Graduation Requirements

Prior to graduation, each degree, diploma, or certificate student must:

• Achieve regular program admissions status for program.
• Complete all academic requirements and program curriculum requirements.
• Earn a graduation grade point average of 2.0 or higher
• Be in good academic standing with Southern Crescent Technical College.
• A student must complete at least 25% of his or her credit hours at Southern Crescent Technical College in order to be awarded a diploma, degree, or certificate from Southern Crescent Technical College. The 25% does not include advanced standing through the transfer of credit, military credit, credit by exemption, credit by experience, or articulation.
• Settle all financial obligations with Southern Crescent Technical College, including the appropriate graduation fee.
• Submit a Graduation Application (for a degree, diploma, or certificate) with the advisor’s signature at least one term prior to completion to the Registrar’s Office.

Apply to Graduate

In order to verify your status as a Graduate, you must:

• Complete the Application to Graduate
• Submit your completed Application to your Faculty Program Advisor for completion
• Submit the completed application to the Registrar’s Office in person or by email at registrar@sctech.edu, after it has been signed by your Faculty Program Advisor.

Payment Information

• All students must pay the non-refundable processing fee of $40.00* when the graduation application is submitted, regardless of participation in the Graduation Ceremony.
• Graduation ceremony participants are required to purchase the graduation regalia package from Scholastic Images. The cost of the package is $70 plus $4.95 service charge (credit card) fee. Students may elect to pay an additional $25 shipping fee for regalia to be mailed directly to the mailing address provided. Please be advised that this fee is paid directly to Scholastic Images. Ordering information for graduation regalia is sent to students once they have completed the graduation registration process. Late fees, service charge, and shipping will apply automatically for students who do not order the graduation regalia package by the posted priority deadline.

  **Fees are subject to change

*Fees are subject to change

Graduation Ceremony Information

Southern Crescent Technical College’s graduation ceremony is held at the end of the Spring Term.

• Students who select the participation box on the graduation application are notified by email when information is available regarding the Graduation Ceremony and registration process.
• All students planning to participate in the commencement ceremony must register online via the “Information for Participating Graduates” website by the designated deadline.
• It is the student’s responsibility to initiate the graduation process including, completing the application to graduate, registering for the graduation ceremony, purchasing graduation regalia, and any other graduation related activities.
• Students who submit their graduation application after the posted priority deadline will not be eligible to have their name in the printed Commencement Day program.
• Graduation Commencement Ceremony Informational Website

Priority Deadline: All graduation applications must be submitted at least one term prior to completion of the program of study. Once received, the Registrar’s Office will complete an audit of missing requirements. To ensure your name is in the Graduation Program for the Spring 2026 Ceremony, we must receive your Graduation Application and the $40 non-refundable processing fee by Wednesday, March 25, 2026. After this date, your name will NOT be in the program.

For more information on the graduation ceremony or the graduation application process, please contact the Office of the Registrar, registrar@sctech.edu.