Graduation with Distinction
Distinction at graduation (policy 88-00) is awarded to baccalaureate degree candidates with:
- at least 60 credits (30 credits for associate degree candidates) earned at Penn State
- minimum of a 3.5 cumulative grade-point average
- are in the top 12% of a college's graduating class
The distinction table is created in September for the coming fall, spring semesters and summer session, based on the grade-point average information of previous graduates.
| Baccalaureate Degrees Conferred Fall 2009 - Summer 2010 |
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Distinction |
High Distinction |
Highest Distinction |
|
Abington College |
3.69 |
3.83 | 3.95 |
Agricultural Sciences |
3.67 |
3.78 | 3.92 |
Altoona College |
3.81 |
3.93 | 3.99 |
Arts and Architecture |
3.74 | 3.85 | 3.94 |
Bachelor of Philosophy |
3.78 |
3.87 | 3.96 |
Behrend College |
3.69 |
3.83 | 3.94 |
Berks College |
3.76 |
3.86 | 3.96 |
Capital College |
3.85 |
3.93 | 3.99 |
Communications |
3.72 |
3.82 | 3.92 |
Earth and Mineral Sciences |
3.77 |
3.88 | 3.95 |
Eberly College of Science |
3.84 |
3.92 | 3.98 |
Education |
3.88 |
3.94 | 3.99 |
Engineering |
3.76 |
3.87 | 3.95 |
Health and Human Development |
3.78 |
3.87 | 3.96 |
Information Sciences and Technology |
3.77 |
3.88 | 3.95 |
| Nursing | 3.85 | 3.93 | 3.99 |
Smeal College of Business |
3.75 |
3.84 | 3.92 |
The Liberal Arts |
3.77 |
3.86 | 3.94 |
University College |
3.76 |
3.88 | 3.96 |
| Associate Degrees Conferred, Fall 2009 - Summer 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distinction | High Distinction | Highest Distinction | |||||||||||||||||
| 3.73 | 3.87 | 3.97 | |||||||||||||||||