Graduation Information

APUS confers degrees 6 times a year on the first day of the months of February, April, June, August, October, and December. For students in a certificate program, APUS awards certificates on the first day of each month. 

"Conferral date" is defined as the date on which a student's degree is officially awarded. Due to outstanding financial obligations, outstanding grade appeals, or established conferral schedules, students may actually complete their degree requirements before their degree is officially conferred.

To be eligible for the conferral of a degree or awarding of a certificate program, students must:

• Have fulfilled all course requirements in their program.
• Have a GPA of 2.0 in an undergraduate program or 3.0 in a graduate program.
• Fulfilled all program requirements within the published program deadline.
• Completed all course requirements within 150% of courses attempted vs. courses successfully passed.
• Applied for graduation and passed all applicable audits.
• Have no outstanding balances.

It is critical that students maintain an accurate email address and shipping address in their student record. Students will incur additional charges if we need to reship misdirected diplomas or transcripts due to a shipping address that is not valid. A student's conferral could also be delayed if they are not receiving notifications of outstanding graduation process requirements.

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A student's conferral date will not be reflected on any transcript they order until the conferral date has occurred, regardless of when a student received final clearance for their program.

For more information on GPA requirements, program deadline requirements, or SAP requirements (150% rules), students should review the Before Starting a Program for Undergraduate, Masters, or Doctoral section of the Student Handbook.