Emory Report | May 30, 2000 |
Volume 52, No. 34 |
Number Crunch: graduation by the numbers Total number of graduates for the 1999-2000 academic year: 3,210 Total number of degrees awarded: 3,254 Undergraduate degrees awarded: 1,708 Graduate degrees awarded: 1,096 Professional degrees awarded: 442 Joint degree recipients: 45 Percent of female grads: 56.6 Number of international graduates: 173 Countries represented: 61 U.S. states represented: 47 Age of the youngest graduate: 20 Age of the oldest graduate: 71 Age of the oldest bachelor's degree recipient: 49 Number of degree recipients over 50: 43 Average GPA of Emory College graduates: 3.28 Percentage of Emory College graduates with a GPA of 3.5 or higher: 37.2 Rolls of film shot by University Photography: 91 Number of chairs set up in the Quad: 12,000 Hours required to set up chairs in the Quad: 2 1/2 Number of chairs at the satellite diploma ceremonies: 7,150 Number of volunteers from FM who set up chairs: 30 Number of volunteers outside FM who set up chairs: 0 Days required to set up the main stage canopy: 3 1/2 Standing ovations at the Central Ceremony: 1 Number of chrysanthemums set out: 285 Pounds of trash generated by Commencement ceremonies: 4,000 Pounds of trash recycled: 700 --Eric Rangus Return to May 30, 2000 contents page
|