Graduating with Honors
Formal recognition is given to two-year and four-year graduates who have achieved academic excellence. Baccalaureate degree recipients who complete at least 43 hours at MSU with an institutional GPA of 3.5 to 3.69 graduate cum laude, 3.7 to 3.89 graduate magna cum laude and 3.9 to 4.0 graduate summa cum laude. Associate degree recipients who complete a minimum of 32 credit hours at MSU and earn an institutional cumulative GPA of 3.6 or better graduate with distinction. Only work completed at MSU is used in computing GPA.