Graduation Honors

Academic honors are awarded at Commencement to baccalaureate degree candidates who have maintained unusually high scholarship averages.

The awards are made on the basis of the cumulative grade point averages of students who have earned at least 62 hours* at the University of Indianapolis at the time of graduation.

* Hours for courses that a student takes for pass/fail, math proficiency, satisfactory/unsatisfactory, or credit only (no traditional letter grade assigned) will not be used in determining these honors.

Summa Cum Laude is awarded to any student who has a grade point average of 3.85 or higher.

Magna Cum Laude is awarded to any student who has a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.65 but less than 3.85.

Cum Laude is awarded to any student who has a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.45 but less than 3.65.

With Distinction is awarded to students who meet the criteria established by the Honors College. For more information, see Academic Programs: Honors College.

Graduation honors noted on the Commencement program are based on the person's cumulative grade point average at the conclusion of Semester I of the academic year in which the person is graduated. Graduation honors noted on the individual transcript are based on the person's cumulative grade point average at the conclusion of the degree program.