However, at the time the school had just a few students and conferred only a handful degrees.
The graduate school confers non-residential, research degrees to an international student body.
The school conferred 374 bachelor's and 45 master's degrees at the ceremony.
Seniors in the top 10% of their class are eligible; this is the highest academic honor the school confers.
The school conferred its first master's degree in 1965 and began an adult education program in 1969.
How an individual school confers the title is typically based upon the highest grade point average.
Since 1960, the school has been conferring degrees on its graduates.
A tight school also confers a hydrodynamic advantage: it takes less energy for each fish to swim.
The school first conferred degrees in Accounting in December 1978.
The school conferred 963 bachelor's degrees and 288 graduate degrees.
