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%