The announcement illustrates the CACC and its member institutions' amazing efforts to make sure student-athletes not just receive a college education, but also help to set a standard for academic excellence at their respective institutions.
The CACC's mark of 84 percent equals the conference's average in last year's NCAA findings. This year, the CACC is in sole possession of fourth place and only trailed the Northeast-10 Conference (89%), Sunshine State Conference (88%) and Great Lakes Valley Conference (85%).
The ASR is the percentage of student-athletes who graduate within six years of initial enrollment in college and includes virtually all Division II student-athletes, including transfers and those not receiving athletics scholarships.
The Division II ASR also captures about 50 percent more college athletes than the federal graduation rate. Unlike the federal graduation rate, the ASR also counts student-athletes who transfer to a school after initial enrollment elsewhere and removes from the rate student-athletes who leave school while academically eligible. The national ASR is 76 percent for student-athletes who entered college from 2012 through 2015.
"The CACC and its member schools work extremely hard in making sure that student-athletes don't just excel in their chosen sport, but also in the classroom," CACC Commissioner Dan Mara said. "Administrators throughout our conference do a great job of mentoring our student-athletes and teaching them that a college education will take them even further then they thought possible. Our student-athletes are learning valuable life lessons by achieving tremendous success in the classroom."
6 SCHOOLS AT 90% OR BETTER
Six CACC institutions posted ASR averages of 90 percent or higher. Thomas Jefferson University posted a league-high mark of 97 percent, while University of the Sciences (95%), Caldwell University (94%), Holy Family University (92%), Chestnut Hill College (91%) and Georgian Court University (90%) were the other five institutions to go 90 or higher.
The CACC had the second highest total of schools with a minimum score of 90 percent in the ASR study, as only the Northeast-10 Conference was higher with eight institutions.
WHERE THE 90 PERCENTERS RANKED NATIONALLY
Jefferson tied for fifth nationally with the highest overall ASR score at 97 percent. NCAA Division II features more than 300 institutions .
T5. Jefferson 97
T7. USciences 95
T10. Caldwell 94
T21. Holy Family 92
T27. Chestnut Hill 91
T42. Georgian Court 90
8 SCHOOLS OVERALL AT 80% OR BETTER
In all, eight CACC schools posted ASR marks of 80 percent or better. In addition to the 90-percent schools, Goldey-Beacom College (88%) and Felician University (86%) were the other two schools to reach 80 percent or better.
14-OF-16 CACC CHAMPIONSHIP SPORTS MET OR EXCEEDED NATIONAL AVERAGES
Fourteen (14) of the CACC's 16 championship sports (88%) met or exceeded the national ASR score in their respective sport.
| CACC Sport | CACC ASR Score | National ASR Score |
| Baseball | 78% | 78% |
| Men's Basketball | 73% | 66% |
| Men's Golf | 84% | 82% |
| Men's Soccer | 82% | 77% |
| Men's Tennis | 87% | 84% |
| Men's T&F/XC | 77% | 72% |
| Women's Lacrosse | 93% | 92% |
| Women's Soccer | 90% | 89% |
| Softball | 93% | 89% |
| Women's Tennis | 94% | 92% |
| Women's T&F/XC | 89% | 86% |
| Women's Volleyball | 91% | 88% |
One other CACC championship sport finished just a point shy of tying the national ASR average in its respective sport, including women's basketball (83% Natl / 82% CACC).
44 CACC TEAMS WITH PERFECT ASR SCORES
Forty-four (44) CACC programs earned perfect ASR scores of 100 percent. It marked the fourth-straight year the CACC topped the 40 mark for teams with perfect ASR scores. All 13 CACC institutions from a year ago had at least one team post a 100 percent ASR score in this year's standings.
ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY (3)
Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Women's Lacrosse
BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE (1)
Softball
CALDWELL UNIVERSITY (4)
Men's Basketball
Women's Basketball
Women's Lacrosse
Women's Volleyball
CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE (6)
Men's Golf
Men's Tennis
Women's Lacrosse
Softball
Women's Tennis
Women's Volleyball
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY (2)
Men's Golf
Women's Basketball
FELICIAN UNIVERSITY (4)
Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Women's Lacrosse
Softball
Women's Soccer
GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY (2)
Women's Soccer
Women's Volleyball
GOLDEY-BEACOM COLLEGE (3)
Men's Golf
Women's Tennis
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY (3)
Women's Soccer
Women's Basketball
Women's Volleyball
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY (9)
Baseball
Men's Golf
Men's Soccer
Women's Lacrosse
Softball
Women's Soccer
Women's Tennis
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Women's Volleyball
POST UNIVERSITY (1)
Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES (5)
Men's Basketball
Men's Tennis
Softball
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Women's Volleyball
WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY (1)
Women's Tennis
BRIDGEPORT RANKING
The University of Bridgeport is currently in its first year as a member of the CACC, so the institution's academic results are still listed under its previous conference. However, the Purple Knights posted an ASR score of 81 percent. UB had a pair of teams post perfect ASR scores of 100 percent, including men's cross country/track & field, and softball.
WOMEN'S BOWLING
Women's Bowling becomes the newest championship in the CACC in the 2022-23 campaign. However, several schools sponsored the sport of bowling prior to the CACC Championship, and two programs (competing in another conference) posted perfect ASR scores of 100, including Chestnut Hill and Felician.