Twenty-seven men and women will be awarded doctorate degrees in graduation ceremonies for the Colleges of Chiropractic and Naturopathic Medicine Saturday at the University of Bridgeport.

The graduation will be at 11 a.m. in the Mertens Theater of the Arnold Bernhard Arts and Humanities Center.

There are 23 graduates receiving chiropractic degrees and four getting theirs in naturopathic medicine. It is the 13th graduation for the chiropractic, and second for naturopathic college.

Dr. Robert M. Murphy, chairman of the Connecticut State Board of Naturopathic Medicine, and David O’Bryon, executive director of the Association of Chiropractic Colleges, will be principal speakers at the ceremonies. President Neil Albert Salonen will preside, assisted by Dr. Frank Zolli, dean of the College of Chiropractic, and Dr. Peter Martin, dean of the College of Naturopathic Medicine.