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Graduating with Honors

Undergraduate Students

Latin Honors graduates receiving undergraduate degrees are acknowledged at commencement by gold-colored honor stoles worn with the graduation gowns.
Unless otherwise specified below, designation as an honors graduate requires that the degree candidate have completed at least 60 credit hours at Texas A&M University, and that they have at least a 3.50 GPA. The specific honors levels are as follows: 3.500 - 3.699 GPA = Cum Laude 3.700 - 3.899 GPA = Magna Cum Laude 3.900 - 4.000 GPA = Summa Cum Laude
Stoles for honor graduates will be distributed at the graduation venue before the ceremony begins. The graduate may keep these stoles after the ceremony.
	These honors designations do not require participation in any honors courses. Students who have taken honors courses may also qualify for university-level designations. Students may contact LAUNCH at (979) 845-1957 or by email to honors@tamu.edu for details about these additional designations.
Grade point averages used to determine Latin honors designations are calculated during the final degree audit the day before the ceremonies and include hours and final grades in courses taken during the student’s graduating semester. Latin honors designations will not be changed after the final graduation clearance deadline.
TAMU Student Rules specify certain credits that are excluded from the calculation. Additional information can be found on the Office of the Registrar's website.

Graduate and Professional Students

• Graduate Students:
  • Graduate students (who have different GPA requirements for graduation) do not receive honors designations.
• First-Professional Students
  • Students who complete their entire course of study at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Medicine are eligible for academic honors. In the School of Medicine, students must obtain a grade point average of 3.500 or greater to graduate with honors.
  • In the School of Dentistry, only those students in the top 1st to 4th positions in the class are eligible for academic honors.
  • In the Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy, students are eligible for Latin Honors as follows: Summa Cum Laude (4.000-3.900), Magna Cum Laude (3.899-3.750), and Cum Laude (3.749-3.500).
  • In the School of Law, JD students may qualify to graduate Summa Cum Laude by holding a final cumulative grade point average of 3.80 or above, Magna Cum Laude with a final cumulative grade point average of 3.60 through 3.79, and Cum Laude with a final cumulative grade point average of 3.40 through 3.59. JD students graduating in May 2019 qualify to graduate Summa Cum Laude by holding a final cumulative grade point average of 3.80 or above or by graduating in the top 2% of the graduating class, Magna Cum Laude with a final cumulative grade point average of 3.60 through 3.79 or by graduating in the top 5% of the graduating class but not the top 2% of the graduating class, and Cum Laude with a final cumulative grade point average of 3.40 through 3.59. Prior to May 1, 2019, a JD student who graduates in the top 2% of the graduating class is designated as graduating Summa Cum Laude, a JD student who is not in the top 2% but graduates in the top 5% of the graduating class is designated as graduating Magna Cum Laude, and a JD student who is not in the top 5% but graduates in the top 10% of the graduating class is designated as graduating Cum Laude.
  • A first-professional student in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences may qualify to graduate Summa Cum Laude by holding a final grade point average of 3.900 or above, Magna Cum Laude with a grade point average of 3.700 through 3.899 and Cum Laude with a grade point average of 3.500 through 3.699.