2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Graduation with Distinction Policy

(Effective August 1, 2016)

To be eligible for graduation with distinction, a student must successfully complete the senior thesis with a grade of “B” (3.0) or higher and must graduate with a cumulative grade point average of not less than 3.25.

Transfers: To be eligible for graduation with distinction, a student must have completed 60 semester hours of course work at Carroll College. The required cumulative grade point average will be calculated from all courses attempted at Carroll.

Graduation honors are announced at Commencement. Please keep in mind that the Commencement booklet is printed many weeks before final spring grades are submitted. Therefore, the academic marks that will be used to determine graduation with honors or graduation with distinction for Commencement are a student's grade point average and completed credits at the conclusion of the most recent fall semester.