---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 668.48"
title: "34"
number: "668.48"
heading: "Report on completion or graduation rates for student-athletes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/668.48"
---

# §668.48. Report on completion or graduation rates for student-athletes.

- (a)
  - (1) Annually, by July 1, an institution that is attended by students receiving athletically-related student aid must produce a report containing the following information:
    - (i) The number of students, categorized by race and gender, who attended that institution during the year prior to the submission of the report.
    - (ii) The number of students described in [paragraph (a)(1)(i)](#a-1-i) of this section who received athletically-related student aid, categorized by race and gender within each sport.
    - (iii) The completion or graduation rate and if applicable, transfer-out rate of all the entering, certificate- or degree-seeking, full-time, undergraduate students described in [§ 668.45(a)(1)](/cfr/34/668.45.md?p=a-1), categorized by race and gender.
    - (iv) The completion or graduation rate and if applicable, transfer-out rate of the entering students described in [§ 668.45(a)(1)](/cfr/34/668.45.md?p=a-1) who received athletically-related student aid, categorized by race and gender within each sport.
    - (v) The average completion or graduation rate and if applicable, transfer-out rate for the four most recent completing or graduating classes of entering students described in § [668.45(a)(1)](/cfr/34/668.45.md?p=a-1), [(3)](/cfr/34/668.45.md?p=a-3), and [(4)](/cfr/34/668.45.md?p=a-4) categorized by race and gender. If an institution has completion or graduation rates and, if applicable, transfer-out rates for fewer than four of those classes, it must disclose the average rate of those classes for which it has rates.
    - (vi) The average completion or graduation rate and if applicable, transfer-out rate of the four most recent completing or graduating classes of entering students described in [§ 668.45 (a)(1)](/cfr/34/668.45.md?p=a-1) who received athletically-related student aid, categorized by race and gender within each sport. If an institution has completion or graduation rates and if applicable, transfer-out rates for fewer than four of those classes, it must disclose the average rate of those classes for which it has rates.
  - (2) **For purposes of this section, <I>sport</I> means—**
    - (i) Basketball;
    - (ii) Football;
    - (iii) Baseball;
    - (iv) Cross-country and track combined; and
    - (v) **All other sports combined.**
  - (3) If a category of students identified in [paragraph (a)(1)(iv)](#a-1-iv) above contains five or fewer students, the institution need not disclose information on that category of students.
- (b) The provisions of § [668.45 (a)](/cfr/34/668.45.md?p=a), [(b)](/cfr/34/668.45.md?p=b), [(c)](/cfr/34/668.45.md?p=c), and [(d)](/cfr/34/668.45.md?p=d) apply for purposes of calculating the completion or graduation rates and, if applicable, transfer-out rates required under [paragraphs (a)(1)(iii) through (vi)](#a-1-iii..a-1-vi) of this section.
- (c) Each institution of higher education described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section may also provide to students and the Secretary supplemental information containing—
  - (1) The graduation or completion rate of the students who transferred into the institution; and
  - (2) **The number of students who transferred out of the institution.**
- (d) The provisions of [§ 668.45(e)](/cfr/34/668.45.md?p=e) apply for purposes of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 61788, Dec. 1, 1995. Redesignated and amended at 64 FR 59067, 59072, Nov. 1, 1999; 69 FR 12276, Mar. 16, 2004]

### Source

Source: 51 FR 43323, Dec. 1, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1001-1003, 1070g, 1085, 1088, 1091, 1092, 1094, 1099c, 1099c-1, 1221e-3, and 1231a, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 61788, Dec. 1, 1995. Redesignated and amended at 64 FR 59067, 59072, Nov. 1, 1999; 69 FR 12276, Mar. 16, 2004]