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Inside Higher Ed <\/em>does this every year and it\u2019s great.<\/p>\n

Here<\/a> is Johanna Alonso:<\/p>\n

To determine the winners, we used the NCAA\u2019s key academic performance metric, known as the\u00a0academic progress rate<\/a>, for the 2022\u201323 academic year, the most recent data available. The academic progress rate measures student athlete retention and academic eligibility, though some outside experts\u00a0have said<\/a>\u00a0the metric paints an imperfect picture of a program\u2019s academic performance\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

If two colleges had the same APR, we used 2023\u201324\u00a0graduation success rate<\/a>, the proportion of athletes who graduated within six years of entering an institution, as tiebreakers. If teams tied again, we turned to the institutions\u2019 overall federal graduation rates, which the U.S. government collects and which includes all students at a college, not just student athletes.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inside Higher Ed does this every year and it\u2019s great. Here is Johanna Alonso: To determine the winners, we used the NCAA\u2019s key academic performance metric, known as the\u00a0academic progress rate, for the 2022\u201323 academic year, the most recent data available. 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