Commencement has arrived at Swarthmore. The weekend events will mark the culmination of four years of exploration and growth for seniors, spirited instruction from and collaboration with faculty, and multifaceted support from staff from across the campus.

Before final touches are made and regalia is adorned, let’s examine Swarthmore’s Commencement — its 154th — by the numbers.

• 428: Graduating seniors
• 428: Roses that will be given to seniors by the Scott Arboretum
• 452: Degrees conferred, with 401 bachelors of arts and 51 bachelors of science
• 14,000: Capacity of the Highmark Mann Center, where Commencement will take place for the third consecutive year
• 3,000: Commencement programs printed for the event
• 1: Last Collection taking place in the Lang Performing Arts Center prior to Commencement
• 11: Seniors who submitted videos to speak at Commencement, including winner Sophia Cáceres
• 4: Retiring faculty members attending their last graduation “send-off”
• 4: Honorary degree recipients
• 25: Writing Associates (WAs), who cumulatively served as WAs for 249 unique courses
• 12: WAs who also served as Speaking Associates
• 27: Resident Assistants across 14 dormitories this year
• 1: Service animal, Nara West, that will also be receiving a diploma at the ceremony after spending four years as a guide dog
• 10: President’s Sustainability Research Fellowship (PSRF) fellows
• 43 Student-athletes who participated in a club sport this year
• 74: Centennial Conference titles (18 team and 56 individual) won by members of the class
• 4: Tennis student-athletes competing in the NCAA Division III championship singles and doubles brackets in Chattanooga, Tenn. this weekend: Lola Diaz, Utham Koduri, Max Lindstrom, and Michael Melnikov

• 35: Countries traveled to by 187 members of the class for studies abroad during their time at Swarthmore

  

• 104: Students who are the first in their family to attend college
• 71: Students receiving Honors
• 221: Written exams administered across 29 different courses in 18 disciplines
• 288: Oral Honors exams taken, including 82 in social sciences, 52 in humanities, 142 in engineering and natural sciences, and 12 in interdisciplinary courses
• 132: External Honors examiners from across the U.S.
• 1: Cohort — the eighth — of Swarthmore Summer Scholars to graduate
• 94: Students with the most popular major, economics
• 68: Students with individualized majors, including 23 in neuroscience
• 5: First-time individualized majors, including one each in Dance and Latin America Studies, Francophone International Development
• 3: Students with the College’s newest minors: Art, Asian-American Studies, and Applied Mathematics
• 191: Students with double majors
• 207: Students with a minor
• 65: International and permanent-resident students from 28 countries
• 34: Students with dual citizenship (U.S. plus another country)
• 41: States represented by students, in addition to Washington, D.C.
• 7+: National award winners, including three Fulbright grantees, a Watson Fellow, a Schwarzman Scholar, a Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow, and a recipient of the Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award from the Computing Research Association
• 7: Students who are on track to earn Pennsylvania teaching certifications
• 2: Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows
• 6: Lang Opportunity Scholars
• 3: Languages in which the livestream of Commencement will be available (English with Spanish and Mandarin subtitles)