Graduating With Honors

To be eligible to graduate with honors from Wayland, you must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Have at least 60 hours of letter grades (As, Bs, Cs, etc.)
  • Have a 3.5 or greater Final Cumulative GPA (Including courses not transferred to your degree plan.   Many graduates are disqualified from receiving honors when the incorporation of additional grades brings their GPA below 3.5)
  • Have a 3.5 or greater WBU GPA
  • Be graduating with a baccalaureate degree

Honors designations are as follows:

Honor designation Required Cumulative GPA
Certificate of Honor

3.50 to 3.98
Certificate of Distinction 3.99 to 4.00

If you meet the above criteria and also have 60 hours of Wayland (resident) hours, you may be eligible for Latin honors, designated as follows:

Honor Designation

 Required Cumulative GPA

Cum Laude (with honors)

 3.50 to 3.69
Magna Cum Laude (with high honors)

3.70 to 3.89
Summa Cum Laude (with highest honors)

3.90 to 4.00
 

The following Academic Achievement awards may also be presented at the ceremony:

 

Master's level:

  • The First Baptist Church, San Antonio Award for the outstanding graduate student completing the Master of Christian Ministry degree.

  • The Frost Bank Award for the outstanding graduate student completing the Master of Arts in Management degree.

  • The Jordan Ford Award for the outstanding graduate student completing the Master of Education degree.

  • The AT&T Award for the outstanding graduate student completing the Master of Business Administration degree. (Formerly the SBC Award.)

Baccalaureate level:

  • The Bob Ross Memorial Award for the outstanding undergraduate majoring in management.
  • The Claude Black Award for the outstanding undergraduate majoring in religion.
  • The Hector Garza Memorial Award for the outstanding undergraduate majoring in human services.
  • The Helen Dutmer Award for the outstanding undergraduate majoring in occupational education.
  • The W.W. "Bo" McAllister Award for the outstanding undergraduate majoring in business administration.

Graduates selected for these awards will be contacted prior to the ceremony.  Award recipients will be recognized at the ceremony and presented with a commemorative plaque.  These awards are not connected to the academic honors based on the grade point averages (GPAs) listed above.  A graduate may be eligible for and receive one of these Achievement Awards and not graduate with one of the academic GPA honors shown.