The University of Wisconsin volleyball team scored a perfect 1,000 on the Academic Progress Rate for the 2008-09 academic year, one of three Division I programs in the state to achieve that lofty standard. A rating of 925 equates to a 50 percent graduation rate, which is calculated over a six-year period leading up to a given academic year, while a rating of 900 translates to a 40 percent graduation rate. Other UW programs with outstanding scores include womenâ??s golf at 993 and womenâ??s rowing at 991, which rank fifth and sixth on the list, respectively. Of the marquee sports at Wisconsin, womenâ??s basketball carried a 986, followed by womenâ??s hockey (983), football (968), menâ??s hockey (967) and menâ??s basketball (966).
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