GETTING A DEGREE PENN STATE FOOTBALL 2013
RECORD GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE PENN STATE STUDENT-ATHLETES COMPILED A RECORD 90 PERCENT GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE, ACCORDING TO NCAA DATA IN OCTOBER 2010.
USA TODAY RATES PENN STATE
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TWO-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN & 2006 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN-OF-THE-YEAR PAUL POSLUSZNY
USA Today rated Penn State as the BEST school in the nation in the graduation of its student-athletes. In the NCAA 2012 Graduation Rate Report, Penn State’s four-year graduation rate for student-athletes was 88 percent, eight points higher than the national average.
91% FOOTBALL GRADUATION RATE NATION’S BEST GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE (TIED WITH STANFORD FOR NO.1 AMONG TEAMS IN FINAL 2011 BCS RATINGS)
TOP 10 GRADUATION RATE AMONG ALL FBS TEAMS (91% GSR TIED FOR NO. 7 HIGHEST NATIONALLY AMONG 120 TEAMS)
NO. 2 AMONG BIG TEN TEAMS (91% GSR IN 2012; 68% NATIONAL AVERAGE)
RECORD NUMBER OF ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES
(28 HONOREES IN 2012 BRINGS TEAM’S OVERALL TOTAL TO 308 SINCE 1993)
15 GRADUATES BEFORE BOWL (EARNED DEGREES PRIOR TO 2012 TICKETCITY BOWL)
45 NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS (18 FOOTBALL STUDENT-ATHLETES)
96% WITH DIPLOMAS
(ALL PENN STATE STUDENT-ATHLETES)