Applying for Graduation

If you missed the online graduation application period, you may still apply online through BroncoDirect until the last day of the term.  If you do not see the term you wish to apply for please send an email to registrar@cpp.edu and one of our staff members will respond to you.

  * Commencement 2025 includes Fall 2024 graduates and students who have applied for Spring 2025 or Summer 2025 graduaion by the Commencement deadline.

 **  "I" is Incomplete / "RP" is Report in Progress

 *** "RCE" is Report of Culminating Experience, applicable for graduate students only.

• Once grades are posted, your record will be evaluated within 4-6 weeks and if all requirements are met, your degree will be awarded and your unofficial transcript will show your degree.
• Order an official transcript from the Registrar’s Office if you need to provide degree verification to an employer or another institution.

• Lack of approved document(s) is considered as a graduation deficiency.
• Notification regarding your graduation deficiencies will be sent to your Cal Poly Pomona email account. 

• Notification about your unsatisfied graduation requirements, which includes failure to submit necessary documentation by the appropriate deadline, will be e-mailed to your Cal Poly Pomona email account. 
• Your Transfer & Graduation Advisor will indicate on this email that your graduation has been deferred.
• Deferred candidates must reapply for graduation to be considered for graduation again. Submit a new Graduation Application online.

Graduation “out of residency” means when a student is discontinued from the university but may have fulfilled or is very close to fulfilling their final requirements (within 112 units) after leaving the institution.  In consultation with an academic advisor, the student may be considered for graduation without reenrolling in the university if the advisor can confirm that the student has completed all the remaining requirements through courses or via substitution petitions.  Once determined, they may petition to graduate while remaining in discontinued status. Students must meet the following criteria:

• earned at least 112 units toward the degree requirement
• in good academic standing

If the remaining degree requirements are unfulfilled, the student may reapply for admission or complete the outstanding courses through the College of Professional and Global Education (CPGE). Students will need to pay the graduation application fee and may be eligible to participate in commencement if they have not done so in the past.  For detailed information, contact the Registrar’s Office at registrar@cpp.edu.

• Any student who receives a Cal Poly Pomona degree during the academic year (Fall, Spring and Summer) is automatically eligible to participate in that year’s Commencement Ceremony held in May. 
• Information regarding the Commencement Ceremony may be obtained at Commencement website or from your major department.