Commencement

2026 Graduates: Students who completed master’s degree requirements in their entirety by the end of the Summer 1 2025, Summer 2 2025, Summer Long 2025, Fall 2025, or Spring 2026 term and who submit a graduation application by March 1, 2026 are invited to participate in the annual spring commencement ceremony taking place in May 2025. Eligible graduates will receive an invitation to commencement and must RSVP by the deadline given. Only the names of the graduates who RSVP for commencement will be called at the ceremony; all graduates will be listed in the program.

Degree requirements include all course and fieldwork credits, the Integrative Master’s Project requirement (if applicable), and any prerequisites and/or workshops as defined in the catalog published the year of the student’s first term of enrollment and the individual letter of admission. All degree requirements must be completed or be in progress with expected completion by the end of the spring semester. Students who complete requirements after the spring term are invited to attend the following year’s ceremony. Students must be currently enrolled in the semester of their degree conferral.

Graduates will receive all commencement-related news via your Bank Street email. The March email included information on how to register for guest tickets. No walk-ins will be allowed entrance.

Academic attire is suggested, but not required, for the Bank Street Commencement ceremony. The invitation email sent to you in March tells you how to order your academic attire from the company called Oak Hall.

• Diplomas and certificates are not distributed at commencement and will be mailed to students approximately two months from the date of graduation.
• Diplomas are mailed to the address you indicated when you filled out your electronic Graduation Application.
• If you need to change the address where your diploma will be sent, please email registrar@bankstreet.edu.
• Diplomas will not be sent to students with holds. All financial obligations must be settled with the Business Office and books borrowed from the Library must be returned.
• Questions regarding diplomas should be sent to registrar@bankstreet.edu.