Indianapolis, Ind.– For the second consecutive year, Chestnut Hill College earned recognition among elite academic company as one of 44 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) institutions to receive the Division II Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence. The Presidents' Award honors NCAA athletic programs with four-year Academic Success Rates of 90 or greater. This year's honor also marks the fourth time the Griffins' athletic program has received the award.
The Griffins are tied for 39th in Division II for Academic Success Rate (ASR) at 90 percent (2013-16 cohorts). The Chestnut Hill College athletic program has been submitting ASR data to the NCAA since 2008-09. In the 13-year span from 2009-2023, the Griffins have compiled an average ASR of 87%. Chestnut Hill was among five programs from the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference to earn the President's Award for Academic Excellence.
The Presidents' Award is given to schools that achieve a four-year ASR of 90 percent or higher. It is the 13
th year of the program. The ASR is the percentage of student-athletes who graduate within six years of initial collegiate enrollment and includes virtually all Division II student-athletes that participate in NCAA sponsored sports, including transfers and those not receiving athletic scholarships.
The NCAA and the federal government measure time to graduate within a six-year window of first-time enrollment. Thus, the graduation rates for the 2013-2016 cohorts would have been reported from 2020 to 2023.
Bentley and Saint Michael's were the top performers, earning an ASR of 99%. Biola, D'Youville, Hillsdale and Jefferson University rounded out the top six, each earning an ASR of 98%.
The complete list of the 44 schools receiving the award is below:
| Adelphi University |
Northeast-10 Conference |
91% |
| Assumption University |
Northeast-10 Conference |
91% |
| Augustana University (South Dakota) |
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference |
91% |
| Barry University |
Sunshine State Conference |
92% |
| Bentley University |
Northeast-10 Conference |
99% |
| Biola University |
Pacific West Conference |
98% |
| Caldwell University |
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference |
94% |
| Cedarville University |
Great Midwest Athletic Conference |
95% |
| Chestnut Hill College |
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference |
90% |
| Colorado Christian University |
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference |
91% |
| Colorado School of Mines |
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference |
91% |
| Concordia University, St. Paul |
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference |
93% |
| Davis & Elkins College |
Mountain East Conference |
91% |
| Dominican University of California |
Pacific West Conference |
94% |
| D'Youville University |
East Coast Conference |
98% |
| Eckerd College |
Sunshine State Conference |
92% |
| Emory & Henry College |
South Atlantic Conference |
94% |
| 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 |
94% |
| Goldey-Beacom College |
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference |
91% |
| Hillsdale College |
Great Midwest Athletic Conference |
98% |
| Holy Family University |
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference |
93% |
| Lewis University |
Great Lakes Valley Conference |
93% |
| Maryville University of Saint Louis |
Great Lakes Valley Conference |
90% |
| Mercy University |
East Coast Conference |
94% |
| Michigan Technological University |
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
94% |
| Molloy University |
East Coast Conference |
90% |
| Pace University |
Northeast-10 Conference |
90% |
| Point Loma Nazarene University |
Pacific West Conference |
92% |
| Rockhurst University |
Great Lakes Valley Conference |
94% |
| Rollins College |
Sunshine State Conference |
96% |
| Saint Anselm College |
Northeast-10 Conference |
92% |
| Saint Martin's University |
Great Northwest Athletic Conference |
90% |
| Saint Michael's College |
Northeast-10 Conference |
99% |
| Seattle Pacific University |
Great Northwest Athletic Conference |
94% |
| Southern New Hampshire University |
Northeast-10 Conference |
91% |
| St. Edward's University |
Lone Star Conference |
90% |
| Thomas Jefferson University |
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference |
98% |
| Trevecca Nazarene University |
Great Midwest Athletic Conference |
94% |
| Truman State University |
Great Lakes Valley Conference |
91% |
| University of Minnesota, Crookston |
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference |
90% |
| Western Washington University |
Great Northwest Athletic Conference |
91% |
