Achievement Recognition
DEAN'S LIST. The Associate Vice President for Academic Administration maintains a list of undergraduate students who have earned a minimum of 15 hours per quarter (excluding S credits, IP, and incompletes) and have achieved a grade-point average of 3.50 or better. Students who have earned a GPA above 3.75 appear on the Dean's List of Distinguished Students.
GRADUATION WITH HONORS. Candidates for the baccalaureate degree with the appropriate GPA, both overall and for credits earned at Walla Walla University, will be awarded the degree with the following honors distinction:
| 3.500 - 3.749 |
cum laude (with distinction) |
| 3.750 - 3.899 |
magna cum laude (with great distinction) |
| 3.900 - 4.000 |
summa cum laude (with highest distinction) |
The WWU Records office calculates Graduation with Honors based on the following:
- Combined GPA of all courses taken (transfer GPA(s) plus WWU GPA), and
- WWU only GPA.
WWU will award the distinction based on the lower of the two above.