Honors

Dean’s Honors List

Students are named to the quarterly Dean’s Honor List based on performance and the courses-completed conditions set forth by their academic program. Only Chicago Booth courses are considered in the criteria for Dean’s Honor List.

Students registered for 300 units of Chicago Booth credits in a quarter will be named to the Dean’s Honor List for that quarter if the following conditions are met. The student:

  1. Achieves 3.5 or higher GPA in the courses taken during the quarter;
  2. Earns no grade lower than B;
  3. Receives no Incompletes in any coursework in the given quarter (Dean’s Honor List may not be retroactively named after a student completes a course previously taken for Incomplete);
  4. Receives no grades of Withdrawal in any coursework in the given quarter.

Degree with Honors

Chicago Booth offers two honors distinctions, High Honors and Honors. The High Honors distinction is assigned to the top five percent of the graduating class. The Honors distinction is assigned to the next 15 percent. The calculation is based on GPA averages of all graduates from the preceding academic year.

Chicago Booth does not release the specific GPA cutoff information to students. The distinctions are based upon the following conditions:

  1. A student’s cumulative GPA in all courses completed through the second week of the quarter in which the student graduates. Grades earned in the quarter of graduation are not calculated into the GPA for High Honors and Honors determinations.
  2. Incomplete or blank grades on a graduating student’s record in any course at the time when High Honors and Honors are determined will be considered as a grade of F.

The distinction is noted on a student’s diploma and official transcript. Students receiving the distinction are notified by email in Week 6 of the graduating quarter.

Honors Distinction Post-Graduation

Chicago Booth grants High Honors and Honors distinctions post-graduation to alumni who qualify based on grades in their last quarter. Following the receipt of final grades, the Booth Registrar’s Office will compile graduate’s GPA information from all programs and all quarters for the previous academic year to determine who achieved distinction post-graduation. The University of Chicago official transcript and diploma will reflect this distinction.