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Graduation Fee
After you apply for graduation, you will need to pay a non-refundable Graduation Application Fee. You only pay the fee once per academic career and program. You can pay in your BroncoDirect Student Center (view How to Pay Your Graduation Fees on BroncoDirect (PDF)). Failing to pay the fee may prevent your diploma from being released.
- Application Fee through Summer 2025: $59
- Application Fee Beginning Fall 2025: $125
The fee covers the cost of your diploma, administrative review, commencement ceremony, and more. If you have questions about the Commencement ceremonies, email commencement@cpp.edu.
When the Fee is Charged
Undergraduate Students:
When your status changes on your Degree Progress Report to any of the following, you will receive an email and the fee charged on your Student Center account balance:
- Approved
- Degree Awarded
- Needs to Finish Pending Work
- Pending Administrative
- Program in Review
The Registrar’s Office will begin reviewing applications March 1 for spring graduates, August 1 for summer graduates, and October 1 for fall graduates.
Graduate Students:
Your status on your Degree Progress Report (if applicable) will change to “Applied for Graduation” at the end of your graduation term. You will receive an email and the fee charged on your Student Center account balance.
Graduation Application Timeline
| If you want to graduate in: | Access application in BroncoDirect beginning: | To get the graduating senior registration window, submit application by: | To be included in Commencement, submit application by: | To receive a graduation pre-check from the Registrar's Office, submit application by: | Graduation Clearance Period: | Resolve I and/or RP grades by: | Official Conferral Date (on Diploma and Transcript): |
| Spring 2025 | August 1, 2024 | October 4, 2024 | March 14, 2025 | March 14, 2025 | June 3 - July 11, 2025 | June 11, 2025 | May 16, 2025 |
| Summer 2025 | December 1, 2024 | March 7, 2025 | March 14, 2025 | July 21, 2025 | August 26 - October 3, 2025 | September 4, 2025 | August 15, 2025 |
| Fall 2025 | January 1, 2025 | March 28, 2025 | Included in Spring 2026 Commencement | October 24, 2025 | January 6 - February 13, 2026 | January 30, 2026 | December 14, 2025 |
Important Timeline Notes
All dates are subject to change.
• If you miss the online graduation application period, you can apply online through BroncoDirect until the last day of the term. If you do not see the term you wish to apply, email registrar@cpp.edu. Be sure to include your Bronco ID number in your message.
• Credential students do not need to apply for graduation.
• Commencement 2025 includes Fall 2024 graduates and students who have applied for Spring 2025 or Summer 2025 graduation by the Commencement deadline.
| If you want to graduate in: | Access application in BroncoDirect beginning: | To be included in Commencement, submit application by: | Graduation Clearance Period: | Resolve I and/or RP grades by: | Submit Report of Culminating Experience or Certificate of Completion By: | Official Conferral Date (on Diploma and Transcript): |
| Spring 2025 | August 1, 2024 | March 14, 2025 | June 3 - July 11, 2025 | June 11, 2025 | July 15, 2025 | May 16, 2025 |
| Summer 2025 | December 1, 2024 | March 14, 2025 | August 26 - October 3, 2025 | September 4, 2025 | September 4, 2025 | August 15, 2025 |
| Fall 2025 | January 1, 2025 | Included in Spring 2026 Commencement | January 6 - February 13, 2026 | January 30, 2026 | January 30, 2026 | December 14, 2025 |
Important Timeline Notes
All dates are subject to change.
• If you miss the online graduation application period, you can apply online through BroncoDirect until the last day of the term. If you do not see the term you wish to apply, email registrar@cpp.edu. Be sure to include your Bronco ID number in your message.
• Credential students do not need to apply for graduation.
• Commencement 2025 includes Fall 2024 graduates and students who have applied for Spring 2025 or Summer 2025 graduation by the Commencement deadline.
Additional Information:
To be able to access the graduation application in your BroncoDirect Student Center, you must meet all of the following eligibility criteria:
Undergraduate:
- Earned Units: 85+ earned units
- GPA: 1.85+ Cumulative GPA
- Remaining Units: No more than 36 units remaining toward degree completion
If you meet these requirements but do not see the link, email the Bronco Advising Center at bac@cpp.edu.
Graduate:
- Earned Units: 9+ earned units
- GPA: 2.75+ Cumulative GPA
If you meet these requirements but do not see the link, email the Registrar’s Office at registrar@cpp.edu.
- Once grades are posted, your record will be evaluated within 4-6 weeks and if all requirements are met, your degree will be awarded and your unofficial transcript will show your degree.
- Order an official transcript from the Registrar’s Office if you need to provide degree verification to an employer or another institution.
- Notification about your unsatisfied graduation requirements, which includes failure to submit necessary documentation by the appropriate deadline, will be e-mailed to your Cal Poly Pomona email account.
- Your Transfer & Graduation Advisor will indicate on this email that your graduation has been deferred.
- Deferred candidates must reapply for graduation to be considered for graduation again. Submit a new Graduation Application online.
- Lack of approved document(s) is considered as a graduation deficiency.
- Notification regarding your graduation deficiencies will be sent to your Cal Poly Pomona email account.
Graduation “out of residency” means when a student is discontinued from the university but may have fulfilled or is very close to fulfilling their final requirements (within 112 units) after leaving the institution. In consultation with an academic advisor, the student may be considered for graduation without reenrolling in the university if the advisor can confirm that the student has completed all the remaining requirements through courses or via substitution petitions. Once determined, they may petition to graduate while remaining in discontinued status.
Students must meet the following criteria:
- earned at least 112 units toward the degree requirement
- in good academic standing
If the remaining degree requirements are unfulfilled, the student may reapply for admission or complete the outstanding courses through the College of Professional and Global Education (CPGE). Students will need to pay the graduation application fee and may be eligible to participate in commencement if they have not done so in the past. For detailed information, contact the Registrar’s Office at registrar@cpp.edu.
- Any student who receives a Cal Poly Pomona degree during the academic year (Fall, Spring and Summer) is automatically eligible to participate in that year’s Commencement Ceremony held in May.
- Information regarding the Commencement Ceremony may be obtained at Commencement website or from your major department.