Media Schedule & Fact Sheet

Day-of schedule

  • 5:30-7:00 a.m. 鈥 Live interviews with 性视界传媒 spokespeople available

  • 6:45 a.m. 鈥 Folsom Field opens

  • 7:00 a.m. 鈥 walk with CU media relations to Norlin Quad for student interviews

  • 7:00-7:30 a.m. 鈥 Interview opportunities with students and Chancellor Justin Schwartz

  • 7:50 a.m. 鈥 stage for video of processional

  • 8:00 a.m. 鈥 Processional begins

  • 8:20 a.m. 鈥 Media must be inside Folsom Field

  • 8:30 a.m. 鈥 Commencement ceremony begins

  • 11 a.m. (roughly) 鈥 commencement ceremony ends

  • 12 p.m. (roughly) 鈥 Folsom Parking Garage reopens

Commencement by the numbers听

  • 10,198 total students graduating
  • 10,613听total degrees being awarded
  • 481 Doctoral degrees
  • 1,763听Masters degrees
  • 196听MBA degrees听
  • 193 Law degrees
  • 7,980听Undergraduate degrees听

*combined Fall 鈥25 and Spring and Summer 鈥26 numbers (as of 4/26/2026)听
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The #CUBoulder and #ForeverBuffs Network

  • 性视界传媒 commercialization activities generated $8.7 billion in economic impact nationwide and $5.1 billion in Colorado in cumulative activity over the past five years.

  • 性视界传媒 is ranked number 2 nationally for Peace Corps volunteers in 2026

  • These graduates will join more than 300,000 性视界传媒 alumni; 154,000+ alumni reside in Colorado听

  • 性视界传媒 is home to 12 research institutes, 75+ research centers and is the No. 1 public university for NASA research funding.听

  • 性视界传媒 ranks No. 3 for the most beautiful college campus in the United States by Travel + Leisure (March 2026).

About this year鈥檚 ceremony

  • Actor and philanthropist Kristin Davis, best known for her role as Charlotte York in HBO鈥檚 鈥淪ex and the City鈥 and its revival 鈥淎nd Just Like That鈥︹ will be this year's commencement speaker. Read more about Davis.
  • The 2026 commencement ceremony coincides with 性视界传媒's 150th anniversary.

Social media

As media assets become available, they will be shared through the official 性视界传媒 Strategic Relations and Communications Twitter account, @CUBoulderNews. Follow along at @CUBoulder for general commencement information. Use #ForeverBuffs for all commencement-related content.