10 USC § 8467 - Degree on graduation

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title: "10 USC § 8467 - Degree on graduation"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8467"
section_name: "Degree on graduation"
chapter_number: 853
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EDUCATION AND TRAINING"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 434, § 6967; renumbered § 8467, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8467. Degree on graduation

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, the Superintendent of the Naval Academy may confer the degree of bachelor of science upon graduates of the Academy.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 434, § 6967; renumbered § 8467, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6967 | 34 U.S.C. 1057a (less last sentence). | May 25, 1933, ch. 37, 48 Stat. 73 (less last sentence); Aug. 9, 1946, ch. 932, 60 Stat. 968; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 13, 63 Stat. 559; Aug. 18, 1949, ch. 476, 63 Stat. 614. |

The word “regulations” is substituted for the words “such rules and regulations”. Since the Naval Academy is now accredited, the words “from and after the date of accrediting of said Academy” are omitted as executed.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .

### Degrees for Persons Who Graduated Before Accrediting of Naval Academy

, , provided in part that, under conditions prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, the Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy “may confer the degree of bachelor of science upon living graduates of [the] Academy who were graduated before the date of accrediting of [the] Academy and who have met the requirements of [the] Academy for that degree.”