Graduation

Click the "Apply for Commencement" button at the top of the KC Portal main page.

The Keuka College email you use while you are a student will be turned off 6 months after you graduate. An email invite will get sent to your student account shortly after graduating to have an alumni email account created. 

A minimum of a 2.0, however, check your Program evaluation, each program has its own GPA requirements.

See the Academic Calendar for dates

Diplomas are mailed 4-6 weeks after you are conferred.

A minimum of 120 credits is required to graduate, however, your program and individual situation may require more. Use your program evaluation to check the status of your credits earned.

Not necessarily. You may participate in commencement if you are within 15 credits of completing your program. You will be conferred when you have met all of your degree requirements.

You must complete a Field Period for every 30 Keuka College credits required for your program.

No, only active students are licensed to use Keuka College’s Microsoft 365 account. Graduated students will lose access to their Microsoft 365 license immediately following graduation.

Degrees are conferred on the last day of every month. Students are eligible for conferral upon successful completion of all degree requirements and all grades have been entered by the instructor. Diplomas are mailed out 4-6 weeks after a degree has been conferred. 

Conferrals are done monthly depending on program completion, however, there is only one commencement ceremony in May.

If you do not attend the commencement ceremony your diploma will be mailed to the address that we have on file, 4-6 weeks after you have completed your degree requirements.

All graduation requirements can be found in our College's catalog here. Please note that it is the student's responsibility to ensure that they have satisfactorily met all requirements for graduation.

Latin Honors are given to students who have demonstrated high academic performance. Eligibility for Latin Honors is found in our College's catalog here.