The notation “Graduate with Distinction” or “Graduate with High Distinction” will be placed on the transcript of students who have completed in residence at NPC at least 30 units used toward the associate degree (AA, AAEE, AAEC, ABus, AS, AGS, or AAS) and meet the cumulative grade point average (GPA) criteria of 3.5 – 3.89 for Distinction and 3.9 – 4.0 for High Distinction.