Tar Heels Top Their Best Multi-Year Graduation Success Rate For Fifth Straight Year

Posted Nov 21, 2024
UNC student-athletes established their highest multi-year graduation rates for the fifth straight year and set the record for the best single-year rate as reported in the NCAA's annual Graduation Success Rates. Student-athlete GSRs for the Tar Heels' incoming classes of 2014-15 through 2017-18 were a record 93%, up one percent from the previous year. (GoHeels.com)

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