Graduation Success Rate (GSR)

The GSR adds to the first-time freshmen, those students who entered midyear as well as student-athletes who transferred into an institution and received athletics aid.

Both the Federal Graduation Rate and the GSR subtract students from the entering cohort who are considered allowable exclusions (i.e., those who either die or become permanently disabled, those who leave the school to join the armed forces, foreign services or attend a church mission).

NCAA Slideshow explaining how graduation rates are calculated
 

LSU Athletics Overall Graduation Success Rate
2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
69%	71%	74%	78%	80%	81%	81%	84%	88%	90%	89%	89%	89%	89%	92%

LSU Federal Graduation Rate Comparison
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Student-Athletes	57%	50%	59%	62%	55%	64%	67%	64%	54%	49%	TBD	TBD	TBD
All Students	59%	59%	59%	60%	65%	67%	65%	65%	65%	64%	TBD	TBD	TBD

We provide a breakdown of each team's success in our Annual Report

The Academic Progress Rate (APR) holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term.

The APR system includes rewards for superior academic performance and penalties for teams that do not achieve certain academic benchmarks. Data are collected annually, and results are announced in the spring.

National APR Averages and Trends

Searchable APR Database