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Ready to Submit Your Intent to Graduate?

If you have completed at least 40 credit hours toward your associate degree, you can apply for graduation! Students completing a technical certificate may apply without meeting the hour requirement.

Select the semester in which you will complete all of your degree or certificate requirements. For example, if you will finish your requirements in Spring 2027, select Spring 2027 as your graduation term—even if you are submitting your application before the semester begins.

Choose your final semester below:

Fall 2026

Application Opens: April 1, 2026

To guarantee participation in the commencement ceremony and your name printed in the program: Apply by October 31, 2026

Application Closes: December 18, 2026

Intent to Graduate Application

Request for Technical Certificate

Commencement Information or contact graduation@columbiastate.edu

Spring 2027
Summer 2027
Fall 2027