Tulane Excellence Continues in Academic Progress Rate

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University had six athletic programs earn perfect multi-year APR (Academic Progress Rates) scores, the department announced Tuesday afternoon. Also, twelve (12) programs either improved or equaled their multi-year APR score from last year, including men’s tennis, which recorded a perfect rate for the 14th consecutive year.

The other Green Wave programs with perfect multi-year rates were men’s cross country, men’s track, bowling, golf, and women’s tennis.

Additionally, football had its best rate in program history with a 986, four points better than its previous high of 982 set this time last year.

Tulane currently has five other teams, besides men’s tennis, that have perfect multi-year APR score streaks of three years or more in women’s golf (5), women’s tennis (4), men’s cross country (4), bowling (3) and men’s track (3).

“Tulane is a special place and can ultimately be the model for college athletics,” Ben Weiner Director of Athletics Chair David Harris said. “Our student-athletes excel in the classroom, in the fields of competition and in the community. Today’s news is further evidence of this, and all the credit goes to our student athletes and staff for continuing to make this a reality.”

Fourteen (14) programs have a multi-year APR average higher than the national mark of 984, equaling or bettering the department’s standard for the fourth consecutive year. Those scores cover the academic years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23, 2023-24.

During the 2023-24 academic school year alone, Tulane had 14 teams that achieved a perfect 1000 academic progress rate in baseball, men’s basketball, men’s cross country, men’s tennis, men’s track, women’s basketball, bowling, women’s cross country, golf, beach volleyball, swimming, women’s tennis, women’s tennis and volleyball.  

“At Tulane we value the entire student athlete for both their academic and athletic performances,” said Deputy AD, Student Services/SWA Dr. Charvi Greer. “We have a very balanced approach to achieving that success, both in and out of the classroom, and that is a crucial component to maintaining the standard that we’ve set.”

The NCAA Division I academic progress rates system was implemented as part of “an ambitious academic reform effort,” according to the NCAA’s website. The APR holds institutions accountable for academic progress of student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term.

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