Graduation Honors - Undergraduate

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Graduation Honors - Undergraduate
  • Graduation honors recognition is given according to the following cumulative grade point average scale:  Summa Cum Laude, 3.90-4.00; Magna Cum Laude, 3.75-3.89; Cum Laude, 3.65-3.74.
  • The cumulative grade point average used in the graduation honors scale is based on all University of Northwestern semester credits earned at the time of degree completion.  This includes course work taken in all academic programs of the University.
  • Bachelor's degree students with a minimum of 60 Northwestern credits will be eligible for Latin honors recognition as listed above.  Bachelor's degree students with between 30-59 Northwestern credits with a Northwestern cumulative grade point average of at least 3.90 will be recognized as graduating “with distinction.”