The University of San Francisco to Celebrate More Than 2,000 Graduates at Commencement Ceremonies May 21-23
SAN FRANCISCO (May 20, 2026) – The University of San Francisco (USF) will hold its 167th commencement ceremonies Thursday, May 21 through Saturday, May 23 at St. Ignatius Church on the USF campus. The 2026 spring graduates include 1,034 undergraduates, 920 graduate students, and 62 doctoral students.
The USF Spring 2026 Commencement Schedule is listed below. All events are ticketed and will be held in-person at St. Ignatius Church on the USF campus.
Thursday, May 21
6:00 p.m. School of Education
Commencement Address: Shabnam Koirala-Azad, PhD, dean of the School of Education, and professor, international and multicultural education
Friday, May 22
9:00 a.m. - School of Management (Undergraduate)
Commencement Address: Jack Boland ‘78, chairman of the USF Board of Trustees
12:00 p.m. - School of Management (Graduate)
Commencement Address: Mark L. Vorsatz, global chairman and CEO, Andersen Group Inc.
2:00 p.m. - Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony (McLaren Hall 250)
Guest speaker: Major Robert A. Bozydaj, 510th Regional Support T Group, V Corps, Brigade S3
3:00 p.m. - School of Law
Commencement Address: The Honorable Martin J. Jenkins, ‘80, Justice, Supreme Court of California
6:00 p.m. - School of Nursing and Health Professions
Commencement address: Keith Dawson, DNP, MS, ‘12, senior director of population science and product development clinical, Genentech
Saturday, May 23
9:00 a.m. - College of Arts and Sciences (Undergraduate Humanities and Science)
Commencement address: Dorothy M. Ehrlich, '72, former deputy executive director, American Civil Liberties Union
12:00 p.m. - College of Arts and Sciences (Undergraduate Arts and Social Science)
Honorary degree recipient and commencement address: Rita Moreno
3:00 p.m. - College or Arts and Sciences (Graduate)
Honorary degree recipient and commencement address: Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Founder of Define American
About the University of San Francisco
The University of San Francisco is a private, Jesuit Catholic university that reflects the diversity, optimism, and opportunities of the city that surrounds it. USF offers more than 230 undergraduate, graduate, professional, and certificate programs in the arts and sciences, business, law, education, and nursing and health professions. At USF, each course is an intimate learning community in which top professors encourage students to turn learning into positive action, so the students graduate equipped to do well in the world — and inspired to change it for the better. For more information, visit usfca.edu.
