graduation Success Rate and Division II's ASR, Division III's ASR includes transfers in the calculation and removes students who left school while academically eligible. Division III is now in its 15th year of collecting student-athlete graduation rates.
When using the federal graduation rate, the only common measure for comparing athletes and nonathletes, Division III student-athletes outperform their peers in the general student body. The four-class average federal rate for student-athletes was 70%, while the federal rate for the overall student body was 67%.
"Division III student-athletes continue to excel within their sport and in the classroom," said Louise McCleary, vice president of Division III. "The graduation report shows that year after year Division III student-athletes put in the hard work and find success academically and athletically."
