Submitting Your Graduation Application
- Students are strongly encouraged, though not required, to schedule an appointment
with a counselor to review your graduation application. To schedule an appointment,
please call the Counseling and Advisement Center at (626) 914-8530 or schedule an appointment online.
- Any approved course substitution must be attached to the application. Course substitution
is obtained with the Counseling and Advisement Center.
- Submit the graduation application online for ADT, AA/AS, certificate of achievement and skill award. Click on this link for a video explaining how to apply for graduation at Citrus College.
- Students who change their mailing address after they applied must update their address
with admissions and records.
- Students can abbreviate their middle name, exclude their middle name or abbreviate
their first name if using a middle name.
If a student wishes to use a name other than their legal name, such as a nickname,
the nickname should appear in place of the middle name with quotations.
Students who wish to have a name different than their legal name in place of their
first or last name must go through the formal process to update their name and submit
proof of the change of legal name with the admissions and records office.
- Students using external credits to meet graduation requirements, such as AP exam,
CLEP exam, IB exam or military credit, must submit the official external exam scores
and/or DD214 to the admissions and records office at the time of application.
- Official transcripts from other colleges attended by the student must be on file with
the admissions and records office at the time of application.
- Foreign transcripts must be evaluated by an approved transcript evaluation service. Students should seek advice from a counselor prior to evaluating foreign transcripts.
- A student who receives one degree or certificate may subsequently or simultaneously
work on additional degrees and certificates.
We encourage students to track their progress toward degrees, certificates and/or
skill awards using Degree Works.
All earned graduation requirements must come from a single catalog. Requirements,
including a description of catalog rights, can be found in the Citrus College Catalog. For questions and further assistance with using Degree Works, please visit the Counseling and Advisement Center or call (626) 914-8530.
For information regarding graduation requirements, please review the associate degree requirements in the college catalog or call the Counseling and Advisement Center at (626) 914-8530.
Commencement (Graduation Ceremony)
A single graduation ceremony is held at the end of spring semester for students who graduated with an associate
degree the preceding summer, fall, winter and spring terms.
A summer graduate may request to participate in spring commencement that occurs before
their summer graduation. To be eligible, they must submit their graduation application by the deadline for the spring ceremony, meet all graduation requirements for summer
graduation at the time of evaluation, and be enrolled in only one or two classes,
totaling nine or fewer units during the summer.
For more information on participating in the graduation ceremony, please visit the
commencement activities page.
Receiving Your Diploma
After your graduation application has been processed and approved, your physical diploma will be mailed from the admissions and records office as soon as all graduation applications
submitted in each term have been processed. Students may expect to receive their diploma
as follows:
- Fall Diplomas: mailed March of following year
- Spring Diplomas: mailed September of the same year
- Summer Diplomas: mailed November of the same year
- Winter Diplomas: mailed April of the same year
Diplomas will not be released until the student has paid all of their outstanding
debts to the college. If you have questions regarding diplomas, please call (626)
914-8511.
Duplicate Diploma Request
Complete the duplicate diploma re-order form online if you would like to place an order for a duplicate diploma.
A duplicate diploma fee will be incurred at time of ordering, and take approximate
one month to process. In addition, the duplicate diploma will not be released until
the student has paid all of his or her outstanding debts to the college.
If you have questions regarding duplicate diplomas, please call (626) 914-8511.
Digital Diplomas and Certificates
Citrus College offers certified electronic credentials, known as a CeDiploma or CeCertificate.
It is an exact digital version of your physical Citrus College diploma or certificate,
using real-time, time and date stamped, fraud-proof validation. It is secured using
Adobe digital signature technology to ensure trust in the qualifications. You may
share as often as you wish, like sending to employers, as well as posting to social
media sites like LinkedIn, if desired.
Visit the digital diploma page to request your credentials.