Grade Point Average(GPA)

It is important to understand that your GPA determines many aspects of your college experience. It can affect your progress in your major, changing majors, qualifying to graduate, graduating with honors, and even getting a job once you graduate. In addition, many advanced degree programs (masters, phd) have competitive admission standards based on the undergraduate GPA to get into their programs. They may require higher GPAs than the minimum GPA indicated to actually be accepted to the program. Even if you already completed a masters degree, programs will still base their admissions decisions on the undergraduate GPA. Your undergraduate GPA will follow you for the rest of your life, so make it good now!
 

Deans List Requirements

1. At least 12 semester hours completed towards graduation requirements with at least a 3.5 graduation index;
2. Registered for at least 6 semester hours for the semester with a semester GPA of at least 3.0
    

Semester Honors Requirements

1. Registered for at least 6 semester hours for the semester with a semester GPA of at least a 3.5;
2. have at least a 2.0 graduation index
    

Graduating With Distinction

1. With Distinction
   • Minimum of 65 hours of credit earned at Purdue University included in the computation of the graduation index
   • A candidate for an associate degree with distinction must have a minimum of 35 hours of credit earned at Purdue University included in the computation of the graduation index
   • 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 that the index is at least 3.30
   • The minimum graduation index so determined in the spring for each school shall be applied for graduation with distinction for the sub sequent summer session and fall semester
      
2. With Highest Distinction
   • 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 three-tenths of the spring associate degree graduates having the highest graduation indexes will be designated as graduating with highest distinction
   • The minimum graduation indexes so determined for graduation with highest distinction shall be applied for graduation with highest distinction for the subsequent summer session and fall semester