Obtaining academic apparel

All degree candidates participating in commencement ceremonies will wear academic apparel. For information on tassel and hood colors click here.

Purchase options

Sales for Fall 2025
Bachelor (purple cap, purple gown and tassel) $51.35
Master (black cap, black gown, hood and tassel) $108.45
Doctoral (Tam, Gown, Tassel, and Hood) $170.75

Where to purchase

Students are encouraged to order regalia online. For all orders, please follow the deadline guidance below. There is a charge for shipping to a home address. On campus pick ups have no shipping charge. All items can be purchased separately as well. Renting regalia is not an option.

K-State Salina students order online.

Deadlines

• PHD students order deadline:
  • Custom/fine PHD regalia or faculty custom regalia online ordering deadline: Monday, October 6, 2025 - allow 8 weeks for delivery.
  • For lightweight PHD student regalia, please use the alternate option on the ordering website link.
• Bachelor/Master students order deadlines:
  • Deadline for in store pick-up, order online by Monday, October 20, 2025 for pickup in campus store November 19 2025 through December 15, 2025 (no shipping fee).
  • November 19, 2025 - 10am -2pm Pick Up Party Union Courtyard
  • Deadline for ship-to home regalia orders, order online by November 1, 2025 and regalia will ship to a home address with $14.90 shipping fee to arrive by December 1, 2025. These orders ship in order received (allow 3-4 weeks for delivery after orders are placed)

Custom fine regalia orders for Faculty and Doctoral degree candidates take 8-10 weeks. Any orders after this date, if accepted, may incur additional late fees. This deadline is a hard deadline. It is needed to cover the lead time to build the faculty members specific hood, as these are made individually. Faculty members with degrees from K-State are excluded as hoods are carried in stock.

Students are advised to purchase their regalia as soon as it is financially possible for them to do so, as the K-State Union Bookstore may run out of product the week of graduation.