Class of 2025 graduation gallery

Photo highlights from Carolina's spring commencement in May, 2025.

Published on
May 30, 2025
Graduation caps flying in the air as fireworks shoot off the top of Kenan Stadium.

(Jeyhoun Allebaugh/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Carolina celebrated spring commencement in early May 2025. A total of 6,829 total graduates were conferred including:

  • 4,358 undergraduates
  • 1,487 master’s degrees candidates
  • 962 students receiving doctoral degrees

Reminisce on the magical night.

A group of five Carolina graduates smile for a phone camera.
(Jeyhoun Allebaugh/UNC-Chapel Hill)
Commencement speaker, Mia Hamm, addressing Carolina graduates
Soccer legend Mia Hamm ’94 — who won four NCAA championships, two World Cups and two gold medals during her career — delivered Carolina’s 2025 Spring Commencement address. (Jeyhoun Allebaugh/UNC-Chapel Hill)
A singular student standing up, clenching their fist and yelling with excitement in a crowd of graduates.
(Jeyhoun Allebaugh/UNC-Chapel Hill)
A group of Carolina graduates posing for a picture at Kenan Stadium.
(Jeyhoun Allebaugh/UNC-Chapel Hill)
A member of the class of '75 high-fiving a 2025 grad.
Joining the 2025 graduates under the Kenan Stadium lights and celebrating their 50-year graduation anniversary, was the class of 1975. (Jeyhoun Allebaugh/UNC-Chapel Hill)
Six graduates smiling in a line, standing up.
(Jeyhoun Allebaugh/UNC-Chapel Hill)
The back of two Carolina graduates with their arms around each other.
(Jeyhoun Allebaugh/UNC-Chapel Hill)
A doctoral candidate getting hooded.
Frances Jane Seymour '81 received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. (Jeyhoun Allebaugh/UNC-Chapel Hill)
UNC Clef Hangers singing "Carolina in My Mind" in front of a microphone.
(Jeyhoun Allebaugh/UNC-Chapel Hill)
Two graduates holding their caps, looking excitedly at the fireworks at commencement.
(Jeyhoun Allebaugh/UNC-Chapel Hill).
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