Graduation Announcement Wording Examples

If you’re sending your announcement after graduation, you can include a photo of the graduate in their cap and gown. Otherwise, choose your favorite portrait. Here’s our guide to grad photo poses and ideas.

It may seem obvious but don’t forget to include your graduate’s name! For a more formal announcement include first, middle, and last name. For a more casual card, you can include a nickname.

Include the full name of the school they graduated from. For high school graduates, you can also opt to include the name of the college or university they may be headed off to.

Including the parents’ names in the announcement shows how proud you are. See below for ideas on how to include the parents’ names in the graduation announcement.

If this is a college graduation announcement, don’t forget to include what the student studied. If this is a graduate school announcement, let your loved ones know what type of degree your grad received.

Add the graduation year to the announcement card as part of the design. Remember, this card is a keepsake too!

Have more you’d like to share? The back of the card is the place to get more personal. Opt for a design that leaves space on the back of the card so you can let your friends and family know how hard the graduate worked, what they enjoyed during their time in school, and what they plan to do in the future.

If graduation party is part of the celebration, you can opt for a graduation party invitation design. You can also simply add an enclosure card as the party invitation and send it together with the main announcement card.

1. Mr. and Mrs. William
   Are proud to announce the graduation of
   Michael Randy William
   Alhambra High School
   Class of 2024
2. Announcing our wonderful graduate
   Annie Louise Chen
   From Arthur Collin High School
   Attending the University of Minnesota in the Fall 2024
3. Congratulations Laura Siena Thompson!
   Class of 2024
   San Marino High School

1. Announcing the Graduation of
   Anne Marie Xavier
   The University of Virginia
   School of Architecture
   Bachelor of Arts
   Class of 2024
2. You did it!
   Robert Ferino Krummen
   BSC in Mechanical Engineering
   Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   Graduate Class of 2024
3. Hip hip Hooray!
   Juan Carlos Hernandez graduated!
   UC Berkeley
   Class of 2024

For all graduate degrees, you may want to consider including more information about the school journey you have been through, such as if what you plan to do with the degree or any other details that your loved ones may care about. Did you attend night school while working the day job? Perhaps you may want to include some thank you notes for people that have been supporting you. Use the back of the card or an additional insert card for your personal notes.

1. Class of 2024
   Leslie Alice Wilson
   University of Florida
   Masters of Education
2. Mastered It!
   Harold Bruce
   New York University graduate class of 2024
   Masters in Journalism
3. Jenny Day
   UC Davis
   Masters in Accounting
   
   “A sincere thank you to my community of friends and family for supporting me along the way. I couldn’t have attended night school and kept my day job without your support. Much love, Jenny.”

1. Congratulations!
   Kelsey Jane Sutter
   Degree of Law, University of Chicago
2. Announcing
   Kelly Wang, PhD
   Clinical Psychology
   University of Texas at Austin
3. Benjamin Roy Arthur, M.D.
   Columbia University

1. Print or hand write the recipients’ names and addresses. The family’s name goes on the first line, followed by the street address on the second, and city, state, and zip on the third. If you’re sending it to a family household, you can write “The Brooks Family” instead of listing each individual family member. Alternatively, for a more formal announcement, you may want to address your recipients as Mr. and Mrs. Brooks. Minted has a helpful address collection feature to keep track of all your loved ones’ contact information.
2. Choose a return address label or handwrite your return address. Remember that return address labels are relatively inexpensive and having them printed can save a lot of time!

Many people have lost touch with loved ones over the past couple of years. A graduation announcement is a great way to reconnect. You’ll want to send to family members (don’t forget your extended family) and family friends from all stages of life. You can also send this announcement to colleagues or anyone who helped your child along the way (coaches, mentors, teachers from different stages of life). It’s not necessary to send a graduation announcement to classmates of the graduate though, unless you’re having a party and inviting them.

Unless you’re having a party and you want your announcement to double as an invitation, you have a wide window for when to send your graduation announcement. A great rule of thumb is anytime two weeks before or 6-8 weeks after. If you are having a party, it’s nice to give a month’s notice. If you’re sending your announcement before the graduation ceremony, make sure everything is in order and there’s no reason why your child wouldn’t be able to graduate. If you’re sending after graduation, this gives you an opportunity to include pictures of the graduate in their cap and gown. And while it’s best to send while the news is still fresh, remember that these kinds of announcements are better late than never!