General Honors

The Lindenwood faculty awards general honors to those undergraduate students who have completed all degree requirements with academic distinction. In order to be eligible for general honors, a student must have completed a minimum of 60 credit hours “in residence” at the Lindenwood University System. (Transferred credits and experiential learning credits do not count toward “in residence” credit hours.) Students whose Lindenwood University System cumulative GPA’s fall within the ranges below are eligible for the honors as follows:

  • The student who achieves a cumulative GPA between 3.70 and 3.85 receives the degree cum laude.
  • The student whose cumulative GPA is between 3.86 and 3.93 receives the degree magna cum laude.
  • The student who achieves a cumulative GPA of 3.94 or above receives the degree summa cum laude.

Note: Graduate students are not awarded general honors.