About the Messiah University Honors Program
The Honors Program exemplifies Messiah University's commitment to academic excellence and fostering an intellectually rigorous Christian worldview.
Inaugurated in 1998, the Honors Program currently enrolls over 400 students from majors in all of the college’s four schools. The Honors Program provides enhanced learning opportunities in and outside of the classroom without adding additional curricular requirements to the student’s course of study. Participants are widely represented in the college’s extra-curricular athletic, music, theater, and service programs, as well as the college’s many international study-abroad programs. Upon graduation participants are recognized on their diploma, transcript, and through the award of the Honors Program Medallion. Graduates of the Honors Program have been admitted to the nation’s top graduate and professional schools.
The Honors Program is designed for students who demonstrate high scholarly ability early in their academic career. The program provides a series of interdisciplinary honors courses which satisfy selected general education requirements. Participation in the program culminates in an honors research project, typically during the senior year. In addition, various campus activities are designed each semester for participants in the Honors Program.
Admission to the program is highly competitive and students selected for the Honors Program receive either full tuition (Trustees') or partial tuition (President's or Faculty) scholarships.