{"id":259482,"date":"2026-05-05T17:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/259482\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:41:08","slug":"florida-state-earns-school-record-academic-progress-rate-for-second-straight-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/259482\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State Earns School-Record Academic Progress Rate for Second Straight Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE\u00a0\u2013 Florida State Athletics has earned a school-record multi-year Academic Progress Rate of 993, it was announced Tuesday, bettering the previous record of 992 set in last year&#8217;s report.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;Breaking our record APR for the second straight year is a direct testament to the hard work by our student-athletes and the support of the university and our academic staff,&#8221; Vice President and Director of Athletics <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/staff-directory\/michael-alford\/119\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"119\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Alford<\/a> said. &#8220;Florida State continues to provide a complete experience as our student-athletes reach new heights in competition and in the classroom. A Florida State degree is among the most valuable in the country, and I&#8217;m proud of our student-athletes who continue to take advantage of all the opportunities and resources available to set a solid foundation for their future.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFive programs earned a perfect 1,000 score over the four-year span concluding with the 2024-25 academic year, the second-highest total of perfect scores in department history. Women&#8217;s golf earned a perfect score for the 16th straight year, while women&#8217;s tennis earned its ninth straight perfect APR mark. Volleyball posted a perfect score for the fifth year in a row and seventh time in program history, and beach volleyball posted a perfect score for the third consecutive year and sixth time in program history. Softball had a perfect 1,000 for the second straight year and third time in program history.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFive additional programs earned a score of 990 or higher. Men&#8217;s swimming and diving posted a score of 997, while men&#8217;s tennis and women&#8217;s soccer both scored 994. Football earned a program-best score for the fourth straight report after scoring a 993. Football&#8217;s score ranked third in the ACC, with men&#8217;s swimming and diving and men&#8217;s tennis both posting the fifth-highest score in the conference for their sports.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAdditionally, 12 sports posted a perfect single-year APR score for the 2024-25 academic year. Women&#8217;s basketball, beach volleyball, men&#8217;s cross country, football, men&#8217;s golf, women&#8217;s golf, softball, soccer, men&#8217;s swimming and diving, men&#8217;s tennis, women&#8217;s tennis and volleyball all earned a 1,000 score.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe APR was established to recognize institutions 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE\u00a0\u2013 Florida State Athletics has earned a school-record multi-year Academic Progress Rate of 993, it was announced Tuesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-259482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}