CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference’s collective high level of academic success is again reflected by the NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) report, released on Wednesday, November 19. The ACC’s average graduation rate of 94 percent is four points higher than this year's national average of 90 percent. 

“Our impressive student-athletes continue to excel in all facets of the collegiate experience. The latest GSR report showcases the incredible dedication to academics by our member institutions,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “We are incredibly proud of our student-athletes and their work in the classroom that has led to a collective NCAA GSR that far exceeds the national average once again. Our schools continue to prioritize the educational and athletic opportunities they provide to their student-athletes.”  

Below are some notes of interest for the ACC’s 18 member schools:  

• Overall, the single-cohort GSR of 94% and Federal Graduate Rate (FGR) of 75% are both best among A4 and FBS peers; GSR is tied for third among all Division I conferences and FGR is tied for second in Division I. 

• All 18 institutions scored a higher four-cohort GSR than the overall Division I rate (90%). 

• A total of 183 ACC teams (54% of all teams) achieved a perfect GSR score of 100, led by 18 teams each from Duke and Notre Dame, 17 teams from Stanford, and 16 teams from Boston College. 

• In football, 16 of the 17 teams beat or tied the FBS football average and the conference’s GSR of 88% is tied for best among A4 and FBS peers. 

• In men’s basketball, the conference’s GSR of 85% is tied for best among A4 peers. Six programs posted a perfect 100 score (most among the A4) and nine teams scored higher than the Division I men’s basketball average GSR (tied for the most among the A4). 

• In women’s basketball, 13 teams beat or tied the Division I women’s basketball average GSR (tied for most among A4 peers) and nine teams scored a perfect 100.  

• In baseball, 14 teams beat or tied the Division I baseball average GSR, most among the A4. Four teams earned a perfect GSR of 100. The conference’s GSR of 94% is second-best among A4 peers. 

The Wednesday update is based on information obtained from the 2025 NCAA Graduation Rate Report. The report provides graduation information for students and student-athletes who entered in Fall 2015 through Fall 2018. These are the most recent graduating classes for which six years of information is available. A graduation rate (percent) is based on a comparison of the number of students who entered a college or university and the number of those who graduated within six years. For example, if 100 students entered and 60 graduated, the graduation rate is 60 percent. The four-class average includes those who entered as freshmen in 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19.   

It should be noted that graduation rates are affected by a number of factors: some students transfer to another college, some may be dismissed for academic deficiencies, some may have to work part-time and need more than six years to graduate. The NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) subtracts students from the entering cohort who are considered allowable exclusions (those who either die or become personally disabled, those who leave school to join the armed forces, foreign services or attend a church mission) as well as those who would have been academically eligible to compete had they returned to the institution. 

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