The objectives of the UW grading system are to:

• Enhance your learning and not put artificial barriers between you and the learning process
• Provide useful feedback about your performance in the program
• Assist the faculty in making critical decisions about your progress; for example, whether you are maintaining adequate graduate level performance; whether a special commendation for superior performance is warranted; and finally, whether you should receive the degree.

Due to the structure of the core, you will receive a single grade for your required course each quarter. We award a single grade per quarter to emphasize that effective general management requires a diversity of talents. Most MBA courses at the UW, including the core courses, are graded on a 4.0 scale, and the University requires graduate students to have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 in order to graduate.

Recognition of Superior Performance: At the end of each quarter students receiving grades in the top 10% of their class are publicly recognized as having attained the Dean's List.

Consistently superior performance throughout the program qualifies a student to become a Dean's Scholar. The very best students will receive this distinction at the end of the first year of the program, in time to appear on resumes before the second-year recruiting season.

Click here for more information on the University of Washington's Grading System.