Scholastic Recognition
Dean's List
At the conclusion of each semester the Registrar shall indicate which students are scholastically eligible to be included on the Dean’s List. The following criteria must be met:
- Have at least 12 credit hours included in the graduation index
- Have at least six hours included in the semester index
- Attain at least a 3.5 graduation index
- Have at least a 3.0 current semester index
Semester Honors
At the conclusion of each semester the Registrar shall indicate which students are scholastically eligible for Semester Honors. The following criteria must be met:
- Have at least six credit hours included in the semester index
- Attain at least a 3.5 semester index
- Have at least a 2.0 graduation index
Graduation Index Requirement
For a bachelor's degree, the required minimum graduation index is 2.0.
Graduation With Distinction
- A candidate for the baccalaureate degree with distinction must have a minimum of 65 hours of credit earned at Purdue included in the computation of the graduation index. (This does not include pass/not-pass credits.)
- The minimum graduation index for graduation with distinction in each school shall be no less than the 90th percentile of the graduation indexes of the graduates in each school, for the spring semester, provided the index is at least 3.3. The minimum graduation index so determined in the spring for each school shall be applied for graduation with distinction for the subsequent summer session and fall semester.
- Of those graduates who qualify for distinction under these rules for the spring semester, the three-tenths of the baccalaureate graduates having the highest graduation indexes shall be designated as graduating with highest distinction, irrespective of the schools from which they graduate. The minimum graduation indexes determined for graduation with highest distinction shall be applied for graduation with highest distinction for the subsequent summer session and fall semester. Purdue University Regulations Section IX.C.
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