• The May 2012 graduating class represents 60 Louisiana parishes, 45 U.S. states and 58 foreign countries.
  
  
• 55% percent of the graduates were women and 45% were men.
  
  
• The oldest graduate is 72, and four graduates were the youngest at 20.
  
  
• The 3,827 total graduates are made up of:
  • 2,911 students who received bachelor’s degrees;
  • 716 who received master’s degrees;
  • 5 who received education specialist certificates;
  • 106 who received a Ph.D.;
  • 7 who received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree;
  • 82 who received Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.