Score an A+ with These Graduation Instagram Captions

Score an A+ with These Graduation Instagram Captions

Graduation sure feels like a big life moment, and for good reason, so of course you're going to need just the right graduation caption to go with your post from the occasion. Not to stress: Here we take the work out of that for you with 50 graduation Instagram captions ready to go for your choosing. Some are funny, some are charming, some quote famous folks or their songs. All are short and sure to mark this time in life for all that it means and all you want to remember it by! Looking for even more options? Check out these graduation quotes that are sure to inspire you or these funny ones that will make you and your friends laugh out loud.

You've worked real hard these past four plus years to make the grade in high school or college and fill your brain with what you need to know for what lies ahead, and now comes the time to celebrate all of that with graduation graduation gifts, fun parties (hopefully with some tasty cake!), and the potentially tear-filled emotions. You're sure to be taking all the photos in that cap and gown with your classmates, friends, and family, and once those celebratory moments are over, the magic of them will live on by looking back at those pics in your posts, complete with just the right caption of course. Now time to find just the right one!

Funny Graduation Captions

  • "Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you." —John Green

  • "You will never have more energy or enthusiasm, hair, or brain cells than you have today." —Tom & Ray Magliozzi

  • Such achieve! Much brains!

  • I mean, finally!

  • Turns out I wasn't too cool for school.

  • I heard the next chapter gets really good. Too bad I'm done reading for a while!

  • This is my fancy piece of paper so I can finally earn some green paper.

  • Very proud, but very tired. Can I take a nap now?

  • Time to go be great.

  • S0, what’s next!?

  • “What she tackles, she conquers." —Gilmore Girls

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Graduation Captions for Parents

happy university graduate and her father having fun while taking selfie with smart phone
Drazen Zigic
  • My proudest day!

  • We never thought this day would come! Congratulations.

  • So proud...and so happy to be done paying tuition.

  • We know how hard you worked for this.

  • Enjoy this moment...then go get a job.

  • What an accomplishment! I'm so impressed by your determination.

  • You did it! Now let's have a party.

  • It seems like just yesterday you were starting kindergarten.

Trio Graduation Captions for Instagram

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Peter Muller
  • Me and my besties.

  • We did it...together!

  • Just the three of us.

  • It's the end of an era.

  • I can't wait to see what our next chapter holds.

  • This end is just the beginning.

  • No one I'd rather share this with.

Charming Graduation Captions

  • “You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.” —Dr. Seuss

  • You’ve sacrificed a lot for my future. It may take a lifetime, but I’ll do everything to repay for what you have done for me. Thanks, Mom and Dad.

  • Behind you, all your memories. Before you, all your dreams. Around you, all who love you. Within you, all you need.

  • Wherever life plants you, bloom with grace.

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Thomas Barwick
  • Stretch out your branches like the tallest tree because you're free to choose your path.

  • "How lucky I am to have something, that makes saying goodbye so hard." —Winnie-the-Pooh

  • Cap. Gown. It's time to get down!

  • Con-grad-ulations—we did it!

Inspiring Graduation Captions From Famous People

  • "That clock you hear is the sound of your own heart. Sink your teeth into this life, and don’t get let go." —Lin-Manuel Miranda

  • "Change takes courage." —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

  • "Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead." —Nora Ephron

  • "No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind." —Taylor Swift

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  • "The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away." —Joy J. Golliver

  • "Go make your big beautiful dent, and as you do so come down on the side of boldness. If you err, may it be for too much audacity, and not too little. For you really are enough. You have untold strengths and resources inside. You have your glorious self." —Sue Monk Kidd

  • "Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement." —Matt Bondi

  • "Watch out for me, I'm bound to glow." —Drake

  • "And now, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure." —Dumbledore (J.K. Rowling)

  • "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." —E. E. Cummings

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Graduation Captions from Song Lyrics

  • "Ain't about how fast I get there, ain't about what's waiting on the other side. It's the climb." —Miley Cyrus

  • "Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten." —Natasha Bedingfield

  • “There’s just no telling how far I’ll go.” —Moana

  • “The best is yet to come.” —Frank Sinatra

  • "I wish that I could have this moment for life." —Nicki Minaj

  • “It was all a dream.” —Biggie

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