FSU FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION RATE JUMPS TO RECORD 82%, RANKING AMONG NATION'S BEST

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 28 -- Florida State University issued the following news release:

Florida State University has reached a new milestone in student success, with arecord82% of its students graduating in four years, the highest four-year graduation rate ever achieved in the State University System of Florida.

The new four-year graduation raterepresentsa four-percentage-point jump fromlast year's record of 78%.Using the most recent publicly available data, FSU'sOffice of Institutional Researchprojects the new rate wouldtie the University of Michigan at No. 7 among public universitiesnationally.

FSU alsomaintainedits record six-year graduation rate and set anew recordfor the graduation rate of students who transfer to the university f...