WEST BABYLON, N.Y. – The East Coast Conference has tied for third among all of its Division II counterparts in Academic Success Rate (ASR), released by the NCAA in its annual report this afternoon. The ECC came in at 85%.
The NCAA annually releases the Division II ASR, a model developed 19 years ago at the request of presidents of Division II institutions to overcome inadequacies with the Federal Graduation Rate (FGR). The FGR only takes into account student-athletes that receive athletically related aid, leaving large numbers of DII student-athletes out of the calculation. Because of Division II's partial scholarship financial aid model, the ASR was created to include non-scholarship student-athletes who enrolled from 2013 through 2016, the four years covered in the most recent data.
Overall, ECC member institutions produced a total of 1,691 graduates among 1,994 student-athletes who enrolled during the four-year period of 2013-16.
Sports that posted a 90% ASR or better include men's golf, field hockey, women's lacrosse, women's rowing, softball, women's tennis, and women's volleyball.
ASR Ranking by NCAA Division II Conference
Sunshine State Conference - 89%
Northeast-10 Conference - 88%
East Coast Conference - 85%
Pacific West Conference - 85%
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference - 84%
Great Lakes Valley Conference - 84%
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference - 83%
Great Midwest Athletic Conference - 81%
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference - 81%
Great Northwest Athletic Conference - 80%
Peach Belt Conference - 78%
Conference Carolinas - 76%
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - 76%
California Collegiate Athletic Association - 75%
South Atlantic Conference - 74%
Gulf South Conference - 72%
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association - 71%
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference - 71%
Lone Star Conference - 69%
Great American Conference - 68%
Mountain East Conference - 67%
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association - 65%
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - 64%
Independent - 64%