<p>I think you have to look at what programs are offered to those student athletes who do not qualify for higher level (i.e. real degrees) programs, like quasi-business programs by some other name that do not require any math, finance, economics, or accounting. I personally know student athletes who have been admitted at Notre Dame with SATs in the low 800s. Something tells me theyre not taking the same classes as the average student, or if they are, Notre Dame isnt the school I thought it was. How can you compare matriculation rates without knowing which colleges offer the dumbed-down programs and which dont?</p>