MURFREESBORO, TN – Middle Tennessee's NCAA Graduation Success Rate set a new school record at 93 percent, as announced by the NCAA national office on Tuesday. It's the seventh straight year MT has either equaled or set a new school record.

The Graduation Success Rate (GSR) is a four-year measure of freshmen and athletic transfers who entered Middle Tennessee between the fall semester of 2010 and the spring semester of 2013. This marks the eighth straight year that Middle Tennessee has scored above 80 percent. The last eight GSR scores for Middle Tennessee have been 93, 92, 89, 88, 87, 87, 87 and 82.

The Blue Raiders also ranked second out of the 14 teams in Conference USA, trailing only Rice who scored 94. MT and Rice were the only schools to top the 90 percent mark.

Middle Tennessee had eight programs score a perfect 100 percent GSR score. Baseball, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Soccer, and Volleyball all registered a 100 percent score. Football was next in line with an impressive score of 95.

The Blue Raiders' score of 95 percent in football ranked tied for third nationally (Northwestern 97, Duke 97, MT 95, Vanderbilt 95) and easily led the way in Conference USA as Rice was second at 88 percent. Among all FBS schools in the state of Tennessee, the Blue Raiders matched Vanderbilt for the best mark as Memphis recorded a 90 and Tennessee had an 83.

"I am extremely proud of the hard work, dedication and commitment our student-athletes have shown academically and also athletically," said Director of Athletics Chris Massaro. "Our coaches deserve a ton of credit for building a culture of graduating student-athletes and winning championships. Our academic success can also be credited to the team we have in place from President McPhee to Vice President Deb Sells, Faculty Representative Terry Whiteside, and Todd Wyant, the director of our student-athlete enhancement center."

Conference USA Overall GSR Scores

Rice 94
Middle Tennessee 93
Charlotte 89
UAB 89
Marshall 89
UTEP 86
North Texas 86
Southern Miss 84
FIU 84
FAU 84
UTSA 83
WKU 82
ODU 81
LA Tech 78

Conference USA Football GSR Scores

Middle Tennessee 95
Rice 88
Marshall 84
UTEP 83
UTSA 83
North Texas 81
Charlotte 80
FAU 74
UAB 73
Southern Miss 70
FIU 69
WKU 64
ODU 63
LA Tech 61