11, 2019 — At UTSA Commencement everyone is wearing a cap and gown, but some look very different from others ... The color of the velvet border indicates the degree and align with the tassel colors ...

Commencement cords—ropes draped over the gowns—also hold a special significance ... Traditions even extend to the caps that students wear for graduation. Undergraduates wear the tassel on the right ...

Bachelor's Degree Recipients Bachelor's degree recipients wear a green gown, green mortarboard (cap), and tassel differentiated by college. These are the only degrees in which the tassel color varies, ...