BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Twenty-one WKU student-athletes are expected to participate in graduation ceremonies and earn their degrees from Western Kentucky University this weekend. The graduating student-athletes boast a cumulative 3.30 grade point average.
Two of the 21 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 exercise science, business administration, management, criminology, sport management, business data analytics, finance, and interior design and fashion merchandising among others.
Over the 2021 calendar year, 84 student-athletes have earned their degrees from the institution, including 63 graduates in the spring.
Graduation ceremonies are set to take place on Saturday, Dec. 11 for WKU graduates.
WKU Athletics has continued to set new standards for its academic excellence, achieving its highest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in program history in the latest report released by the NCAA last week.
WKU posted an overall GSR of 87, topping the previous high of 85 reached twice in the department's history. In three of the last four GSR reports, WKU has achieved or tied the program's highest mark.
WKU also posted a 66 percent Federal Graduation Rate which is 11 percent higher than the university's general student body (55 percent) and the second highest rate in WKU Athletics history.
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