MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (May 6, 2025) – West Virginia University’s varsity athletic teams have a combined Academic Progress Rate (APR) score of 989 according to data released today by the NCAA.
WVU’s average APR score of 989 is five points higher than the NCAA’s overall four-year APR average score of 984.
“I would like to congratulate the rifle, cross country and track & field teams for their perfect four-year scores,” Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker said. “Our teams continue to excel in the classroom and in competition, and we are all proud of the high level of academic success with our student-athletes and their commitment to West Virginia University.”
The APR is based upon eligibility and retention of student-athletes on a semester-by-semester basis and is an assessment of real-time academic success. The results of the fall and spring semesters, in a given year, are calculated as that year’s APR score and averaged with the respective scores from the previous three years to provide a four-year (multi-year) snapshot of academic achievement.
Any student-athlete receiving athletic aid in a varsity sport can earn up to four points per year for being academically eligible and remaining enrolled in the institution. A team’s APR is the total points earned on the roster divided by that squad’s total possible points, multiplied by 1,000.
Teams must achieve a 930 multi-year APR to avoid immediate penalties (involving the possible reduction of practice time and access to postseason competition).
The current multi-year APR scores for WVU’s varsity teams (2020-21 to 2023-24): baseball 976; men’s basketball 988; women’s basketball 973; cross country 1,000; football 980; golf 993; gymnastics 995; rifle 1,000; rowing 990; men’s soccer 982; women’s soccer 991; men’s swimming and diving 998; women’s swimming and diving 998; tennis 965; track and field 1,000; volleyball 994; and wrestling 993.
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