Universities to confer most degrees in history this spring
by MBJ Staff Published: April 27,2012
Tags: colleges, commencement, degrees, education, graduates, graduation, higher education, record, state agency, universities
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — For the first time, Mississippi’s eight public universities will confer more than 10,000 degrees during spring commencement ceremonies. This is according to the State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL). The degrees conferred include 7,515 undergraduate degrees and 2,571 graduate degrees, for a total of 10,088 diplomas awarded. “Conferring more than 10,000 degrees [...] [...]
