MORE THAN half of the members of the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) class of 2025 will graduate with Latin honors, but the number of students who attained the feat dropped to its lowest in three years, based on the graduation program released by the dean’s office.
Of the 706 graduating Artlets, 460 or 65.16% will receive medals at the faculty’s solemn investiture rites on Monday, June 9, at the Quadricentennial Pavilion.
The figure is lower than the 77.39% registered in the previous batch and the 74% in 2023.
Of the AB Latin honorees, 12 will finish their degree summa cum laude, 177 will graduate magna cum laude and 271 will end their college stint cum laude.
Only the Communication and Sociology programs nearly exceeded the 90% mark in terms of the percentage of graduates who will finish their undergraduate studies with a general weighted average of at least 1.75. Both programs surpassed the 90% mark last year.
The Communication program recorded the highest percentage for the second straight year at 87.5%, with 98 of its 112 graduates earning their degrees with honors. Four of them will finish summa cum laude, 78 will graduate magna cum laude and 16 cum laude.
The Sociology program followed with 86.36% or 19 of its 22 graduates. It produced 14 students who will finish magna cum laude and five who will graduate cum laude.
The Legal Management program yielded 50 Latin honorees or 78.13% of its 64 graduates. One senior will graduate summa cum laude, six will finish magna cum laude and 34 will earn their degrees cum laude.
A total of 13 out of the 19 English Language Studies graduates, or 68.42% will march with medals. Ten of them will finish their bachelor’s degree magna cum laude, while three will graduate cum laude.
For the Behavioral Science program, 67.35% or 66 out of 98 graduates are Latin honorees, 16 of them magna cum laude and 50 cum laude.
The Latin honorees in the Creative Writing program totaled 27 or 64.29% of its 42 graduates. One senior from the program will graduate summa cum laude, 12 will finish magna cum laude and 14 will end their college stint cum laude.
Of the 25 Literature graduates, 16 or 64% are honor students. Three will walk on stage summa cum laude, six will finish magna cum laude, while seven will complete their collegiate stint cum laude.
Out of the 45 graduates from the Asian Studies program, 28 or 62.22% will complete their undergraduate studies with honors, four of them magna cum laude and 24 cum laude.
The Political Science program produced 55 Latin honorees out of 90 graduates or 60.44%, composed of 12 students graduating magna cum laude and 43 others finishing cum laude.
For the Economics program, 56.52% or 26 out of 46 graduates will cap off their undergraduate studies with honors. Six of them will obtain their degrees magna cum laude while 20 will graduate cum laude.
The Journalism program will send off 33 Latin honorees or 44.59% of its 74 graduates. One of them will march on stage summa cum laude while 32 will exit the University cum laude.
Ten out of 23 History graduates or 43.48% will earn their degrees with honors, five of them magna cum laude, the other half cum laude.
Philosophy posted the lowest percentage of Latin honorees among the 13 AB programs at 42.22% or 19 out of 45 graduates. Three will finish summa cum laude, seven will graduate magna cum laude and nine will obtain their degrees cum laude.
This year, the University produced more than 7,000 graduates from various colleges and faculties. F
