Latin honors are given to Baccalaureate degree recipients who have achieved a high cumulative grade point average (GPA) and completed their school's minimum number of points in residence.
This webpage provides an archive of the GPA cutoffs for previous years. Click here for the current GPA Cutoffs.
Also see:
- Departmental Honors (for Undergraduates)
- Graduate & Professional Level Honors
Cumulative Grade Point Average Requirements
| GPA cutoffs for September 2010 to May 2011 |
Summa Cum Laude | Magna Cum Laude | Cum Laude |
| College of Arts and Science | 3.898 | 3.791 | 3.660 |
| College of Nursing | 3.920 | 3.814 | 3.717 |
| Gallatin School of Individualized Study | 3.917 | 3.848 | 3.777 |
| School of Continuing and Professional Studies | 3.935 | 3.794 | 3.607 |
| Silver School of Social Work | 3.949 | 3.807 | 3.721 |
| Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development | 3.891 | 3.809 | 3.693 |
| Stern School of Business | 3.834 | 3.730 | 3.599 |
| GPA cutoffs for September 2009 to May 2010 |
Summa Cum Laude | Magna Cum Laude | Cum Laude |
| College of Arts & Sciences | 3.892 | 3.785 | 3.664 |
| College of Nursing | 3.963 | 3.872 | 3.798 |
| Gallatin School of Individualized Study | 3.933 | 3.870 | 3.789 |
| School of Continuing and Professional Studies | 3.908 | 3.767 | 3.619 |
| Silver School of Social Work | 3.974 | 3.863 | 3.754 |
| Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development | 3.878 | 3.804 | 3.705 |
| Stern School of Business | 3.833 | 3.721 | 3.599 |
| GPA cutoffs for September 2008 to May 2009 |
Summa Cum Laude | Magna Cum Laude | Cum Laude |
| College of Arts and Science | 3.893 | 3.786 | 3.650 |
| College of Nursing | 3.949 | 3.873 | 3.796 |
| Gallatin School of Individualized Study | 3.930 | 3.845 | 3.765 |
| School of Continuing and Professional Studies | 3.913 | 3.767 | 3.580 |
| Silver School of Social Work | 4.000 | 3.885 | 3.835 |
| Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development | 3.881 | 3.805 | 3.678 |
| Stern School of Business | 3.825 | 3.715 | 3.573 |
Effective with the September 2008 graduating class, the GPA cutoffs for each category are determined by the combined GPA distribution from the preceding academic year, all graduation moments included. The cutoff for summa cum laude is the GPA included within the top 5 percent of the previous year's graduating class. The cutoff for magna cum laude is the GPA included within the next 10 percent of the previous year's class. The cutoff for cum laude is the GPA included within the next 15 percent of the previous year's class. For example, the necessary GPA level for summa cum laude for students graduating in September 2008 was based on the GPA cutoff for the top 5 percent of the combined graduates from September 2007, January 2008, and May 2008.
Please contact the Office of the University Registrar for information regarding earlier years.