15,000 – Approximate number of people in the Continental Airlines Arena for Commencement 2004

2,989 – Number of 2004 graduates

759 – Number of graduates receiving master's degrees

519 - Number of students in the class of 2004 certified to teach in the public schools in New Jersey

115 – Number of honorary degrees awarded by Montclair State

100 – Years since legislature appropriated $25,000 for the purchase of the 25 acres on which MSU was built

51 – Minimum number of credits needed to graduate

46 – Years since first honorary degree was presented (Litt.D. to Dr. John H. Bosshart)

45 – Number of years 2004 honorary degree recipient Joseph Coccia Jr. has been a member of UNICO National

25 – Year of graduation of Evelyn Hock Walter, who wrote the University's alma mater

18 – Carat gold of which the University's mace is made

14 – Years Montclair State's commencement has been held at Continental Airlines Arena

10 – Years since Montclair State was granted University status

6 – Number of gonfaloniers (senior faculty members who carry the gonfalons of each academic college and school)

4 – Number of the first doctoral degrees awarded

1 – Years all the individual schools and colleges held separate convocations on campus (2004)