Academic Honors

Dean’s List

Dean’s List honors are awarded to full-time students who complete at least 12 credit hours with no failures and earn a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for the semester. Part-time students are eligible for Dean’s List honors upon completion of at least 12 credit hours in two consecutive semesters with no failures and a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for the two consecutive semesters.

Delta Epsilon Rho

All undergraduate students who achieve the honor of being placed on the Dean’s List for three consecutive semesters shall be designated by the Vice President for Academic Affairs as being eligible for induction into the Delta Epsilon Rho Honor Society.

Graduation with Honors

Graduation honors are awarded to students in a bachelor’s degree program whose cumulative grade point average (GPA) at the time of graduation ranks within the top 25% of that student’s academic college. A student must complete a minimum of 45 Wilmington University residency requirements in order to be considered for honors. A maximum of 15 credit hours of challenge by exam and/or prior-learning assessment credit can be applied toward the residency requirement.

Specific honors are based upon the GPA distribution (computed to three decimal places) within each academic College.