Commencement and Graduation Information

See the deadlines below and complete your Application for Graduation. The $50 application fee covers the cost of processing your audit and diploma.

Graduation Application Deadlines:

Fall:   August 1
Winter:   November 1
Spring:   February 1
Summer:   May 1

• Your record will be audited to ensure compliance with all graduation requirements.
• Preliminary audit results will be sent to your Walsh email account.
• Your degree will be posted 4-6 weeks after the completion of your final semester.
• Commencement invitations will be mailed out two months prior to a ceremony. You will only be mailed an invitation if you have a graduation application on file.

Please check My Profile in Self-Service for Students to confirm that the address we have on file is accurate. To update your address, please complete the Student Record Change Form.

Diplomas are not presented at the commencement ceremony.

• Your diploma is automatically mailed to you 4-6 weeks after your degree is posted. If you have a financial hold on your account, this must be resolved before your diploma is mailed.
• The date of completion on your diploma is the last day of the term that you finished your requirements-not the commencement ceremony date.
• Diplomas list degree name (e.g. Bachelor of Business Administration) and academic honors. The academic transcript is the complete record that includes degree name, major, honors, and other designations.
• Diplomas are prepared by our official diploma vendor, Diplomatic-the Michael Sutter Company. They will send an email to your Walsh account the day that your diploma is mailed. This email will include an eDiploma ordering option detailed below.
• The eDiploma option is available to all graduates and provides a secure and convenient way to verify their education. The eDiploma is a signed and certified PDF of your original paper diploma. The high-resolution Adobe certified PDF file can be retrieved and shared as many times needed. A certified eDiploma assures the recipient that the document is authentic, comes from a verified source, and has not been tampered with. The charge is $5.00 and you will receive it shortly after ordering. An eDiploma cannot be printed; it is a digital file only.

Diploma sizes:

• Certificate: 7”x 9”
• Undergraduate: 8” x 10”
• Graduate: 8.5” x 11”
• Doctoral: 11” x 14”

Replacement or duplicate diplomas can be ordered easily online for a $25 fee. Students can login to the online ordering site with their student ID and last name.

• If you do not know your student ID, or you graduated before March 2005, you can click on the “Submit a Diploma Request” icon on the website above.

If your degree has not been posted yet, we can create a letter indicating that you are a candidate for graduation.

•  Complete the verification form to have this letter created.

Your degree is posted to your transcript when graduation audits for the term are completed. You will know if your degree is posted by logging into the student portal and clicking on Self-Service for Students, My Academic Records, and Degree/Certificate Information.

• You may order your transcript at The National Student Clearinghouse website