The fields of 68 in both the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships have been hitting the books and the hardwood to great success.
Participating men's and women's teams have a combined four-cohort average Graduation Success Rate of 90%. The women's teams scored an average of 96%, while the men's teams registered an 84% average.
The rates are from the latest reporting span (2020-23) and refer to the cohorts that entered college between 2013 and 2016.
In the men's tournament, 52 teams have GSRs above 75%. Sixteen schools earned 100% GSRs:
- Alabama.
- Clemson.
- Duquesne.
- Florida.
- Howard.
- Kentucky.
- Mississippi State.
- Northwestern.
- Saint Mary's (California).
- Saint Peter's.
- Samford.
- South Dakota State.
- University of Alabama at Birmingham.
- Vermont.
- Washington State.
- Yale.
In the women's tournament, 59 teams have GSRs at or above 90%. Forty-two schools earned perfect GSRs:
- Arizona.
- Auburn.
- Baylor.
- California Baptist.
- Chattanooga.
- Colorado.
- Columbia.
- Creighton.
- Drake.
- Drexel.
- Eastern Washington.
- Fairfield.
- Florida Gulf Coast.
- Green Bay.
- Holy Cross.
- Iowa State.
- Kent State.
- Louisville.
- LSU.
- Marshall.
- Maryland.
- Michigan.
- NC State.
- Nebraska.
- North Carolina.
- Notre Dame.
- Oklahoma.
- Presbyterian.
- Princeton.
- Rice.
- Sacred Heart.
- South Dakota State.
- Southern California.
- Stanford.
- Syracuse.
- Tennessee.
- Texas A&M.
- UCLA.
- UConn.
- Utah.
- Vanderbilt.
- West Virginia.