Graduation Information

Step 1. Please meet/contact your faculty advisor to update and finalize your degree plan.  This will help ensure that you have met or will meet all the requirements in order to graduate from your major of study. 

Step 2. Pay Undergraduate Graduation Fee ($25)
Bachelor's Degree/2nd Bachelor's Degree

Payment is not required to complete the application; however, the graduation fee must be paid by the end of the semester.

Students will need to pay the graduating fee and do graduation application through the [myutpb.edu] student portal. Please follow these steps:

• On your student homepage, click “my finances"  

• Under "my finances," select "pay graduation fee” on the menu on the left  

• Put “1” in the quantity box, then select “calculate total”  

• Select next after the total has been calculated  

• Next, click make payment and select undergraduate fee  

• Click continue, then enter payment information

Step 3. In your student portal, click the graduation tile. Follow the steps to apply and be sure to click submit at the end of the application. 

Step 4. An email will be sent to your student email that we have received your application, which will also include the Degree Check Form.  Please send the form to your advisor.  Once completed by the advisor and appropriate signatures are obtained, the Degree Check Form will need to be turned into the Registrar’s Office. 

Step 1. Please meet/contact your faculty advisor to update and finalize your degree plan, which must be submitted to the Graduate Studies Office.  This will help ensure that you have met or will meet all the requirements to graduate from your major.

Step 2. Pay Graduate Graduation Fee ($50)
Graduate/Master’s Degree

Students will need to pay the graduating fee and complete the graduation application through the [myutpb.edu] student portal. Please follow these steps:

Step 3. In your student portal, click the “Apply for Graduation” tile. Follow the steps to apply and be sure to click submit at the end of the application. 

Step 4. In order to move forward with the Graduate Graduation application students will be required to add a Graduate Application fee.

• Click on the “Pay Graduation Fee Link”
• Put “1” in the Quantity on the Graduate Graduation Fee line
• Click Calculate Total button and select Next
• Confirm the correct Graduate Graduation fee of $50 and click Make Payment
• You will be redirected to TouchNet to complete the payment
• Click Apply for GRAD Graduation in the upper left-hand corner once you have completed the payment to continue the application to graduate

Step 5.  An email will be sent to your advisor confirming that you have applied for graduation.

Need to get your Cap and Gown?

Please stop by or contact the UTPB Bookstore to get your cap and gown. You may reach them at (432) 552-0220.

Need graduation announcements, or interested in a class ring? 

Get announcements or order a class ring at www.balfour.com/UTPB 

Wondering about Tassels and Hood colors? 

List of Majors and Corresponding colors