Eight Programs Improve NCAA APR Scores
6/14/2022 4:02:00 PM | General
PITTSBURGH -- Eight University of Pittsburgh athletic programs –men's basketball, gymnastics, men's soccer, women's soccer, women's swimming & diving, men's track, volleyball and wrestling– improved upon their multi-year Academic Progress Report scores from the 2018-19 numbers as released by the NCAA Tuesday.
In addition, Pitt had 10programs perform at or above the national average for multi-year rate ending with the 2020-21 academic year. The Pitt men's basketball program finished 21 points higher than the national average, while the football program exceeded the mark by 15 points.
The Panthers volleyball program posted perfect multi-year APR score of 1,000, while seven programs (men's basketball, men's soccer, wrestling, women's basketball, women's cross country, gymnastics and volleyball) posted single-year scores of 1,000 for 2020-21..
Despite having to deal with the many challenges of recent years, Division I student-athletes continue to perform well in the classroom. The national four-year Academic Progress Rate is 984, up one point from the last publicly reported rate in May 2020. Men's basketball improved by two points to 968, while baseball (977), football (964) and women's basketball (983) remained steady for their four-year average.
Every Division I sports team across the nation calculates its APR each academic year, similar to a report card. Scholarship student-athletes each semester earn one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. As tracked through the APR, more than 14,000 former college athletes have returned to school to get their degrees since the NCAA created the measurement tool. Each of those students earns back a lost APR point for their team. More than 7,500 competed in baseball, men's basketball, football and women's basketball - the highest-profile sports in college athletics. Each of those graduates earned APR points for their team.
Rates are a calculation of each school's performance for the last four years. National aggregates are based on all teams with usable data at the time of analysis. APRs for each team, lists of teams receiving public recognition and those receiving sanctions are available online through the NCAA's searchable database.
The NCAA did not calculate APR during the 2019-20 academic calendar due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-21 - Pitt Multi-Year APR Scores by Program
Program - Score (National Average) – ACC Rank
Baseball – 959 ( 977) – 14th
Men's Basketball – 989 (968) – 5th
Women's Basketball – 991 ( 983) – T-6th
Men's Cross Country – 992 (983) – 8th
Women's Cross Country – 994 (990) – T-8th
Football – 984 (969) – 6th
Gymnastics – 991 (994) – 3rd
Men's Soccer – 991 (979) – 5th
Women's Soccer – 993 ( 990) – T-10th
Softball – 985 (987) – 12th
Men's Swimming & Diving – 973 (986) – 12th
Women's Swimming & Diving – 992 (993) – 10th
Men's Track & Field – 944 (974) – 15th
Women's Track & Field – 988 (984) – 10th
Volleyball – 1,000 (989) – T-1st
Wrestling - 986 (975) – T-4th
Bold – improvement upon 2018-19 APR
In addition, Pitt had 10programs perform at or above the national average for multi-year rate ending with the 2020-21 academic year. The Pitt men's basketball program finished 21 points higher than the national average, while the football program exceeded the mark by 15 points.
The Panthers volleyball program posted perfect multi-year APR score of 1,000, while seven programs (men's basketball, men's soccer, wrestling, women's basketball, women's cross country, gymnastics and volleyball) posted single-year scores of 1,000 for 2020-21..
Despite having to deal with the many challenges of recent years, Division I student-athletes continue to perform well in the classroom. The national four-year Academic Progress Rate is 984, up one point from the last publicly reported rate in May 2020. Men's basketball improved by two points to 968, while baseball (977), football (964) and women's basketball (983) remained steady for their four-year average.
Every Division I sports team across the nation calculates its APR each academic year, similar to a report card. Scholarship student-athletes each semester earn one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. As tracked through the APR, more than 14,000 former college athletes have returned to school to get their degrees since the NCAA created the measurement tool. Each of those students earns back a lost APR point for their team. More than 7,500 competed in baseball, men's basketball, football and women's basketball - the highest-profile sports in college athletics. Each of those graduates earned APR points for their team.
Rates are a calculation of each school's performance for the last four years. National aggregates are based on all teams with usable data at the time of analysis. APRs for each team, lists of teams receiving public recognition and those receiving sanctions are available online through the NCAA's searchable database.
The NCAA did not calculate APR during the 2019-20 academic calendar due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-21 - Pitt Multi-Year APR Scores by Program
Program - Score (National Average) – ACC Rank
Baseball – 959 ( 977) – 14th
Men's Basketball – 989 (968) – 5th
Women's Basketball – 991 ( 983) – T-6th
Men's Cross Country – 992 (983) – 8th
Women's Cross Country – 994 (990) – T-8th
Football – 984 (969) – 6th
Gymnastics – 991 (994) – 3rd
Men's Soccer – 991 (979) – 5th
Women's Soccer – 993 ( 990) – T-10th
Softball – 985 (987) – 12th
Men's Swimming & Diving – 973 (986) – 12th
Women's Swimming & Diving – 992 (993) – 10th
Men's Track & Field – 944 (974) – 15th
Women's Track & Field – 988 (984) – 10th
Volleyball – 1,000 (989) – T-1st
Wrestling - 986 (975) – T-4th
Bold – improvement upon 2018-19 APR
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