The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (PUCPR) — including the Mayagüez campus — conducts formal commencement ceremonies (“colaciones de grado”) where graduates wear official academic regalia: a cap (birrete), gown (toga), and tassel (“borla”).
For associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees, the cap is a traditional four‑sided mortarboard, typically black. The tassel may be either black or the color representing the graduate’s school/faculty.
Doctoral candidates wear a velvet tam (multi‑sided cap) with a gold tassel.
Gowns (robes) follow standard academic-dress tradition. Hoods/stoles (esclavinas) for bachelor’s and master’s degrees are lined in the university official colors (blue and white), and for doctoral robes the hood lining includes blue, gold, and white.
Each faculty or school at PUCPR has an assigned color for academic regalia — for example:
These colors guide the tassel (and possibly hood trim) to reflect the field of study.
At commencement, graduates wear their cap and gown with the tassel initially on the right side; after degrees are conferred the tassel is moved to the left, symbolizing the transition from candidate to graduate.
Honor cords or additional stoles for special distinctions or heritage are not explicitly detailed in the publicly available PUCPR graduate catalog — PUCPR seems to emphasize standard regalia colors per faculty and does not publish a public list of colors for honor cords or stoles for Mayagüez.
The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (PUCPR) — including its Mayagüez campus — uses a formal academic dress code for commencement ceremonies, consisting of a graduation cap, gown, hood or stole, and tassel.
PUCPR assigns “velvet trim” colors based on the academic field (faculty/school). This scheme applies to hood trim (velvet border) — which also influences tassel or stole trim colors.
For any degree level (associate, bachelor, master, doctoral), the basic cap + gown + hood/stole + tassel set is used. Institutional colors (blue & white) appear internally in the hood/stole, while the velvet trim and tassel reflect the discipline-specific color.
Note: To confirm the exact colors of the graduation gown, cap, tassel, honor cords, and stoles for your specific program at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez , you can reach out directly to the college's administration or the office responsible for commencement and student services. They can provide you with the most accurate and up-to-date information regarding academic regalia.