Graduation Requirements

 To qualify for graduation, undergraduate degree candidates must complete all academic requirements. Any student deficient in any area will not receive degree conferral until the requirement is complete.

• Submit an online Graduation Application by the posted deadline.

• Students must complete the minimum required credits and coursework for their designated program.  

• Undergraduate students must complete all required coursework with a minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA and graduate/doctoral students must complete all required course work with 3.0 cumulative GPA.

• Program completion must be within 150% Maximum Time Frame years to date of first enrollment for their designated program

• Undergraduate students must complete the ATI Content Mastery Series of diagnostic assessments (pre-licensure students only). This includes the ATI RN Comprehensive Predictor Assessment.

• Undergraduate students must attend all 3 days of the Live NCLEX Review.

• Fulfill all financial and library obligations to Mount Carmel College of Nursing.

• Complete the online Financial Aid Exit Interview (required of every student who received any type of loan).

• All Complete the Business Affairs Exit Interview (required of every student who received an institutional loan).

• All If attending May Commencement, order authorized graduation cap and gown from jostens.com (earliest available order date will be announced to graduating students).

• Pre-licensure students may participate in May Commencement if they need to complete no more than two additional nursing clinical courses and are eligible to complete the nursing program within the calendar year.

• RN-BSN students may participate in May Commencement if they need to complete no more than two additional courses and are eligible to complete the nursing program by the end of Summer Session of the same calendar year.

• Second Degree Accelerated Program students who complete the program in February may participate in Commencement the following May.

• Graduate Students who will complete all requirements by the end of Summer Session of the same calendar year may participate in May Commencement activities.