What do all the colors on the robes mean when you graduate from college? Does each degree have their own color

Answer 1

Its a seperate colour for each of the subject matter the degree is for in Engineering it is green ~~

Answer 2

In the USA the colleges only started wearing academic robes about 100 years ago. Supposedly a student at Williams College in Massachusetts suggested that his class imitate the British universities and wear robes at Commencement. Everyone thought that was a great idea, so they did it and then the student started a business making academic robes. He was wildly successful and soon a large group of prestigious American universities signed an agreement about what the robes should be like. Most US colleges follow those rules today.

In the US people receiving Bachelor's level degress generally dont wear hoods. Masters level hoods are small and Doctoral level hoods are larger, modeled on the hoods worn at Cambridge University. The edging color on the hoods and sometimes on the facings of the gown reflect the general area of the degree. There are about 40 approved colors - not one for every single major, but for different areas, such as medicine, engineering or social science.

The colors inside the hood are usually the school colors for the school that granted the degree. So, Duke would be blue and white, Princeton would be orange and black.

A few schools use the school color for the gown at the Doctoral level, so Columbia gives grey-blue Doctoral gowns, and Harvard gives Crimson. Most schools still use black gowns.

It is a lot of fun to get dressed up once a year in this funny costume and be in a big parade with a bunch of other guys with their bright colored stuff.

For more information, you can google "Academic Regalia" and get all the details.

Answer 3

Generally, each university has its own colours, with variations depending on the college (if the university consists of a number of colleges) and the kind of degree.

Oxford and Cambridge colleges tend to be a bit more independent, as they came before the university, not the other way around.

Usually, the higher the degree, the more outrageous the gown, with flashy silk and furry bits reserved for PhDs and the like.