NEWARK, NJ–Four Highlander programs have been recognized by the NCAA for perfect Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores in the 2022-23 academic year.  The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation of all student-athletes on scholarship, and provides a measure of each team's academic performance.

Four Highlander sport programs – men's swimming and diving, women's basketball, women's cross country and women's fencing earned a perfect multi-year mark of 1000.  

Each academic year, every Division I sports team's APR is calculated using a simple and consistent formula. Scholarship student-athletes can earn 1 point for staying on course for a degree in their chosen major and 1 point for being retained (or graduating) at the end of each academic term. For schools that do not offer athletics scholarships, recruited student-athletes are tracked. 

This is the third consecutive year of publicly reported APRs after a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the Division I board approved the release of APR scores but voted to continue the suspension of program penalties. After further review, the Committee on Academics is not enforcing the loss of access to postseason competition for teams that have scored lower than 930. Instead, a conditional waiver is being offered this year due to lingering impacts of COVID-19. 

A full list of APRs for each team, including the Top 10, can be accessed by using the APR searchable database.