Grad rates higher for black athletes.

Athletic departments are graduating black students at higher rates than universities as a whole, according to The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. Graduation rates for black athletes were 53% compared to 45% for the general black student body in 2006.

FEDERAL GRADUATION RATE (2006 DATA)

All AA Student Body                        45%
All AA Student Athletes                    53%
Male AA Student Body                       38%
Male AA Student Athletes                   48%
Female AA Student Body                     50%
Female AA Student Athletes                 66%

NCAA GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE

All African Americans                      62%
Male African Americans                     57%
Female African Americans                   76%

SOURCE: THE INSTITUTE FOR DIVERSITY AND ETHICS IN SPORT

NCAA GRADUATION SUCCESS RATES ACCOUNT FOR STUDENT ATHLETE GRADUATES
WHO HAVE TRANSFERRED SCHOOLS, WHO ORIGINATED AT JUNIOR COLLEGES.
OR WHO RETURNED AND GRADUATED MORE THAN SIX YEARS AFTER ORIGINAL
ENROLLMENT FEDERAL GRADUATION RATES DO NOT.

Note: Table made from bar graph.

EDITED BY CAROLYN M. BROWN [e-mail]