The 2024 Commencement Ceremony is Tuesday, May 28 at Barclays Center, Brooklyn. More information to follow.

Opportunities to Transform Lives
Commencement
Dates & Info

Apply for Graduation
Spring graduates: ​​March 31, 2024
Summer graduates: July 31, 2024

Pay Your Tuition
All eligible graduates must pay their tuition in full by 11:59pm on April 14, 2024. Please email bursar@jjay.cuny.edu with questions.

Important Links
Apply for graduation

Graduating with honors & awards
Commencement checklist
Order your cap & gown
Order your class ring

Commencement Vendors

Take your photos in the studio

Studio
To schedule your senior portraits, visit Thornton Studios, https://www.thorntonstudio.com/ and use codeL studio to schedule your session at Thornton Studios.

*To be included in the 2023-2024 John Jay yearbook, your senior portrait must have been taken by the latest, Friday, February 16, 2024.

Students must wear a cap and gown in order to enter the Commencement venue and participate in the ceremony. 

  • Order by April 5, 2024 to receive your cap and gown before grad salute event.
  • Order by April 20, 2024 to receive your cap and gown before the hooding event.
  • April 28, 2024 – LAST DAY to Order your Cap & Gown.

Order here: https://oakhallcg.com/pages/johnjay

Order your in person or online

In person dates
March 5th and 7th
April 9th, 10th and 11th

12:00pm-6:00pm - Kroll Atrium

Online
https://www.balfour.com/cuny-jjay 

Frequently Asked Questions

Contact us

Room L.69NB
524 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019 
P: 646-557-4888
E: graduation@jjay.cuny.edu

To view Commencement Archives, visit here.