University of Richmond Athletics
Richmond's Graduation Rate Top Ten
Sept. 3, 2003
The University of Richmond earned another top-10 placement in the NCAA graduation rate report published by USA Today on Sept. 2. The Spiders' 84 percent graduation rate ranked tied for seventh among all I-AA schools and tied for 13th among all Division I Universities.
Richmond's percentile was second of the Atlantic 10 schools, two points less than Dayton's 86 percent. Bucknell (100 percent) topped the I-AA list, while Notre Dame's 92 percent was the best among the I-A group.
The Spiders were tied for fourth in I-AA and tied for ninth overall last year with an 89 percent graduation rate.
Division I Graduation Rates (freshman in 1996)
1. Bucknell 100%
2. Davidson 97%
3. Notre Dame 92%
4. Tulsa 89%
5. Duke 88%
5. Wisconsin 88%
5. Fairfield 88%
8. Northwestern 87%
9. Boston College 86%
9. Lehigh 86%
9. Colgate 86%
9. Dayton 86%
13. Richmond 84%
13. Stanford 84%
13. Canisius 84%