Dean's List of Scholars (Saint Anselm College, Academic Catalogue P. 26)
Students who register for and complete five courses of study at the College during a given semester and who achieve in that semester a grade point average of 3.0 are eligible for inclusion in the Dean’s List of Scholars. In all five courses, students must receive letter grades that compute in determining the gpa.

Graduation Honors (Saint Anselm College, Academic Catalogue P. 32)
According to the degree of academic excellence, graduates may be awarded the distinctions of cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude. Candidates for the distinction cum laude must have a grade-point average of 3.0; for the distinction magna cum laude, a grade-point average of 3.4; for the distinction summa cum laude, a grade-point average of 3.7.