Above image: 2026 graduates with a perfect 4.0 grade point average include (left to right) Adeloye Ibukunoluwa, Aayush Jha, Gabrielle Morgan, Eke Djibril, Amir Haithem, and Christopher Hill.
If you want to know how well HBCUs like Howard prepare its students for excellence, ask any of the 199 graduates whose perfect performance during their academic course of study was underscored by a presumptive 4.0 grade point average and culminated in high accolades during the May 2026 Commencement. Representing a deep and broad diversity of backgrounds, interests, skills, perceptions, life philosophies, preferences, and experiences that add to their competitive advantages, these new alumni aren’t merely competent. They are setting a new pace of professionalism in a range of fields.
As final transcripts for the Class of 2026 are readied, the true brilliance of the group is crystallizing. At the undergraduate level, 74 students are on track to be certified as graduates with a perfect grade point average, while 123 graduate students and 2 professional students have achieved the same feat. These students, who are awaiting final certification as graduates with 4.0 GPAs, come from a range of geographic locations and reflect a cross section of disciplines, furthering Howard’s legendary tradition of dispatching the world’s most talented changemakers into a spectrum of fields to make a transformative impact across the globe…