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ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -  The NCAA has released the latest Division II graduation rate data, including the division’s Academic Success Rate (ASR).
                                       
The 12 universities from across the CCAA conference combined to post a 76.2 percent Academic Success Rate (ASR), a nearly 4 percent increase from 2021. Cal State Monterey Bay led the way with an Academic Success Rate of 84 percent. San Francisco State was just behind the Otters at 83 percent, followed by Cal State East Bay at 82 percent and Cal Poly Pomona at 81 percent.
 
"In Division II, our unwavering commitment to academic success shines through our Life in the Balance philosophy," said Terri Steeb Gronau, NCAA vice president of Division II. "The incredible dedication of our institutions, conferences, student-athletes, coaches and administrators to achieve success on and off the field makes us all proud at the national office."
 
The national four-year ASR average increased to 77 percent, according to the most recent Academic Success Rate data. Overall Division II student-athlete graduation rates and many subgroup rates are at or near their highest levels.
 
Women's soccer student-athletes posted the best collective ASR nationwide with a mark of 88.2 percent. It was followed by volleyball at 87.5 percent and softball at 85.5 percent. Click here to see a complete ASR database and sortable lists.
 
The NCAA developed the Division II ASR at the request of college and university presidents who believed the federal graduation rate was outdated. Division II’s ASR data includes student-athletes who transfer into a school and removes student-athletes who left the school in good academic standing. In addition, given the partial scholarship financial aid model of Division II, the ASR data includes student-athletes not on athletically related financial aid.
 
Even when using the less-inclusive federal rate, Division II student-athletes outperform the general student body by 6 percentage points.

Notable single-class student-athlete increases in ASR over the 18 years of calculating this rate in Division II include overall (from 69% to 77%), Black men (from 42% to 52%), Black women (from 61% to 72%), Hispanic/Latino men (48% to 67%) and Hispanic/Latina women (63% to 81%).

In addition, there have been notable increases in ASR for two-year transfer student-athletes (from 61% to 74%) and four-year transfer student-athletes (from 68% to 78%) over the past 10 years.

About the CCAA
The California Collegiate Athletic Association has been the nation's most successful Division II intercollegiate athletics conference since its establishment in December 1938. CCAA members have won 156 NCAA Championships (103 men, 53 women), far and away the most of any Division II conference. The 12-member league is home to some of the nation's finest NCAA Division II athletic programs in Cal Poly Humboldt, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal State East Bay, Cal State LA, Cal State Monterey Bay, Cal State San Bernardino, Cal State San Marcos, Chico State, San Francisco State, Sonoma State and Stanislaus State.
 

Academic Success Rates (ASR) by school
Cal Poly Humboldt	75
Cal Poly Pomona	81
Cal State Dominguez Hills	61
Cal State East Bay	82
Cal State LA	74
Cal State Monterey Bay	84
Cal State San Bernardino	64
Cal State San Marcos	76
Chico State	77
San Francisco State	83
Sonoma State	78
Stanislaus State	66