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McDaniel College Class of 2024: By the Numbers

All 703 of them. A diverse group, they have 35 different undergraduate majors and are from 16 graduate programs. They traveled from 27 countries and 27 states, plus Washington, D.C. Want to know more? Top majors? How many are College Scholars? What was the most popular study abroad destination? Read on!

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Here’s to McDaniel’s Class of 2024

All 703 of them. A diverse group, they have 35 different undergraduate majors and are from 16 graduate programs. They traveled from 27 countries and 27 states, plus Washington, D.C. Want to know more? Top majors? How many are College Scholars? What was the most popular study abroad destination? Read on!

Degrees Conferred
Total number of bachelor's and master's degrees conferred 703
Master's degrees conferred 296
Master’s degree candidates with McDaniel (or WMC) B.A.s 15
Bachelor’s degrees conferred (not incl. Budapest) 407
College Scholars (Honors Program graduates) 31
Programs and Majors represented (UG and GR) 51

Latin Honors
Summa Cum Laude graduates 36
Magna Cum Laude graduates 45
Cum Laude graduates 61

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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7

National Security Fellow graduates

We are McDaniel

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are children, stepchildren, or grandchildren of WMC/McDaniel graduates

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Relatives of current McDaniel faculty, staff, and trustees receiving degrees (3 bachelor's and 4 master's degrees).

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Graduates are current McDaniel Employees (2 bachelor's and 2 master's degrees)

Top 5 Areas of Study

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 Undergraduate Majors

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 Graduate Programs

More Fun Facts

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UG Students with 3 majors

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Student-Designed Majors (European Studies and French Studies)

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Most number of Jan Term Classes by one student

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Age range of 2024 graduates

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students from the Class of 2024 studied abroad

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Student from the Class of 2024 studied abroad more than once

Where in the world?

Graduates hail from the District of Columbia and 27 states, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia.

Flags of 27 countries, including the U.S., represented at today’s Commencement ceremonies: Albania, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Iran, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, Zaire, Zambia.

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States (plus Washington, D.C.) 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 (including the US) represented by master's degree recipients

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Countries (including the US) represented by bachelor's degree recipients

May 14, 2024

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