347,000 -- Estimated number of students who will graduate from Montclair State in the 21st century
750,000 -- Amount in dollars of a federal appropriation commencement speaker Congressman William Pascrell, Jr. worked to secure for the new University's Center for Teacher Preparation and Learning Technologies
13,000 -- Approximate number of people in the Continental Airlines Arena for MSU's Commencement 2002
2,580 -- Total degrees awarded at the 2002 commencement
951 -- Largest number of degrees awarded this year by one school (College of Humanities and Social Sciences)
368 -- Number of this year's graduates certified to teach in New Jersey public schools
109 --Number of honorary degrees Montclair State has awarded since 1958
25 -- Year of graduation of Evelyn Hock Walter, who wrote the University's alma mater.
22 -- Years commencement speaker Sen. John O. Bennett has been a member of the New Jersey Legislature
77 -- Age of this year's oldest graduate
8 -- Years Evan Maletsky has been the Commencement grand marshal
4 -- Graduates from 1952 who celebrated their 50th commencement anniversary by attending the ceremony