honors graduate
Distinguished degree recipient
An honors graduate is someone who has completed a degree program with distinction, typically by maintaining a high grade point average or completing additional coursework.
The designation appears on diplomas and resumes to signal academic achievement: She graduated as an honors graduate from Stanford.
In American universities, honors often come in tiers—cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude.
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
- summa cum laudeTop graduation honor
- magna cum laudeLatin academic distinction
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- commencementAct of starting
college degree · cap and gown · dean's list · straight A's · scholar · high achiever · achiever · tassel · distinction · cum laude · ceremony · podium · standing ovation · applause · academic · excellence · thesis · GPA
- Graduatesalumni, alumna, alumnus, college grad, PhD holder
- achieversachiever, high achiever, overachiever, go-getter, striver
- alumnialumni, alumni network, alum, Harvard alumni, alumni reunion
- senior yearsenior, seniors, senior year, senior class, twelfth graders
- academic ranksprofessor, lecturer, full professor, assistant professor, associate professor