The University of 北ern Colorado (UNC) celebrates its newest graduating class at its spring commencement ceremonies May 3-4, inside the Bank of Colorado Arena. 这 class includes the largest percentage of 第一个-generation 学生 receiving a bachelor’s degree in the past five years 和 the most diverse classes of graduate 和 undergraduate 学生 during that same timeframe.
Overall, 学院 Natural 和 健康 科学 is awarding the largest number of bachelor’s degrees this year, 和 学院 教育 和 Behavioral 科学 is awarding the largest number of master’s, specialist 和 doctoral degrees.
研究生 毕业典礼, recognizing approximately 389 学生 who will receive a doctoral, specialist or master’s degree, will take place on Friday, May 3, at 6 p.m.
Undergraduate 毕业典礼 will include three ceremonies on Saturday, May 4, recognizing approximately 843 学生 receiving bachelor’s degrees.
- The ceremony for graduates of both 学院 教育 和 Behavioral 科学 和 学院 执行 和 视觉 艺术 begins at 9 a.m.
- The ceremony for graduates of 学院 Natural 和 健康 科学 begins at 中午.
- The ceremony for graduates of both 学院 Humanities 和 Social 科学 和 肯尼斯·W. 蒙福特商学院 begins at 3 p.m.
An additional 309 学生 are expected to complete their degree requirements this summer 和 are eligible to participate in the spring ceremonies.
All ceremonies will be held at UNC的 Bank of Colorado Arena. Tickets are required for entry 和 are distributed to graduates electronically via 他们的bemail账户. Guests must obtain tickets before the ceremony as they are 门口没有人.
The ceremonies can be viewed in many ways, including livestream via UNC的 website 和 on social media platforms for family 和 friends watching from home. 大学 also offers live Spanish-language interpretation services 和 viewing spaces on campus for people who want a less crowded viewing space.
More information about tickets, parking locations 和 a campus map are available on UNC的 毕业典礼上网站.
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- The spring undergraduate class is the most diverse one in the past five years with the number of 学生 identifying as Hispanic/Latine (24.3%),多种族(5%)和 Black or African American (4.3%) at some of the highest percentages over that timeframe.
- 这 year marks the highest percent of graduate 学生 who identify as Hispanic/Latine graduating in a spring ceremony in the past five years, more than doubling from 7% 2020 - 2016年.7% in 2024.
- Undergraduate 学生 graduating this spring received over $24.总共400万美元 merit-based 和 private scholarships 和 grants (aid that doesn’t need to be repaid) throughout their UNC education.
- The spring class has the highest percentage of undergraduate 学生 in the past 5年(42岁).9%) who are the 第一个 in their families to earn a college degree.
Most popular undergraduate degree programs:
- 心理学(100)
- 业务 Administration (98)
- 基础教育(54)
- 护理(53)
- Criminology 和 Criminal Justice (45)
Most popular graduate degree programs:
- 业务 Administration (46)
- Special 教育 programs (46)
- 音乐(34)
- Sport 和 Exercise Science (28)
- 教育领导(19)
- 学校心理学(19)
- The spring class includes 35 undergraduate 和 graduate student athletes across the following programs: baseball, football, men’s basketball, men’s 和 women’s cross country, softball, swimming 和 diving, volleyball, women’s golf 和 women’s soccer.
- 这 class includes 54 United States veterans, 37 undergraduate 学生 和 17 graduate 学生.
- 研究生s come from 46 Colorado counties, 45 states 和 21 countries.
- The youngest graduate this spring is 19 years old 和 the oldest is 66.
- The College of Natural 和 健康 科学 graduated the largest number of undergraduate 学生 (260), followed by 学院 教育 和 Behavioral 科学 (200), College of Humanities 和 Social 科学 (193), 学院 执行 和 视觉 艺术 (107) 和 the 蒙福特商学院 (98).
- The College of 教育 和 Behavioral 科学 graduated the largest number of graduate 学生 (178), followed by College of Natural 和 健康 科学 (111), Monfort College of 业务 (46), College of 执行 和 视觉 艺术 (34) 和 College of Humanities 和 Social 科学 (20).
- UNC awarded the highest number of undergraduate degrees in the past five years in these areas: Musical Theatre (18) 和 English Secondary 教育 (16), 和 the number of graduate degrees awarded in 音乐(34), Clinical Mental 健康 Counseling (21) 和 Bio逻辑 科学 (16).
With the spring 2024 graduating class, UNC now has more than 141,600 living alumni living 和 working in all 50 states 和 more than 89 countries.
Data about UNC的 spring 2024 class is preliminary 和 based on demographics of 学生 who have applied to graduate as of April 12, 2024. Degrees are officially conferred 2024年6月.