The top 20% of each graduating class is recognized as graduating with University Honors. Honors designations are determined by GPA cutoffs established by the University such that:

• The top 4% of a graduating class receives "Highest Honors."
• The top 10% of a graduating class receives "High Honors."
• The top 20% of a graduating class receives "Honors."

Honors are calculated for the spring graduating class each May. The spring criteria is used for the subsequent summer and fall graduations.

The honors gpa cutoffs below, calculated for the May 2011 graduating class, will be used for announcing university honors during the May 2012 ceremonies. The announced honors are preliminary and subject to change.

To be eligible to graduate with honors, an undergraduate must have completed at least sixty semester hours in residence at The University of Texas at Austin. Courses taken pass/fail are counted in the sixty-hour minimum, but only letter grades are used to determine the grade point average. Letter grades earned through credit-by-examination do not count toward the grade point average used to calculate honors.

Official honors designations are calculated and added to transcripts after all grades are submitted at the end of the graduating semester. This process takes place after the graduation ceremony.