On Monday, May 20, the University of Pennsylvania honors the Class of 2024 at the 268th Commencement. Approximately 6,000 students, undergrad and graduate, are expected to walk in the University-wide Commencement ceremony.
The gates at Franklin Field open at 8 a.m. and the official ceremony kicks off at 10:15 a.m. How many are graduating? How many are Civic Scholars? And how many graduate students were honored with Graduate Leadership Awards? Here are those numbers and more.
- 6,528
Number of May 2024 graduates, including the May 2024 graduates, 1,400 summer 2023 graduates and 1,304 December 2023 graduates; approximately 9,232 undergrad and graduate students are eligible to walk on May 20
- 7,105
Number of diplomas being awarded to May 2024 graduates (as of May 4), including 2,437 undergraduate degrees, 3,564 master’s degrees, 863 professional doctorates, and 241 Ph.D. degrees
- 9,909
Total number of diplomas for summer 2023, December 2023, and May 2024
- 67
Number of citizenship countries represented by the members of the traditional undergraduate Class of 2024
- 10
Civic Scholars among 2024 academic year traditional undergraduate degree recipients
- 3
Number of teams awarded the 2024 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prizes
- 12
Number of 2024 Graduate Leadership Awards conferred, honoring graduating students for service and lasting contributions to graduate student life at Penn
- 19
Class of 2023 graduating SNF Paideia Fellows
- 320+
Graduating students involved in extracurricular performing arts through Platt Performing Arts House
