Southeastern celebrates Spring 2026 commencement exercies

The Spring 2026 graduating class of graduate and baccalaureate degree and certificate recipients was celebrated on Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, in Bloomer Sullivan Arena.

The Spring graduating class is the largest graduating class in the university's history, with 891 students graduating - 343 baccalaureate degree recipients and 548 graduate degree and certificate recipients. There are representatives from 43 states and territories, seven countries, and 15 sovereign tribal nations. Within the graduating class, 308 graduates - 34.5 percent - have indicated first-generation status, with 107 indicating legacy status - having a parent or grandparent who previously graduated from Southeastern.

Every member of the Spring 2026 graduating class leaves Southeastern with a degree in one of Oklahoma's designated critical occupational fields