Benefits of Honors Program participation include substantial scholarships and/or honors achievement award, scholarship recommendations, eligibility for special Honors Foundation scholarships, campus luncheons and dinners with Honors students, and provisional membership in Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for the two-year colleges.

Graduates are eligible to wear an "Honors Program Graduate" medallion and to have special recognition in the commencement program if they complete 15 credits of Honors classes, including: 3 credits of HUM190 (Honors Forum) and 12 additional Honors credits in at least 3 different prefixes.