The Academic Progress Rate (APR), explained
A Division I team-level score out of 1,000 that tracks whether scholarship players stay eligible and stay at the school, term by term.
How it works
- Each scholarship athlete earns up to two points per term: one for staying academically eligible, one for staying enrolled (or graduating).
- The team's points divided by the possible points, ×1,000, is the single-year APR; the NCAA publishes a four-year multi-year rate, which is the one on our pages.
- 930 is the floor: below it a team faces penalties (practice limits, postseason bans). 985+ puts a team among the strongest academically.
- Retention is the share of players who stayed; eligibility the share who stayed eligible. A team with a high APR but retention in the low 90s loses players early — a signal worth asking about.
Division I only; the most recent public release is what these pages show. Newer scores are on the NCAA's APR search site for one team at a time.
Read it on a program page
Each Division I program page lists the multi-year APR, the latest annual rate, and retention and eligibility percentages, with a percentile against the sport's other Division I programs and the division median. Browse programs.