Mars Hill University

Mars Hill University conferred degrees on 57 graduates during its December commencement ceremony in Moore Auditorium on Friday, December 17, 2021. It was the university's first indoor commencement since December 2019. Of the graduates, four received master's degrees, with the other 53 earning bachelor's degrees in arts, music, science, or social work. The graduates completed their degree requirements in August or December of 2021.

Mars Hill University conferred 168 degrees during its spring commencement ceremony on May 21, 2022. In addition to the bachelor's and master's degrees awarded, the university also presented an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree to Oralene Anderson Graves Simmons, who broke the color barrier at Mars Hill in the early 1960s.

Mars Hill University held its spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 15, 2021, in a socially-distanced format. Graduates processed across the Lunsford Commons quadrangle area of the upper campus, accompanied by their chosen guests. Graduates were grouped by their academic majors, with groupings staggered throughout the afternoon. Several dozen students who completed their degree requirements in the fall 2020 semester also participated in the ceremony, since their December commencement was canceled because of COVID-19 precautions. The most popular majors were business administration, criminal justice, nursing, and social work. Because of the format of the commencement ceremony, there was not a guest speaker. Graduating senior Danielle Fann, a music education major from Weaverville, North Carolina, performed a flute solo near the beginning of the ceremony.

Mars Hill University conferred degrees on 161 graduates at the conclusion of the spring 2020 semester. Including double- and triple-majors, the university presented 174 bachelor's and master's degrees.

Mars Hill University graduated 167 students during spring commencement on Saturday, May 11, 2019.

Among the graduates in retiring MHU President Dan Lunsford's final commencement were the university's first master of management grads.

Mars Hill University conferred bachelor's degrees on 63 undergraduates who completed their degree requirements in August or December. Among the graduates, the most popular majors were business administration, criminal justice, and social work.