Student-Athlete GPA's Remain On Top
Boilermakers earn 2.86 semester GPA
Feb. 5, 2002
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - For the ninth consecutive semester, the grade-point average of Purdue student-athletes rose above those of the campus population.
Boilermaker athletes combined for a fall 2001 semester GPA of 2.86, while the campus average was 2.81. The cumulative average for student-athletes also was higher at 2.91 to 2.87 for the general campus population.
Fifty-two percent of the 482 athletes at Purdue achieved a semester GPA of 3.0 or higher, while 27.8 percent received semester honors. Among student-athletes, 36 earned a perfect 4.0 semester GPA.