UC s All-University December Commencement Ceremony

The University of Cincinnati holds its All University Commencement Ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, in Fifth Third Arena at Shoemaker Center. The formal procession into the Commencement Ceremony, which includes both graduates and faculty as well as administrators in full academic regalia, begins at 1:15 p.m.

Over summer and fall quarters there were 2,427 graduates that earned 2,437 degrees, including:

• 374 associate degrees
• 896 bachelor’s degrees
• 1,001 master’s degrees
• 166 doctoral degrees

There were 94 degrees awarded cum laude, meaning the graduates had a university grade point average between 3.60 and 3.7499

There were 63 degrees awarded magna cum laude, representing a university grade point average between 3.75 and 3.8999

There were 51 degrees awarded summa cum laude, representing a university grade point average between 3.90 and 4.000.

The oldest graduate from the period of summer and fall 2006, earning an associate degree, is 69. The youngest graduate over that period, also earning an associate degree, is 18.

The number of females earning degrees, 1,269 (52.3 percent) is slightly higher than the males, at 1,158 (47.7 percent).

12.9 percent of the graduates reflect a minority group (African-American, Hispanic, Asian and Native-American).

8.9 percent of the graduates are African-American

14.8 percent of the graduates are citizens of a country other than the USA

59 countries are represented in the summer-fall graduating class

The graduates also represent 47 states plus the District of Columbia