Minimum Credit Hours Required for Graduation
WEST COAST CONFERENCE
Brigham Young University – 120 credit hours
Loyola Marymount University – 120 credit hours
Pepperdine University – 120 credit hours
University of Portland – 120 credit hours
University of the Pacific – 124 credit hours
University of San Diego – 124 credit hours
Gonzaga University – 128 credit hours
Saint Mary’s College – 128 credit hours
University of San Francisco – 128 credit hours
Santa Clara University – 175 quarter units
JESUIT UNIVERSITIES
Boston College – 120 credit hours
Fairfield University – 120 credit hours
Georgetown University – 120 credit hours
Loyola Chicago – 120 credit hours
Loyola Marymount University – 120 credit hours
Saint Joseph University – 120 credit hours
Saint Louis University – 120 credit hours
Fordham University – 124 credit hours
Marquette University – 126 credit hours
Xavier University – 120 credit hours, 126 for business
University of San Francisco – 128 credit hours
Creighton University – 128 credit hours
Gonzaga University – 128 credit hours
John Carroll University – 128 credit hours
Regis University – 128 credit hours
Santa Clara University – 175 quarter units
Seattle University – 180 quarter credits
OTHER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES
Duquesne University – 120 credit hours
Holy Names University – 120 credit hours
University of Dayton – 120 credit hours
University of Notre Dame
College of Liberal Arts – 120 credit hours
College of Science – 124 credit hours
School of Business – 126 credit hours
College of Engineering – varies by discipline
School of Architecture – 163 credit hours
Villanova University – 122 credit hours, with science degrees varying
according to major
Dominican University – 124 credit hours
Saint Norbert University – 128 credit hours
US NEWS RANKINGS: WESTERN REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES
1. Trinity University – 124 credit hours
2. Santa Clara University – 175 quarter units
3. Loyola Marymount University – 120 credit hours
4. Gonzaga University – 128 credit hours
5. Mills College – 120 credit hours
6. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo – 180 quarter credits
6. Chapman University – 124 credit hours
6. University of Portland – 120 credit hours
9. Whitworth University – 126 credit hours
10. Seattle University – 180 quarter credits
11. University of Redlands – 128 credit hours
12. Pacific Lutheran University – 128 credit hours
12. University of Dallas – 120 credit hours
14. California Lutheran University – 124 credit hours
15. Seattle Pacific University - 180 quarter units
15. Saint Mary’s College – 128 credit hours
MISCELLANEOUS
Augustana College – 123 credit hours
Drake University – 124 credit hours
Lynchburg College – 124 credit hours
Whitman College – 124 credit hours
Denison University – 127 credit hours
Rhodes College – 128 credit hours
Ursinus Collage – 128 credit hours
Elon University – 132 credit hours
From the Williams College catalog
Williams College uses the 4-1-4 calendar. Students are required
to take 4 courses in the fall semester, 1 project during Winter Study,
and 4 courses in the spring semester. Therefore, in order to earn a
B.A. from Williams, a student must pass at least 32 regularly graded
semester courses and 4 Winter Study Projects.
There are two important features of our system that affect
comparisons with other systems. The first is that all courses are
valued the same. Unlike a credit hour system that differentiates
between courses with and without laboratories, for instance, our
course unit system considers all courses to be of equal weight
toward completing degree requirements. The other feature is that
our Winter Study Projects are all graded as Honors, Pass, Perfunctory
Pass, or Fail by the instructors so no regular grades are available for
them.
Converting credits from one system to another is likely to be
more of an approximation than an absolutely accurate replication.
If you are converting our system to someone else's, we suggest that
you consider each year completed at Williams to be the equivalent
of a full year completed at the other institution. If it is necessary to
convert credits on a course basis, we suggest that you consider
each of our courses or projects to be the equivalent of one-ninth of
a year's credit at the other school. If, for example, the college
requires 120 credits, or 30 per year, for the B.A., then each course or
project would be the equivalent of 3.33 credits; if 128 credits are
required, then each of our courses or projects would be the
equivalent of 3.55 credits; if 180 are required, then we suggest you
consider each of our courses or projects to be the equivalent of 5
credits.