Honor Roll and Honors Graduation

There are a number of ways students can be recognized for their excellent academic achievements. See the requirements to be on one of our honor rolls, and how to earn honors designation upon graduation.

Graduation with Honors

Designations of summa cum laude, magna cum laude, and cum laude will be added to the baccalaureate academic transcripts and diplomas of graduating undergraduate students earning at least 48 credit hours from the University of Wyoming (of which 45 hours must be for A-F grades) based on the following percentages as computed from the GPAs of graduating undergraduate students in each college:

  • Top 1% summa cum laude
  • Next 4% magna cum laude
  • Next 5% cum laude

Honors graduates will be identified by comparison to a 5-year rolling grade point distribution computed for each college, to be recomputed annually each spring semester.

These designations are effective with the fall 2000 semester and are not retroactive.

Honor graduation will be granted for students in the College of Law upon successful completion of 56 hours in the college with a cumulative GPA of 3.400 or better based on University of Wyoming College of Law courses.

A Doctor of Pharmacy is awarded with honor by the university to a student who graduates with scholarship in pharmacy of unusual excellence as defined by the School of Pharmacy.

Graduation with Honors - Catalog Entry

Criteria

Effective for Fall 2025, Spring 2026, and Summer 2026 graduation.

 

Summa Cum Laude

Magna Cum Laude

Cum Laude

Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources

4.000

3.973

3.921

Arts and Sciences

4.000

3.992

3.947

Business

4.000

3.951

3.874

Education

4.000

N/A*

N/A*

Engineering and Physical Sciences

4.0

3.949

3.874

School of Energy Resources

3.989

3.900

3.714

Haub - ENR

4.000

3.993

3.931

Health Sciences

4.000

  N/A** 

N/A**

UW College

4.000

3.993

3.931

*Due to the fact that 11.0% of the computed College of Education graduates received a 4.000, no magna cum laude or cum laude honors will be awarded.

**Due to the fact that 9.7% of the computed College of Health Sciences graduates received a 4.000, no magna cum laude or cum laude honors will be awarded.

UW Regulation 2-107 (July 12, 2018)

Designations of Academic Distinction will be added to baccalaureate academic transcripts and diplomas of graduating students earning at least 48 UW credit hours (of which 45 hours must be graded on an A-F grading scale) based on the following percentages:

Top 1% summa cum laude
Next 4% magna cum laude
Next 5% cum laude

Each spring semester, Academic Distinction graduates will be identified by comparison of their GPA to a 5-year rolling grade point distribution by each college.

The degree of Juris Doctor is awarded with honors if the student achieves a grade point average of 3.400 or better on all resident credit in the College of Law.

A Doctor of Pharmacy is awarded with honors by the University of Wyoming to a student who graduates with scholarship in pharmacy of unusual excellence as defined by the School of Pharmacy.