Commencement Tickets

The following information pertains to the 2024 Winter Commencement Exercises. This page will be updated each term as ceremony details are finalized. Every candidate who is approved to graduate and has registered to participate in a ceremony will be granted access to claim Commencement tickets to accommodate their guests.

A link to claim your commencement tickets will be posted here in advance of the ticket release. Guest tickets will be available to claim beginning December 4, 2024, at 10 am.

Candidates are encouraged to offer any tickets they will not be using to other degree candidates in their same ceremony. The Commencement Office has provided a platform for these offers/requests to to be posted through the Message Board on the Guidebook App. Download the app from the Commencement home page.

Candidates should never sell or pay anyone for commencement tickets. Please report this kind of misuse to .

Ticket Requirements

To help ensure that everyone invited can enjoy this special event safely and comfortably and by order of the fire marshal, all guests must have a ticket to attend including infants and children. 

Ticket Access

To claim their guest tickets for Commencement, candidates must access their Commencement Account Manager, powered by Ticketmaster. Please log in with your official Towson University email address and the Ticketmaster credentials associated with this email. If you do not yet have a Ticketmaster account associated with your Towson email address, please create one by selecting “Sign Up.”

The University's Auxiliary Services Ticket Office can be reached for assistance with accessing your account or claiming tickets at . Please send an email from your TU email address. In the subject line, include your name, academic college (i.e., CLA, CBE, COE, COFAC, CHP, FCSM), and your ceremony date. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Due to Fire Marshal regulations, any guest who enters TU Arena must have a ticket (this includes infants and children). There is no exception to this rule. Forged or duplicated tickets will not be honored.

Every candidate who is approved to graduate and has registered to participate in a ceremony will have access to tickets to accommodate their guests through the Commencement Account Manager.

Degree candidates and families are encouraged to plan accordingly for the quantity of tickets provided. Candidates are permitted to secure additional tickets from another degree candidate, in their same ceremony, who does not plan to use all their tickets. Tickets for another ceremony will not scan for valid entry at the arena. These tickets should be transferred and claimed via the Commencement Account Manager platform to confirm receipt.

All Commencement tickets are mobile. Tickets should be transferred to your guests through your Commencement Account Manager and added to a mobile wallet for ease of scanning at the arena. Each ticket contains a unique barcode that will only scan once upon entry. You may forward the mobile tickets to your guests, being careful not to send the same ticket twice. Please be sure to transfer your guest tickets to a designee who will be able to access them on a mobile device to scan at the entrance. Please note that screenshots of the barcode will not scan.

Although seating is not assigned at Commencement, you may refer to the unique barcode number or the general admission "section" and "seat" indicators on your ticket to distinguish one ticket from another. 

Please note: Each ticket and associated barcode can only be scanned once for entry into TU Arena. A ticket that has been distributed to more than one guest will result in an invalid barcode reading at the time of entry.

No. Commencement seating is open on a first-come, first-served basis. For the best seating selection, guests are encouraged to arrive early. 

  • For 10 a.m. ceremonies, arena entrances open at 8:30 a.m.
  • For 3 p.m. ceremonies, arena entrances open at 1:30 p.m.

Although seating is not assigned at Commencement, you may refer to to the unique barcode number or the general admission “section” and “seat” indicators on your ticket to distinguish one ticket from another.

Yes. A live stream of each ceremony will be added to the Commencement page one hour prior to the start of each ceremony to accommodate those family members/friends who are unable to attend. Additionally, all ceremonies will be recorded and available to view and download on the Towson University Youtube channel approximately one week after the conclusion of all ceremonies. 

Please note: due to space constraints and to limit traffic congestion, there is not an overflow location on campus where the ceremony will be live-streamed.

The sale of unused Commencement tickets and any fraudulent activity related to tickets is strictly prohibited. Commencement tickets are offered free of charge to each candidate, based on occupancy rates. Candidates who do not plan to use all their claimed tickets are permitted to offer any additional tickets free of charge to another degree candidate in their same ceremony.

Tickets for another ceremony will not scan for valid entry at the arena. Anyone found to be selling or purchasing unused Commencement tickets could face academic discipline including the loss of the privilege to participate in their Commencement ceremony. The tickets are university property, therefore each ticket is a "revocable license" which the university can withdrawal at any time at its sole discretion.