Academic Honors
Dean’s List
An undergraduate student who completes 9 credits or more during a semester and earns a GPA of 3.5 or higher is eligible to receive Dean’s list recognition.
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.
Summa Cum Laude |
highest 5% |
Magna Cum Laude |
next 8% |
Cum Laude |
next 12% |