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СÓÅÊÓƵ will honor 1,992 students at its 162^nd commencement on Saturday, May 9, during three separate ceremonies at the Expo Hall at the Florida State Fairgrounds.

The ceremony for graduates of the Sykes College of Business will take place at 8 a.m.; the ceremony for graduates of the College of Natural and Health Sciences will follow at 12:30 p.m.; and the final ceremony, for the graduates of the College of Social Sciences, Mathematics and Education and the College of Arts and Letters, will take place at 4:30 p.m.

Between the three ceremonies, there are 1,745 bachelor’s degree candidates and 247 master’s degree candidates. The ceremonies also recognize the master’s candidates who will officially graduate in August.

At the morning ceremony, Lauren Thomas Compton MBA ’04, CEO of Thomas Financial, will give the address, and Samuel McShane ’26 will deliver the student challenge. In the 12:30 p.m. ceremony, Maria Weizer ’96, co-founder of Redan Strategies, will give the address, and Julia Morelli ’26 will deliver the student challenge. In the last ceremony, Lee H. Matthews ’67, a clinical neuropsychologist, will give the address, and Alicia Ambra ’26 will deliver the student challenge.

Here are some statistics about the graduates:

Total graduates: 1,992
Countries represented: 13
Percent of graduates from Florida: 39%

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Undergraduate students

Total bachelor’s degree candidates: 1,745
Summa cum laude (GPA 4.0): 15
Magna cum laude (GPA 3.75 or higher, but less than 4.0): 202
Cum laude (GPA 3.5 or higher, but less than 3.75): 303
Most popular undergraduate majors: Allied Health, Finance, and Marketing

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Graduate students

Total candidates: 247
With highest honors (GPA 4.0): 19
With honors (GPA 3.9 or higher, but less than 4.0): 14
MBAs awarded: 41
Doctorates awarded: 18