Posted on 05/07/2007 11:01:27 AM PDT by skeptoid
2,400 -- Total number of students receiving degrees this spring -- the highest ever.
1 -- The number of students in UAA's first graduating class, in 1956.
20 percent -- The increase in number of graduates from last year.
800 -- Graduates scheduled to participate in the commencement ceremony.
75 -- Age of oldest graduate in the class of 2007.
$13,900 -- Approximate total of in-state tuition, books and fees paid by a bachelor's degree recipient over the past four years, leading to Sunday's ceremony.
$44,400 -- The estimated cost a nonresident paid for a four-year degree through UAA.
615 -- Number of UAA associate's degrees awarded to the class of 2007.
1,189 -- Number of UAA bachelor's degrees awarded.
459 -- Number of master's degrees.
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JIM LAVRAKAS / Anchorage Daily News
Wearing their "funny teeth," graduates from the Community and Technical College's
Dental Hygiene program,from left, Christina Morrison, Sharmin Oathout, Jody Otto,
Ivana Rolando and Shellea Trammell, get ready to accept their diplomas
May 6, 2007, at Sullivan Arena.
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