[82lsju]

At some other universities there are MA "programs" that cater to grad student athletes, with low admissions requirements, few demands, and (often) appalling completion rates.  Admissions is so loose that you can your application can be approved on a rotating basis at the last minute. 

As far as I know, the NCAA has focused heavily on improving undergraduate retention and graduation rates but I don't think they monitor grad program completion rates.  For example, most serious MA programs are two years in length.  If they are one year programs they are so intense that there would be no time available for athletics.  I would be interested to know how many NCAA grad students complete both years of their grad programs?  If their athletic scholarship pays for the first year, who pays for the second?  Far more likely is that the "student"-athletes complete a few courses in their first year and drop out when their athletic eligibility is over, and the NCAA doesn't care since they already have their undergraduate degree.

Needless to say, this is not what universities with academic integrity do.

several years ago the NCAA did publish grad transfer graduation rates for football, MBB, and WBB.  They were all pretty low, my recollections was in the 30 percent range.  I have looked for but not been able to find similar data for several years.

[82lsju]

At some other universities there are MA "programs" that cater to grad student athletes, with low admissions requirements, few demands, and (often) appalling completion rates.  Admissions is so loose that you can your application can be approved on a rotating basis at the last minute. 

As far as I know, the NCAA has focused heavily on improving undergraduate retention and graduation rates but I don't think they monitor grad program completion rates.  For example, most serious MA programs are two years in length.  If they are one year programs they are so intense that there would be no time available for athletics.  I would be interested to know how many NCAA grad students complete both years of their grad programs?  If their athletic scholarship pays for the first year, who pays for the second?  Far more likely is that the "student"-athletes complete a few courses in their first year and drop out when their athletic eligibility is over, and the NCAA doesn't care since they already have their undergraduate degree.

Needless to say, this is not what universities with academic integrity do.

several years ago the NCAA did publish grad transfer graduation rates for football, MBB, and WBB.  They were all pretty low, my recollections was in the 30 percent range.  I have looked for but not been able to find similar data for several years.