BY THE NUMBERS

BY THE NUMBERS

Commencement

1,867

Bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees conferred

2

Members of the class of 2016 who graduated along with a parent. John Comerci Jr., father of John Comerci III ’16, and Cecilia Zhang, mother of Jenny Zhang ’16, received master’s of healthcare delivery science degrees. Both are M.D.s.

15

Valedictorians (8) and salutatorians (7)

5

Graduating seniors who were also commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps

54

Percentage of undergraduate engineering degrees awarded to women, making Thayer School of Engineering the first national research institution to award more bachelor’s in engineering to women than men.

11,500

Estimated spectators in attendance

12

Duration of speech, in minutes, by main speaker Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee