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Academic Honors

Dean's List

Dean’s List requirements per semester are at least 12 credit hours, a minimum 3.30 GPA, no grade below a C, and no incompletes. 

Graduation Honors

Rochester College recognizes exceptional academic performance and achievement with honors at
graduation. Rochester College graduation honors are as follows: Summa Cum Laude (3.85 or above GPA), Magna Cum Laude (3.60), or Cum Laude (3.30). Honors are based on all college work at Rochester College. Forty-five or more credit hours of course work at Rochester College are required for honors to be awarded. Honors are not available to Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, or MRE graduates. Once a degree is conferred, a student’s transcript is permanent. Academic honors will not be re-evaluated if additional course work is completed after degree conferral.

Honors Program

Information about Rochester College's Honors Program, including how to earn Honors Distinctions, can be found here.

Honor Societies


Alpha Chi Honors Society

Alpha Chi is national collegiate honor society that was founded in 1922. Membership to the Michigan Eta
chapter is by invitation only based on the requirements below.

  • Must be enrolled in a traditional undergraduate program at Rochester College
  • Must be a junior or senior
  • Must have at least 24 graded semester hours earned at Rochester College (course work taken at Rochester College
  • Must be in the top 10% of their class


National Honor Society in Psychology – Psi Chi
The Behavioral Sciences Department is a sponsor for Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in
Psychology, which offers opportunities for students who excel in their academic coursework in
their respective behavioral Sciences programs. Students invited to join Psi Chi have shown a significant interest in Psychology and must meet the minimum requirements for undergraduate students:

  • Must be enrolled as a student at Rochester College
  • Must have established a GPA at Rochester College
  • Must be enrolled in the final semester prior to graduation
  • Must be enrolled as a major or minor in a psychology program or a program psychological in nature that is equivalent to a psychology major
  • Must have completed at least 9 semester hours or 14 quarter hours of psychology courses
  • Must have an overall GPA that is in the top 35% of the senior class (90+ credit hours earned; if the cut-off for the top 35% is below 3.00, the applicant must have an overall GPA of at least 3.00 on a 4-point scale)
  • Must have a psychology GPA (in PSY course work) that is at least 3.00 on a 4-point scale
  • Students who meet all the criteria for induction will be sent an invitation packet during their final semester of enrollment.

Sigma Theta Tau - International Honor Society of Nursing
Sigma Theta Tau is the International Honor Society of Nursing. Students are invited to join the Theta Psi at-large chapter after meeting the following criteria:

  • Complete half of the nursing curriculum
  • Achieve academic excellence with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0
  • Rank in the top 35% of the graduating class
  • Meet the expectation of academic integrity

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