Graduating Students

Your faculty advisor is your primary contact for tracking your program completion. Discuss all program requirements—including the appropriate number of credits and specific courses required for your program—with your Academic Advisor. An important note to remember: A degree can be conferred only for currently enrolled students.

If you are not registered for classes, the Integrative Master’s Project, or supervised fieldwork in the semester you intend to graduate, you must register for matriculation maintenance (MMNT 500) by the end of the add/drop period.

You should review and track your program requirements. You should consult the Academic Course Catalog of the year you started your degree with us to ensure you are meeting your program requirements.

Degrees are conferred and posted on your transcript at the end of each semester. After our faculty grade submission deadline has past, the Registrar’s Office will review your record and, if you have completed all of your program requirements, we will confer your degree. Conferral dates are in May, June, August, and December.

Review the Graduation Application Deadlines above to see when your Graduation Application is due. You will need to complete the Graduation Application (log in to your Bank Street email to access the application) by the deadline to be eligible to graduate in your desired term. 

Check your Bank Street email address for the official review letter listing any unmet requirements that must be completed by the end of the term you plan to graduate.

Be sure you are registered in your final term. You will need to complete any coursework, IMP, or workshops. Check your myBSC account to be sure all of your grades are on file.

If you have any outstanding balance with the college (your balance is visible through myBSC), or if you are a financial aid recipient and haven’t completed exit counseling, a hold will be placed on your account and your diploma will not be released until the hold is lifted.

Please contact either the Bursar’s Office or Financial Aid if you need assistance with either type of hold.

Our Commencement Ceremony is held once a year. You will be invited to join us, provided you have completed or will complete your degree requirements between June (summer) and May (spring) of any given year, and you submitted your graduation application by the posted application submission deadlines. Students who complete requirements after the spring term are invited to attend the following year’s ceremony.

Log into your myBSC account to see that your degree is conferred (PDF). Please note we do not award Latin honors.

You will receive a packet of paperwork from the Registrar’s Office confirming the conferral of your degree. If earning your degree has made you eligible for New York State certification, this packet will also include instructions and detailed information to assist you in applying for certification.

Your diploma will be sent via certified mail to the address you supplied on your Graduation Application, provided you do not have any holds on your student account. Your diploma will be printed by an outside printer and will therefore take at least two months following your official graduation. If you need to provide evidence of completion of your program, please request an official transcript.

If you need to reorder your diploma, you can do so here.