Graduation Requirements
Students must satisfy all program and academic requirements to graduate.
Graduation Application
It is the student’s responsibility to meet with an advisor to discuss the application for graduation, as this form must be completed by the student’s academic or professional advisor. Completed forms should be submitted to the Student Accounts Office, which will forward the application to the Registrar’s Office. The graduation fee is paid to the Student Accounts Office and is non-refundable (see fee chart for fees related to the graduation application).
- Students may graduate at the end of the term in which they complete all degree requirements.
- If an applicant does not meet graduation requirements in the anticipated semester, their application will remain on file, and the fee will be applied to the following semester. Spring applications will remain on file through the subsequent fall semester.
- The Registrar's Office will confer any earned credentials once program requirements are verified at the end of the graduating term.
- Students must remain continuously enrolled each semester, except for the summer term, to graduate under the catalog in effect when they first enrolled.
- Diplomas are mailed to students six to eight weeks after the end of the graduation term. Students who complete a graduation application are eligible to participate in the annual commencement ceremony.
Commencement Participation Procedure
Craven celebrates graduation with one annual ceremony held at the end of the spring term. To participate in the ceremony, students must complete all coursework and graduation requirements by the summer of the graduation year. A student anticipating summer graduation must be within three (3) courses of completing the graduation requirements in the summer term to be eligible to participate.
Students who have completed a graduation application for the current academic year (Fall through Summer) will receive information and an invitation to the ceremony following the March application deadline. Students who apply for graduation after the spring deadline will be invited to the ceremony the following year. More information on commencement can be found here.