DURHAM -- Statistics for the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) released Thursday by the NCAA indicated that a Power 5-leading 99 percent of freshmen student-athletes receiving scholarship aid, or recruited individuals participating in programs that do not offer athletic aid, graduated from Duke within six years.

The GSR is based on student-athletes who entered college as freshmen in 2011-14 and allows for the removal of those individuals from the cohort who left Duke in good academic standing.

Nationally, Duke led all Power 5 institutions and tied for the overall national lead with its 99 percent GSR. Only Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, Holy Cross, La Salle, Lafayette and Yale matched Duke's 99 percent GSR.

Among Power 5 schools, the top five in GSR included Duke (99), Northwestern (98), Notre Dame (97), Vanderbilt (97), Minnesota (96), South Carolina (96), Stanford (96) and Wake Forest (96).

A total of 19 Duke teams achieved a 100 percent GSR for the 2011-14 period: baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's fencing, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field and cross country, women's lacrosse, rowing, field hockey and volleyball.

Duke's remaining programs each achieved a GSR of 94 percent of better – football (96), men's lacrosse (96) and wrestling (94).

In the ACC, Duke's overall mark led the conference, followed by Notre Dame (97), Wake Forest (96), Boston College (95), Clemson (95), Syracuse (95), Virginia (95), Louisville (91), Miami (91), Pittsburgh (91), Georgia Tech (90), Virginia Tech (90), NC State (89), North Carolina (88) and Florida State (83).

Duke's football program was second nationally among Power 5 schools at 96 percent, and led the ACC. In the conference, Duke was followed by Louisville (93), Pittsburgh (93), Boston College (92), Wake Forest (89), Clemson (88), Syracuse (88), Virginia (86), Georgia Tech (85), Virginia Tech (80), Miami (78), NC State (74), North Carolina (66) and Florida State (58).

In men's basketball, Duke tied for the national lead with its 100 percent rate. Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, Syracuse, Virginia and Wake Forest each registered perfect scores. That group was followed by Boston College (88), Notre Dame (83), Pittsburgh (83), Louisville (80), Virginia Tech (77), Georgia Tech (64) and NC State (56).

Nine ACC women's basketball programs, including Duke, tied for the national lead with their 100 percent rates. Boston College, Duke, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Virginia were followed by Florida State (92), Wake Forest (92), Clemson (91), Georgia Tech (90), NC State (90) and Virginia Tech (82).

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