Class of 2025 Tri-Cities area grad ceremonies. Dates, times and locations
The 2025 Tri-City graduation season is here.
Thousands of college, university and high school seniors will don a cap and gown this spring to celebrate their academic achievements.
High school ceremonies around the Mid-Columbia will take place during the first week of June.
Columbia Basin College in Pasco, will hold its commencement Friday, June 13, at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.
There will be two ceremonies: One at 4 p.m. for business, technical, computer science and health science graduates; and a second one at 7 p.m. for education, social-behavioral science, math, science, engineering, arts and communications graduates.
Washington State University Tri-Cities held its graduation on May 3. A recording of the event can be watched online on the university’s YouTube channel.
Several high school graduations will also be at the Toyota Center. The venue enforces a strict “clear bag” policy and visitors are required to go through a metal detector to enter.
Attendance at high school ceremonies are free and do not require a ticket. Most do not allow for reserved seating, so attendees are encouraged to come early.
Kiona-Benton City High School: 9 a.m. Saturday, May 31, at Kiona-Benton City High School.
Tri-Cities Prep Catholic High School: 2 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at Tri-Cities Prep.
New Horizons High School: 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, at HAPO Center.
- Palouse Junction Alternative High School: 6 p.m. Thursday, June 5, at Connell High School.
Delta High School: 7 p.m. Thursday, June 5, at HAPO Center.
River’s Edge High School: 11 a.m. Friday, June 6, at Richland High School.
- Mid-Columbia-Partnership: 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 6, at Three Rivers Convention Center.
- Legacy High School: 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 6, at Three Rivers Convention Center.
Hanford High School: 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 6, at Toyota Center.
- Endeavor High School: 5 p.m. Friday, June 6, at Three Rivers Convention Center.
- Phoenix High School: 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 6, at Three Rivers Convention Center.
- Chiawana High School: 7 p.m. Friday, June 6, at Edgar Brown Stadium.
Connell High School: 7 p.m. Friday, June 6, at Connell High School.
- Columbia-Burbank High School: 7 p.m. Friday, June 6, at Columbia-Burbank High School.
- River View High School: 7 p.m. Friday, June 6, at River View High School.
Richland High School: 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 6, at Toyota Center.
Kennewick High School: 9 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at Toyota Center.
- Pacific Crest Online Academy: 9 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at Richland High School.
- Prosser High School: 10 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at Art Fiker Stadium.
- Kamiakin High School: Noon Saturday, June 7, at Toyota Center.
Three Rivers HomeLink: 1 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at Richland High School.
Liberty Christian School: 3 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at Liberty Christian School.
- Southridge High School: 3 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at Toyota Center.
- Pasco High School: 7 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at Edgar Brown Stadium.
Columbia Basin College, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., Friday, June 13, at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.
Unable to make it? Since the COVID pandemic, many high schools have begun live streaming their commencement ceremonies.
Graduations in Kennewick, Pasco and Richland can be streamed at:
- Kennewick: ksd.org/live.
- Pasco: psd1.org/graduation.
- Richland: rsd.edu/graduation.
This story was originally published May 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM.
