Spring 2025 Commencement Ceremonies, May 9-10

The University of Northern Colorado to celebrate over 1,500 graduates for the spring 2025 class.

Over 1,500 students are graduating from the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) on May 9 and 10, during the university’s spring 2025 Commencement ceremonies.

This year’s spring class includes approximately 1,173 undergraduate and graduate students. An additional 342 students are expected to complete their degree requirements this summer and are eligible to participate in the spring ceremony.

This year’s Graduate Commencement ceremony is on Friday, May 9, at 6 p.m. It recognizes over 500 students earning their master’s, specialist or doctoral degrees this spring or summer.

There are three Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 10, recognizing approximately 1,000 students earning their bachelor’s degrees this spring or summer. The ceremony schedule recognizes the graduates from specific colleges at the following times:

9 a.m.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business

12:30 p.m.

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
College of Performing and Visual Arts

3:30 p.m.

College of Natural and Health Sciences

All ceremonies will be held inside UNC’s Bank of Colorado Arena. Tickets are required for entry and are distributed to graduates electronically via their BearMail accounts. Guests must obtain tickets in advance of the ceremony as they are not available at the door.

The ceremonies can be viewed in many ways, including livestream via UNC’s website and YouTube channel for family and friends watching from home. The university also offers live Spanish-language interpretation services and viewing spaces on campus inside the arena and in Lindou Auditorium (located on the lower level of Michener Library) for people who want a less crowded or sensory-friendly viewing space.

More information about tickets, parking locations and a campus map are available on UNC’s commencement website.

About the Spring Graduates

The spring 2025 class of graduate students — those earning a master’s, specialist or doctoral degree — is more diverse and has a higher number of first-generation graduates compared to other spring classes from the past five years.

The percentage of graduate students who identify as Hispanic/Latine has more than doubled from 7% in 2020 to 17.1% in 2025. This class also has the highest percentage of students (28.8%) who are the first in their families to earn a graduate degree.

The undergraduate students graduating this spring received just under $25 million in combined merit-based and private scholarships and grants (aid that doesn’t need to be repaid) throughout their UNC education. Additionally, 66% of undergraduates were either paid work study or took an internship over the course of their degree program.
This year’s undergraduate class had over 300 students (36.8%) who are the first in their families to earn a college degree.
Our spring 2024 class includes 54 undergraduate and graduate student athletes across the following sports: baseball, football, men’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s golf, softball, swimming and diving, volleyball, women’s basketball, women’s soccer and wrestling.
Our spring class includes 60 United States veterans; 42 undergraduate students and 18 graduate students.
Our graduates come from 46 Colorado counties, 42 states and 16 countries.
Our youngest graduate this spring is 19 years old and our oldest is 65.
The College of Natural and Health Sciences graduated the largest number of undergraduate students (236), followed by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (184), the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences (173), the College of Performing and Visual Arts (127) and the Monfort College of Business (122).
The College of Education and Behavioral Sciences graduated the largest number of graduate students (136), followed by College of Natural and Health Sciences (129), Monfort College of Business (45), College of Performing and Visual Arts (28) and College of Humanities and Social Sciences (16).
Business Administration was the most popular undergraduate degree this spring (127), followed by Psychology (87), Criminology and Criminal Justice (56), Sport and Exercise Science (46) and Elementary Education (43).
Special Education was the most popular graduate degree this spring (46), followed by Business Administration (45), Music (27), Biomedical Science (22) and Sport and Exercise Science (17).
UNC awarded the highest number of undergraduate degrees in the past five years in Music (35), Early Childhood Education (26) and Physics (12), and the highest number of graduate degrees in the past five years in Nursing Education (12) and Athletic Training (11).

Data about UNC’s spring 2025 class is preliminary and based on demographics of students who have applied to graduate as of April 16, 2025. Degrees are officially conferred in June 2025.