Next week, U students representing 47 countries, 44 U.S. states and 21 Utah counties will graduate during a ceremony at the Huntsman Center on May 10.

“As the city, state, nation and world become more heterogeneous, valuing diversity helps us ensure that the U has prepared its students to deal with different ways of knowing, thinking and being,” said Karen Dace, associate vice president for diversity.

The ceremony, beginning at 8:20 a.m., will feature speaker Chief Justice Christine Durham, the first woman to serve as the Utah Supreme Court’s chief justice. Student Joel Adams, a finance major, will also speak.

Of the total 6,486 students, 4,580 will receive bachelor’s degrees, and another 1,906 students will receive graduate degrees. The gender ratio stands at 3,346 men and 3,140 women, and the average age of a bachelor’s degree recipient is 25.4, with an average GPA of 3.14. The youngest recipient is 19 and the oldest is 71.

The College of Social and Behavioral Science will present the most undergraduate degrees with 1,493. The business school will present the most master’s degrees with 252, and the science college will present the most doctorate degrees with 80.

The convocations for the College of Nursing and the Graduate School of Social Work will take place May 9 in Kingsbury Hall at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. respectively.

The College of Law and the School of Medicine will hold convocation ceremonies on May 25 in Kingsbury Hall, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. respectively.