BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A total of 72 WKU student-athletes are set to have their degrees conferred from Western Kentucky University this spring and summer. Fifty-nine will be graduating this week and 13 more will earn their degrees over the summer.
The spring graduates have a cumulative grade point average of 3.34, while the summer graduates have a 3.38 GPA, for a combined GPA of 3.35. That mark is tied with the spring and summer of 2021 for the highest graduating GPA since at least 2010.
Fourteen of the 72 student-athletes will be receiving their master's degrees, while the others will be earning their bachelor's degrees or receiving a certificate of completion in a new area.
Degrees obtained include exercise science, biology, sport management, business administration, organizational leadership, criminology, special education, management, civil engineering, recreation and sport administration, advertising, entrepreneurship, marketing, geography, psychology, visual arts, elementary education, physical education, communication disorders, business economics, health care administration, business economics, agriculture, computer science, nursing and finance among others.
Over the 2021-22 academic year, 93 student-athletes have earned their degrees from the institution, including 21 graduates last fall.
Commencement for fall, spring and summer graduates will be held Thursday, May 5, and College Recognition Ceremonies will be held for each of WKU's five academic colleges on Friday, May 6. Fall commencement was postponed due to the December tornadoes in Bowling Green.
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