Houston Cougars men's and women's basketball and NCAA's Academic Progress Rate (APR)

UPDATED: May 10, 2019 -- 1:17 p.m. CT

POSTED: May 10, 2019 -- 12:07 p.m. CT

Earlier this week, the NCAA announced the Academic Progress Rate (APR) for all of its Division I member institutions for the 2017-'18 academic year as well as the overall four-year APR ending with the 2017-'18 academic year.

NOTE: A perfect APR score is 1000.

The four-year rates include student-athletes who were in school between the 2014-15 and 2017-18 academic years. The four year rate for men's basketball was 967 and 982 for women's basketball.

According to the NCAA, the "APR holds institutions accountable for the academic progress of their student-athletes through a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of each student-athlete for each academic term."

Here's how the APR is calculated:

• Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one point for staying in school and one point for being academically eligible.
• A team's total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by 1,000 to equal the team's Academic Progress Rate.
• In addition to a team's current-year APR, its rolling four-year APR is also used to determine accountability.

Example:

10 players finish the term academically eligible and are retained for the spring semester. 10 x (2 of 2) = 20 of 20.

1 player is retained for the spring semester buy is academically ineligible. 1 x (1 of 2) = 1 of 2

1 player leaves the institution while academically eligible. 1 x (1 of 2) = 1 of 2

1 player leaves the institution while academically ineligible. 1 x (0 of 2) = 0 of 2.

Semester Total: 22 of 26.

APR Calculation: 22 / 26 = 0.846. 0.846 x 1000 = 846 APR.

Teams must earn a four-year average APR of 930 to compete in championships.

Academic Year	APR	Multiyear		Academic Year	APR	Multiyear
2004-'05	N/A	898		2004-'05	N/A	911
2005-'06	N/A	898		2005-'06	N/A	911
2006-'07	N/A	901		2006-'07	N/A	903
2007-'08	N/A	900		2007-'08	N/A	921
2008-'09	837	885		2008-'09	944	930
2009-'10	960	907		2009-'10	1000	946
2010-'11	900	910		2010-'11	900	951
2011-'12	938	908		2011-'12	875	926
2012-'13	979	946		2012-'13	970	934
2013-'14	960	946		2013-'14	983	932
2014-'15	906	944		2014-'15	937	941
2015-'16	1000	964		2015-'16	1000	973
2016-'17	957	959		2016-'17	931	964
2017-'18	929	950		2017-'18	983	964

As noted in the above table, the Houston Cougars men's basketball team had an APR of 929 in the 2017-'18 academic year and an APR of 950 for the multiyear four-year period from 2014-'15 to 2017-'18.

As noted in the above table, the Houston Cougars women's basketball team had an APR of 983 in the 2017-'18 academic year and an APR of 964 for the multiyear four-year period from 2014-'15 to 2017-'18.

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