UMBC grading scale, and its printed honours rule
UMBC states its honours bands as numbers a student can aim at: summa cum laude for a grade point average between 3.95 and 4.0, with magna and cum laude below it. A fixed threshold is knowable in advance, and it means the share of a class receiving honours moves with grade inflation rather than being held constant by rule.
What UMBC publishes
| What | Figure | The registrar's own words | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top grade points | 4 grade points | "A = 4 quality points B = 3 quality points C = 2 quality points D = 1 quality point F = 0 quality points" | UMBC undergraduate catalog: grading system checked October 2026 |
| Summa cum laude GPA | 3.95 GPA | "Summa cum laude (“With highest honor”): Students graduating with a GPA between 3.95 and 4.0." | UMBC Latin honors (a FIXED GPA band) checked October 2026 |
UMBC scale families, evidenced
UMBC maintains its own pages for 0 of the scale families this index compares.
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The UMBC grading scale
UMBC's undergraduate catalog assigns whole letters only: A 4, B 3, C 2, D 1 and F 0 quality points, with no plus or minus steps between them. A UMBC average is therefore built from fewer steps than the plus/minus scales most institutions in this index print.