Diploma and Certificate Information

Graduation Application
Fees
Past Due Balances and Diplomas
Majors & Minors
Honors
Dimensions, Distribution, & Mailing
Replacement Diplomas
Reissuance of Diploma Upon Change of Name
Certified Electronic Credentials

Application for Graduation

All students must complete an application for graduation via their student tab in Lesesne Gateway.

The deadline for submitting the application for any given academic year is at the end of October. Please refer to the academic calendar for the graduation application deadline.

Degrees are not automatically awarded when requirements have been satisfied. It is the student’s responsibility to apply for degrees and certificates.

Fees

There is a $50 graduation fee for all undergraduate students and graduate students. There is a $25 graduation fee for all certificate students. For students pending graduation for the current semester, you will receive notification from the Office of the Registrar when this fee can be paid via Lesesne Gateway.

Past Due Balances and Diplomas

Diplomas will not be released to graduates who have outstanding financial holds. Contact Student Business Services if you have questions about balances or financial holds on your record. Students are responsible for notifying the Office of the Registrar (registrar@citadel.edu) when a past-due balance has been resolved.

Majors & Minors

Beginning in Spring 2019, all undergraduate diplomas will include a student’s major.

Minors are not printed on the diploma but are printed on the transcript.

Latin honors are shown on the diploma by a Citadel seal (if applicable).

Students will receive one diploma per degree earned. If a student completes two (or more) majors on the same degree, all majors will be included on one diploma. Degrees earned for each major are listed in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Honors

Commencement Honors

Commencement Honors are awarded to all qualifying undergraduate students in the graduating class.

Important Note: A qualifying student’s estimated honors will be reflected in The Citadel’s commencement program. Final commencement honors will be determined after the submission of all final grades for the respective term. Final commencement honors will reflect on both the graduate’s academic transcript as well as their diploma.

A degree summa cum laude is awarded to undergraduate students in the graduating class who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.900-4.000.
A degree magna cum laude is awarded to undergraduate students in the graduating class who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.700-3.899.
A degree cum laude is awarded to undergraduate students in the graduating class who have achieved a grade-point average of 3.500-3.699

Students pending summer graduation will not have commencement honors displayed in the commencement program, as a final GPA has not yet been calculated.

With Distinction

Graduate students who have earned a cumulative grade point average of a 4.0 will be recognized with the honor of “With Distinction”. This honor will be reflected in the commencement program. The honor of “With Distinction” will not be reflected on the graduate’s diploma, only on their academic transcript.

Graduate students pending summer graduation will not have the commencement honor of “With Distinction” displayed in the commencement program, as a final GPA has not yet been calculated.

Dimensions, Distribution, & Mailing

Diploma dimensions are 16″ x 20″.

Certificate dimensions are 14″ x 11″.

Diplomas are mailed to the address that the student provides on their Application for Graduation upon verification of cleared account with the Office of the Treasurer.

Students are responsible for ensuring that their mailing address is up to date with the Office of the Registrar.

Replacement Diplomas

Alumni may request a replacement diploma by submitting the Diploma Request form along with payment. If you have selected to pay by credit card, a member of our staff will email you instructions for credit card payments. Credit Card information should not be included on the form since it is not PCI compliant if submitted via email. Please allow up to three months for delivery.

The replacement diploma fee is $50 for a diploma and $25 for a certificate. Diplomas will be reproduced on the engraver’s current paper stock using the signatures of current officials of the State and the College. In other words, the replacement diploma may not be an exact duplicate of the original. However, the diploma will match your official academic record on file (name, degree, and conferral date).

Certified Electronic Credentials

CeCredentials are electronic versions of a student’s diploma or certificate. Currently, CeDiplomas are available to Citadel graduates from May 2016 and forward, and CeCertificates are available to graduates from May 2018 and forward.

To access your CeCredential after you graduate, go to https://www.citadel.edu/cediploma/ and click “Register/Download now”. You will be prompted to enter your User ID and PIN. Your user ID is your CWID. Your PIN is REG and the last four numbers of your social security number (for example, REG6789). Once you have logged in, select the “Student” tab, then select “Get CeCredential”.

Additional information regarding CeCredentials is available here.