INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Denver Division of Athletics' sport programs combined for a 96% Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in the 2017 cohort, and had 11 programs finish with perfect scores, the NCAA released on Wednesday. Both of those figures tied department records originally set four years ago in the 2013 cohort.
 
Denver's GSR is its seventh-consecutive Graduation Success Rate at 94% or better.
 
The Pioneers' 96% GSR ranks 41^st in the country, first among schools in the state of Colorado by three percentage points  and first in the Summit League by two percentage points.
 
DU tied a school record with 11 programs posting perfect scores, matching the 2013 cohort for Denver's best ever mark. Denver has at least 10 perfect programs in three-consecutive seasons.
 
In the 2017 cohort, men's basketball (10^th perfect score), men's golf (11), men's skiing (7), men's soccer (3), men's tennis (13), women's golf (12), women's gymnastics (16), women's lacrosse (5), women's skiing (20), women's swimming and diving (16), and women's tennis (9) all received perfect Graduation Success Rate scores.
 
Denver's Graduation Success Rate History 
2013 – 96  
2017 - 96
2011 – 95 
2014 – 95
2016 - 95
2012 – 94 
2015 – 94
2010 – 93 
2009 – 93 
2008 – 93 
2003 – 93 
2002 – 93 
2007 – 92 
2001 – 92 
2006 – 91 
2004 – 91 
2005 – 90 
2000 – 90 
1999 – 89 
1998 – 87 
  
Denver's Programs with Perfect Scores by Year 
2013 – 11  
2017 - 11
2002 – 10 
1998 – 10 
2015 – 10
2016 - 10
2014 – 9
2012 – 9 
2011 – 9 
2010 – 9 
2009 – 9 
2004 – 9 
1999 – 9 
2005 – 8 
2003 – 8 
2008 – 7 
2001 – 7 
2000 – 7 
2007 – 6  
2006 – 5 
  
Denver's Perfect Score Years by Program (Since turning DI in 1998-99)
Women's Skiing (20) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Women's Volleyball (16) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 
Women's Gymnastics (16) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017   
Women's Swimming and Diving (16) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Men's Tennis (13) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Women's Golf (12) – 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Women's Soccer (12) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 
Men's Golf (11) – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Men's Basketball (10) – 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Men's Swimming and Diving (10) – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Women's Tennis (9) – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Women's Basketball (7) – 1998, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 
Men's Hockey (6) – 1999, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 
Men's Skiing (7) – 1998, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Women's Lacrosse (5) – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2017 
Men's Soccer (3) – 2002, 2016, 2017
 
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