Graduation Information

Students are responsible for applying for graduation. Students who are determined eligible for graduation by the College shall be awarded the appropriate degree, certificate, or diploma for their program. Responsibility for meeting the requirements for a degree, certificate, or diploma rests with the student.

In order to be graduated, a student must meet the following requirements:

• Have a cumulative grade-point average for all courses of at least 2.0. (There may be additional, specific requirements for particular programs.)
  
• Successfully complete all requirements as listed in the program for which the student is enrolled. (Any change in meeting these requirements must be approved by the Vice President and Dean for Academic and Student Affairs prior to the registration for the semester in which the student expects to receive the degree, certificate or diploma.)
  
• Satisfy the College's residency requirement: at least 30 hours of successfully completed credits taken at SUNY Ulster for a degree, 15 hours for a diploma, and at least half of the total required credits in certificate programs.
  
• Satisfy the College's General Education requirements.

Degrees, certificates and diplomas are conferred three times each academic year: fall, spring and summer. Commencement exercises are held each spring. All eligible students - that is, those who have completed all of their course work before the date of the Commencement exercise - are urged to attend. It is the student's responsibility to make a formal application for a degree, certificate or diploma in the Registrar's Office. There is a fee for rental of academic regalia and other ceremonial costs. If the student does not attend the formal graduation, a diploma will be issued by mail. Students may purchase a diploma cover at the College bookstore.

Application due dates are announced at the beginning of each semester. For spring semester graduation, the application is usually due in March. The fall graduation applications are due in October, and summer graduation application in June. Check with the Registrar's Office for the actual dates. Before submitting the application, prospective graduates are required to consult with their advisors to review requirements and to obtain the advisor's signature on the application for graduation certifying that the student is eligible to apply. Students should do this when they register for their final semester of study at SUNY Ulster, as it may be several weeks into the semester before the Registrar's Office reviews graduation applications; by then it may be too late to add courses if students have unfulfilled course requirements.

For instructions on completing and filing your Application for Graduation, and to download a copy of the application, click here.

For more information, contact:
SUNY Ulster
Registrar's Office
VAN 206
Stone Ridge, NY 12484
800-724-0833 or 845-687-5075
FAX: 845 687-5126
reginfo@sunyulster.edu