CSUB 2025 Spring Commencement set for May 16-17
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — More than 2,300 students are expected to celebrate their graduation at the California State University, Bakersfield Spring Commencement on May 16 and 17.
The graduate ceremony is scheduled for Friday, May 16 at 7:45 a.m. Two undergraduate ceremonies are set for Saturday, May 17 at 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
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The Spring 2025 Graduate and Hooding Ceremony will confer six doctoral degrees in educational leadership and 296 students will earn master's degrees, CSUB said.
The College of Social Sciences and Education is expected to award 648 students with bachelor's degrees at the 8 a.m. undergraduate ceremony on Saturday.
At the 6 p.m. undergraduate ceremony the same day, the College of Arts and Humanities, Business and Public Administration, Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering and Academic Programs will award 566 students with bachelor's degrees, the school said.
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