NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Nov. 18, 2022) - The NCAA released their 2021-22 Academic Success Rate (ASR) report this week which tracks graduation rates among student-athletes within six years of their initial enrollment. Georgian Court succeeded the national average, with an ASR of 90%.

The ASR is the percentage of student-athletes who graduate within six years of initial enrollment in college and includes virtually all Division II student-athletes, including transfers and those not receiving athletics scholarships. This year's NCAA Division II ASR mark was 76%.

Georgian Court not only exceeded the national average, but the CACC average as well. The CACC had the fourth-highest ASR among 23 NCAA Division II conferences at 84%. 

The announcement illustrates the CACC and its member institutions' amazing efforts to make sure student-athletes not just receive a college education, but also help to set a standard for academic excellence at their respective institutions.

"The CACC and its member schools work extremely hard in making sure that student-athletes don't just excel in their chosen sport, but also in the classroom," CACC Commissioner Dan Mara said. "Administrators throughout our conference do a great job of mentoring our student-athletes and teaching them that a college education will take them even further then they thought possible. Our student-athletes are learning valuable life lessons by achieving tremendous success in the classroom."

Georgian Court had two programs with a perfect 100% ASR. Those were women's soccer and volleyball. Those two programs helped the Lions to their 90% ASR score, which was sixth-highest in the CACC and T42nd in NCAA Division II.

Here's a more comprehensive breakdown provided by the CACC:
6 SCHOOLS AT 90% OR BETTER
Six CACC institutions posted ASR averages of 90 percent or higher. Thomas Jefferson University posted a league-high mark of 97 percent, while University of the Sciences (95%), Caldwell University (94%), Holy Family University (92%), Chestnut Hill College (91%) and Georgian Court University (90%) were the other five institutions to go 90 or higher.
 
The CACC had the second highest total of schools with a minimum score of 90 percent in the ASR study, as only the Northeast-10 Conference was higher with eight institutions.

WHERE THE 90 PERCENTERS RANKED NATIONALLY
Jefferson tied for fifth nationally with the highest overall ASR score at 97 percent. NCAA Division II features more than 300 institutions .
 
T5. Jefferson 97
T7. USciences 95
T10. Caldwell 94
T21. Holy Family 92
T27. Chestnut Hill 91
T42. Georgian Court 90 8 SCHOOLS OVERALL AT 80% OR BETTER
In all, eight CACC schools posted ASR marks of 80 percent or better. In addition to the 90-percent schools, Goldey-Beacom College (88%) and Felician University (86%) were the other two schools to reach 80 percent or better. 14-OF-16 CACC CHAMPIONSHIP SPORTS MET OR EXCEEDED NATIONAL AVERAGES
Fourteen (14) of the CACC's 16 championship sports (88%) met or exceeded the national ASR score in their respective sport. 

CACC Sport	CACC ASR Score	National ASR Score
Baseball	78%	78%
Men's Basketball	73%	66%
Men's Golf	84%	82%
Men's Soccer	82%	77%
Men's Tennis	87%	84%
Men's T&F/XC	77%	72%
Women's Lacrosse	93%	92%
Women's Soccer	90%	89%
Softball	93%	89%
Women's Tennis	94%	92%
Women's T&F/XC	89%	86%
Women's Volleyball	91%	88%

One other CACC championship sport finished just a point shy of tying the national ASR average in its respective sport, including women's basketball (83% Natl / 82% CACC). 44 CACC TEAMS WITH PERFECT ASR SCORES
Forty-four (44) CACC programs earned perfect ASR scores of 100 percent. It marked the fourth-straight year the CACC topped the 40 mark for teams with perfect ASR scores. All 13 CACC institutions from a year ago had at least one team post a 100 percent ASR score in this year's standings.

GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY (2)
Women's Soccer
Women's Volleyball
 
ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY (3)
Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Women's Lacrosse
 
BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE (1)
Softball
 
CALDWELL UNIVERSITY (4)
Men's Basketball
Women's Basketball
Women's Lacrosse
Women's Volleyball
 
CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE (6)
Men's Golf
Men's Tennis
Women's Lacrosse
Softball
Women's Tennis
Women's Volleyball
 
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY (2)
Men's Golf
Women's Basketball
 
FELICIAN UNIVERSITY (4)
Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Women's Lacrosse
Softball
Women's Soccer
 
GOLDEY-BEACOM COLLEGE (3)
Men's Golf
Women's Tennis
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
 
HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY (3)
Women's Soccer
Women's Basketball
Women's Volleyball
 
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY (9)
Baseball
Men's Golf
Men's Soccer
Women's Lacrosse
Softball
Women's Soccer
Women's Tennis
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Women's Volleyball
 
POST UNIVERSITY (1)
Women's Track & Field/Cross Country 
 
UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES (5)
Men's Basketball
Men's Tennis
Softball
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Women's Volleyball
 
WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY (1)
Women's Tennis