ACC Graduation Rate Remains High

THEY MAY LOOK STUPID, BUT THEY'RE NOT...(Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

With 2011 Heisman Trophy finalist Tyran Mathieu and three other former LSU Tigers players being arrested on drug-related charges (10 lbs of pot), one might say more crime and lower graduation rates might improve ACC football...

That said, the ACC continues to excel in the area of graduation rates...

The NCAA released its latest round of Federal Graduation Rate and Graduation Success Rate measures Thursday, and the majority of ACC schools are above the national average.  

The FGR is produced by the university and measures what percent of students graduates within a six-year timeframe. This year's FGR figures concern the 2005-06 freshman class.

The GSR factors in athletes who transfer from a program -- and doesn't penalize the school if they do so in good academic standing -- as well as ones who transfer into the program. This year's GSR rates measure freshmen who entered school from 2002-03 to 2005-06.

ACC Men's Basketball

School                        GSR
1. Duke                        100 
1. Wake Forest             100
3. UNC                          91
4. Virginia Tech             90
5. Boston College          88
6. Miami                        87
7. Clemson                    75
National Average        74
8. N.C. State                 73
9. Virginia                    64
10. Florida State           57
11. Maryland                50              
12. Georgia Tech         18

ACC Football

School                        GSR
1. Boston College         94
1. Miami                       94
3. Duke                         92
4. Wake Forest              86
5. Clemson                    75
5. North Carolina          75
5. Virginia Tech            75
FBS Average               70
8. Virginia                     69
9. Maryland                   65
10. N.C. State                62
11. Florida State            55
11. Virginia Tech          55

Overall

School                        GSR
1. Duke                        98
2. Boston College        97
3. Wake Forest             95
4. Miami                      93
5. UNC                        88
5. Virginia Tech           88
7. Virginia                    87
8. Clemson                   84
9. Maryland                  83
National Average        80
10. Florida State           78
11. N.C. State               77
12. Georgia Tech         76