honor graduate
Distinguished degree recipient
An honor graduate is a student who has completed a course of study with distinction, typically by achieving grades above a specified threshold.
The term appears most often in military and academic contexts: She was an honor graduate of the FBI Academy.
Distinguished from valedictorian or salutatorian, honor graduate may apply to multiple students in the same class.
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
- summa cum laudeTop graduation honor
- magna cum laudeLatin academic distinction
- dean's listAcademic achievement recognition
- commencementAct of starting
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