PRINCETON, N.J.-- The Ivy League once again leads the nation in NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) with a combined average over 98 percent across its eight institutions.

This year's report summarizes data for student-athletes who began their collegiate careers in 2012.
 
Highlighting its commitment to the balance of world-class academics, national success in Division I athletics and unmatched campus opportunities, the Ivy League claimed 39 national championships, won 50 NCAA Tournament games across 12 sports, and saw three student-athletes earn prestigious Rhodes Scholarships over the same time period that the GSR data was collected.
 
All of the Ivy League institutions had a score of 96 or higher, the only conference to accomplish the feat. Since the NCAA began including the Ivy League in its GSR data collection in 2010-11, the League has finished first among the Division I conferences all nine years. Moreover, an Ivy institution leads all Division I institutions for the ninth-straight year, as Harvard paces the nation for the third-straight season with a GSR of 100. Columbia, Dartmouth and Yale are tied for second with a GSR of 99, with Brown and Princeton next at 98, Penn at 97 and Cornell at 96.
 
The NCAA did not collect graduation rate data for student-athletes who were not receiving athletically-related aid until 2004. League schools have been included in the GSR data since the six-year graduation rate data for those student-athletes who began college in 2004 became available.