Honors Awarded to the Graduating Class

  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Number of Graduates 381 426 399 388 422 421 455 406 450 455
Latin Honors                    
Total Number and Percentage Latin Honors 166
43.6%
181
42.5%
177
44.4%
170
43.8%
202
47.9%
195
46.3%
227
49.9%
238
58.6%
233
51.8%
241
54.2%
Number and Percentage
Cum Laude
130
34.1%
139
32.6%
114
28.6%
85
21.9%
113
26.8%
94
22.3%
111
24.4%
126
31.0%
135
30.0%
114
25.6%
Number and Percentage Magna Cum Laude 27
7.1%
28
6.6%
54
13.5%
63
16.2%
70
16.6%
85
20.2%
97
21.3
91
22.4%
81
18.0%
103
23.1%
Number and Percentage Summa Cum Laude 9
2.4%
14
3.3%
9
2.3%
22
5.7%
19
4.5%
16
3.8%
19
4.2%
21
5.2%
17
3.8%
24
5.4%
All College Honors                    
Number and Percentage All College Honors 74
19.4%
81
19.0%
63
15.8%
61
15.7%
50
11.8%
54
12.8%
63
13.8%
77
19.0%
65
14.4%
74
16.6%

Source: Registrar's Office


The following chart shows the distribution of latin honors for the graduating class in each of the last ten years. Prior to 2001, the completion of an honors project was required in order to receive magna cum laude or summa cum laude designation.

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12 September 2008