Honors Granted at Commencement

Students showing high scholastic achievement are granted a degree with honors. To be considered for honors at commencement, students must have completed at least 60 credits at Rockford University and must have earned a Rockford University GPA of 3.4 or higher. Honors, however, are determined by students’ cumulative GPA, i.e., the GPA earned in all course work, including all work completed at other accredited institutions of higher education. And no matter what cumulative GPA students may have attained, they may not earn a higher classification of honors than that for which their Rockford University GPA would qualify them.

Honors at commencement are awarded as follows:

• Summa cum Laude designates students with a 3.8 cumulative GPA or higher and with no “F” grades in the last 60 credits of work.
• Magna cum Laude designates students with a 3.6 cumulative GPA or higher and with no “F” grades in the last 60 credits of work.
• Cum Laude designates students with a 3.4 cumulative GPA or higher and with no “F” grades in the last 60 credits of work.
• MacLeish Scholars designate graduating seniors who are not eligible for general honors at commencement, but who have earned a cumulative GPA of at least 3.4 or higher in all course work at Rockford University (at least 30 credits) and a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA in all previous college work.