EDISON, NJ (June 4, 2024) – Amid the rapidly evolving college athletics landscape, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) student-athletes continue to excel in the classroom at high rates. Today the NCAA announced the latest four-year Academic Progress Rates (APR) and 34 MAAC teams achieved perfect APR scores (1,000) – 24 women’s and 10 men’s. Nine league sports saw an increase in their average rate from the 2021-22 report, while 14 MAAC sports posted rates above or equal to the national average (984).
According to the 2022-23 data, Fairfield University led all MAAC institutions with nine teams earning a perfect mark. Marist College followed with six teams recording perfect scores. Two conference schools recorded three flawless scores and they included Quinnipiac University and Siena College. Canisius University, Iona University, Mount St. Mary’s University, and Rider University registered two teams with a score of 1,000, while Niagara University had one squad with a perfect tally. A quartet of associate member teams achieved perfect scores additionally, which featured Dayton University (Women’s Golf), Jacksonville University (Women’s Rowing), Loyola University Chicago (Women’s Golf), and Villanova University (Women’s Water Polo).
For the third consecutive year since the APR returned, women's lacrosse had the highest MAAC multiyear average at 994. The largest improvement on the women’s side and in the MAAC, were basketball and swimming and diving at plus five, while men’s golf (+4) had the highest improvement on the men's side. Additionally, women’s basketball APR score of 987, ranked tied for 11
th nationally. Overall, the MAAC’s four-year average decreased by one from last year’s report, dropping to 983, which ranked tied for 18th nationally amongst the other 32 Division I conferences.
The APR, created to provide more of real-time measurement of academic success than graduation success rates offer, is a team-based metric where scholarship student-athletes earn one point each term for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. Schools that don't offer scholarships track their recruited student-athletes. The multiyear APR reflects NCAA Division I APR data submitted by schools for the 2019-20 through 2022-23 academic years.
| MAAC Teams with Perfect Multiyear APR Scores |
| Institution (Number of Teams) |
Sports |
| Canisius College (2) |
Women’s Swimming and Diving |
| Women’s Volleyball |
| Fairfield University (9) |
Men’s Basketball |
| Men’s Cross Country |
| Men’s Golf |
| Men’s Swimming and Diving |
| Softball |
| Women’s Cross Country |
| Women’s Soccer |
| Women’s Swimming and Diving |
| Women’s Tennis |
| Iona University (2) |
Women’s Soccer |
| Women’s Volleyball |
| Marist College (6) |
Men’s Tennis |
| Softball |
| Women’s Cross Country |
| Women’s Lacrosse |
| Women’s Rowing |
| Women’s Track |
| Mount St. Mary’s University (2) |
Men’s Golf |
| Women’s Tennis |
| Niagara University (1) |
Men’s Tennis |
| Quinnipiac University (3) |
Men’s Tennis |
| Women’s Golf |
| Women’s Lacrosse |
| Rider University (2) |
Women’s Basketball |
| Women’s Cross Country |
| Siena College (3) |
Men’s Cross Country |
| Men’s Golf |
| Women’s Soccer |
| Dayton University |
Women’s Golf |
| Jacksonville University |
Women’s Rowing |
| Loyola University Chicago |
Women’s Golf |
| Villanova University |
Women’s Water Polo |
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 43rd year of competition during the 2023-24 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College. Merrimack College and Sacred Heart University will join the MAAC as full members in the 2024-25 academic year, expanding the conference to 13 institutions.
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