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McDaniel College Class of 2023: By the Numbers

All 649 of them. A diverse group, they have 36 different undergraduate majors and are from 19 graduate programs. They traveled from 18 countries and 28 states, plus Washington, D.C. Want to know more? Top majors? Where they studied abroad? How many are College Scholars?

2022 Commencement

Here’s to McDaniel’s Class of 2023

All 649 of them. A diverse group, they have 36 different undergraduate majors and are from 19 graduate programs. They traveled from 18 countries and 28 states, plus Washington, D.C. Want to know more? Top majors? Where they studied abroad? How many are College Scholars? Read on!

Degrees Conferred

Total number of bachelor's and master's degrees conferred 649
Master's degrees conferred 281
Master’s degree candidates with McDaniel (or WMC) B.A.s 28
Bachelor’s degrees conferred (not incl. Budapest) 368
College Scholars (Honors Program graduates) 24
Programs and Majors represented (UG and GR) 55

Latin Honors

Summa Cum Laude graduates 37
Magna Cum Laude graduates 55
Cum Laude graduates 47

Achievements

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UG students with 4.0 or higher

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Dorsey Scholars

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Global Fellow graduates

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National Security Fellow graduates

We are McDaniel

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Legacy Students receiving bachelor's degrees

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Relatives of current McDaniel faculty, staff, and trustees receiving bachelor's degrees.

Study Abroad

64 students from the 2023 class studied abroad across nine countries, and eight students studied abroad multiple times. The most popular destination was Greece. Other destinations included The Bahamas, Canada, Hungary, Ireland, Morocco, Peru, South Korea, and Spain.

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Students

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Countries

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Multiple Sessions

More Fun Facts

UG Graduates with most majors:
3 students with 3 majors each
Most Jan Terms
1 person with 4 Jan terms
Number of Student Designed Majors: 3
(Self-Designed French Studies)
Number of M.S. in Teaching candidates: 10

Where in the world?

Graduates hail from the District of Columbia and 28 states, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Flags of 17 countries represented at today’s Commencement: Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Denmark, El Salvador, India, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Republic of Congo, Romania, South Korea, and Zaire.

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States represented by master's degree recipients

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States (plus Washington, D.C.) represented by bachelor's degree recipients

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Countries represented by master's degree recipients

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Countries represented by bachelor's degree recipients