UNC scores highly in NCAA graduation rate report

Posted Oct 26, 2012
In a report that showed student-athletes nationwide are graduating from colleges at a higher rate than the general enrollment. Student-athletes at North Carolina graduated at an 88 percent clip, up one percentage point from a year ago. At UNC, the five teams with 100 percent graduation rates were men’s fencing and women’s rowing, golf and gymnastics. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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