BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Twenty-five WKU student-athletes, boasting a cumulative grade point average of 3.10, are expected to participate in graduation ceremonies and receive their degrees from Western Kentucky University this weekend.
Five of the 25 student-athletes will be receiving their master's degrees, while the others will be earning their bachelor's degrees or receiving a certificate of completion in a new area.
Degrees obtained include electrical engineering, finance, nursing, exercise science, sport management, recreation and sport administration, student affairs in higher education, physical education and applied data analytics.
WKU Athletics has continued to set new standards for its academic excellence, maintaining the highest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in program history in the latest report released by the NCAA in October.
WKU posted an overall GSR of 85, matching last year's score that ranked as the department's top mark in the report's existence. Five sport programs had a perfect 100 score, the department's most since 2011-12.
WKU's 64 percent Federal Graduation Rate is also the second-highest in program history, and 12 percent higher than the university's general student body (52 percent).
Over the 2019 calendar year, 72 student-athletes have earned their degrees from the institution with a combined grade point average of over 3.15.
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