CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - More than 1,500 Southern Illinois University Carbondale students will graduate at the fall 2025 commencement.

According to SIUC, the commencement ceremony will be on Saturday, December 13 at Banterra Center. It starts at 9:30 a.m.

They say there is no limit to guests, and all seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis with no tickets required.

As of late November, according to SIUC, there are 1,536 candidates for degrees: 893 for bachelor’s degrees, 503 for master’s degrees, 99 for doctoral degrees, one for a law degree, 38 for associate degrees and two certificates. They say the youngest graduate is 19 and the oldest is 71.

322 graduates have an overall GPA of 3.5 or higher and nine students earned a 4.0 GPA.

In addition to the United St

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