The University of Minnesota Crookston received the Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence for the third-straight year. The award went to 43 Division II schools that have achieved an Academic Success Rate of 90% or higher.
Minnesota Crookston joined Augustana, and Concordia-St. Paul as three schools from the NSIC to earn the Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence.
“The Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence highlights what makes Division II truly distinctive — our unwavering commitment to the full success of our student-athletes,” said Colleen Perry Keith, president at Goldey-Beacom College and president of the Division II Executive Board. “Achieving a 90 percent Academic Success Rate is an extraordinary accomplishment, and these 43 institutions exemplify the balance of academic achievement, competitive excellence and personal growth that defines Division II. I am especially proud of the sustained dedication shown by the schools that have earned this honor year after year. Their consistency reflects a deep, campuswide commitment to ensuring that student-athletes are supported, challenged and prepared for life well beyond graduation.”
The Division II ASR includes transfers into a school in the calculation and removes those who transferred out of the school while academically eligible. The ASR also includes over 30,000 non-scholarship student-athletes in the division who were enrolled in the four years covered in the most recent data.
Even when using the less-inclusive federal graduation rate, student-athletes are outperforming their peers in the general student population by five percentage points. For Division II student-athletes, the federal rate is 58%, while the general student body federal rate is 53%.
This is the 15th year the award has been given. Seven schools have earned the award every year: Assumption, Bentley, Eckerd, Hillsdale, Rockhurst, Rollins and Saint Michael’s.
| Institution | Conference | ASR |
| Adelphi University | Northeast-10 Conference | 91% |
| Assumption University | Northeast-10 Conference | 93% |
| Augustana University (South Dakota) | Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference | 96% |
| Bentley University | Northeast-10 Conference | 98% |
| Biola University | Pacific West Conference | 92% |
| Cedarville University | Great Midwest Athletic Conference | 91% |
| Chestnut Hill College | Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference | 90% |
| Concordia University, St. Paul | Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference | 93% |
| Dominican University of California | Pacific West Conference | 95% |
| D’Youville University | East Coast Conference | 91% |
| Eckerd College | Sunshine State Conference | 90% |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida) | Sunshine State Conference | 91% |
| Emmanuel University (Georgia) | Conference Carolinas | 100% |
| Flagler College | Peach Belt Conference | 91% |
| Florida Institute of Technology | Sunshine State Conference | 92% |
| Florida Southern College | Sunshine State Conference | 92% |
| Georgia College | Peach Belt Conference | 93% |
| Hillsdale College | Great Midwest Athletic Conference | 99% |
| Holy Family University | Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference | 91% |
| Lake Superior State University | Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 90% |
| Maryville University of Saint Louis | Great Lakes Valley Conference | 90% |
| Mercy University | East Coast Conference | 95% |
| Michigan Technological University | Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 92% |
| Molloy University | East Coast Conference | 92% |
| Northwest Nazarene University | Great Northwest Athletic Conference | 93% |
| Nova Southeastern University | Sunshine State Conference | 91% |
| Oklahoma Christian University | Lone Star Conference | 92% |
| Pace University | Northeast-10 Conference | 90% |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | Pacific West Conference | 95% |
| Rockhurst University | Great Lakes Valley Conference | 92% |
| Rollins College | Sunshine State Conference | 98% |
| Saint Anselm College | Northeast-10 Conference | 90% |
| Saint Michael’s College | Northeast-10 Conference | 95% |
| Seton Hill University | Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | 93% |
| Southern New Hampshire University | Northeast-10 Conference | 91% |
| Texas Woman’s University | Lone Star Conference | 90% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference | 94% |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | Gulf South Conference | 94% |
| University of Bridgeport | Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference | 92% |
| University of Illinois Springfield | Great Lakes Valley Conference | 90% |
| University of Minnesota, Crookston | Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference | 91% |
| University of Texas at Dallas* | Lone Star Conference | 91% |
| Westmont College | Pacific West Conference | 92% |
