• Have you completed all of your academic requirements or will you complete them this term? (Note: February graduates must complete ALL coursework - including courses at other colleges and college-level testing - by the last day of the fall term; June graduates must complete all coursework by the last day of the spring term.)

• Have you achieved at least a 2.0 (undergraduate) or 3.0 (graduate) cumulative GPA?

• Undergraduate students: Have you achieved a 2.0 or greater GPA in your major, minor, and Wayland work?

• Have you provided all documentation of transfer work or will official, sealed transcripts be received by the San Antonio campus at least eight (8) weeks prior to the graduation ceremony?  (This requires courses be completed, tests taken, and transcripts ordered 3-4 months before the ceremony.)

• Have you passed all CLEP^® and DSST^® exams you plan to take and will official transcripts be provided by the documentation deadline?  (The most common thing that prevents a person from graduating is a failed CLEP^® or DSST^® test.)

• Have you been fully admitted to your desired degree program(s) (indicated by the receipt of a Permit to Enter and an official degree plan)?  Potential AAS grads who add the degree program through their Academic Advisor must wait at least six (6) weeks before completing an Application for Graduation to allow for the admittance process. 

• If you applied for re-admission this term, have you received confirmation of re-admittance (the receipt of a Permit to Enter)? 

• Are you satisfied with your major, minor, and degree programs?  Allow at least six weeks for any changes submitted through an Academic Advisor to take effect and a new Degree Plan to be issued (check with your advisor before completing an Application for Graduation).

• Are you within the 7 years allowed to complete a degree under a particular catalog?  Conversion to a new catalog year my result in additional degree requirements.

• Is your account current or are you making timely payments through Financial Services?

If you will not be attending the graduation ceremony, please complete a Request to Graduate in Absentia form.