At the 2025 Graduation Fair, bachelor’s gown sets with cap, gown and tassel were sold at $58.97, excluding tax. Master’s gown sets with cap, gown, tassel and hood were sold at $111.96, excluding tax. These prices are higher than the online prices for CU Boulder and CSU Pueblo.
On April 2 and April 3, the Bookstore held the 2025 Graduation Fair. During the two-day event, the bookstore generated $65,000 from sales of caps, gowns, tassels, stools and decorative cords, according to Director of Retail Services Paul Deniston. This is a 12.6% increase from the 2024 Graduation Fair.
CU Boulder offers bachelor’s gown sets with only the gown and cap. Students purchase the tassel separately. Both items together cost approximately $34.99-$44.98. According to Boulder’s graduation regalia website, master’s gown sets must be purchased directly from Jostens for $51.50, excluding tax. This set includes a tassel. According to Boulder’s graduation regalia website, master’s gown sets must be purchased directly from Jostens for $51.50, excluding tax. This set includes a tassel.
At CSU Pueblo, students can purchase bachelor’s gown sets for $37.99, excluding tax and master’s gown sets for $74.99, excluding tax.
The bookstore sold 468 bachelor gowns, 88 master gowns, 573 caps, 641 tassels, 196 stoles, 105 cords and 69 bundles at the grad fair, Deniston said. All proceeds will go back into student-facing programming, he said.
The UCCS stole was the third most popular item and most popular stole with a 14% increase from last spring. “That demonstrates pride in the institution. Almost a third of the students want to show off the UCCS logo,” Deniston said.
The first-generation stole is the second most popular stole. Mosaic will receive 25% of the sales generated from first-generation stoles, approximately $1,400.
Graduating students who did not attend the graduation fair can still purchase regalia on the bookstore’s website.
The campus store hosted the graduation fair. Photo by Logan Cole.