The handbook ladder runs A at 93 to 100 worth 4.00, A-minus at 90 to 92.99, B-plus at 87 to 89.99, B at 83 to 86.99, B-minus at 80 to 82.99, C-plus at 76 to 79.99, C at 70 to 75.99, then D-plus, D, and F below 60, with P marking 70-plus in pass-graded contexts. Syllabi may override per course, so Canvas's own grading page is the per-course authority and the ninety-second read every week-one deserves. Nursing adds its overlays: remotely proctored exams with signed contracts, dosage-calculation gates with their own thresholds, and the 0-credit NSG 0600 proficiency gate. No A-plus exists at Herzing, which is why our guarantee language here is the A, and why anyone promising you an A-plus at this school has not read the handbook.
The ladder, band by band
| Grade | Band | Points |
|---|---|---|
| A | 93 to 100 | 4.00 |
| A- | 90 to 92.99 | 3.75 |
| B+ / B / B- | 87 to 89.99 / 83 to 86.99 / 80 to 82.99 | 3.25 / 3.00 / 2.75 |
| C+ / C | 76 to 79.99 / 70 to 75.99 | 2.25 / 2.00 |
| D+ / D | 66 to 69.99 / 60 to 65.99 | 1.25 / 1.00 |
| F | below 60 | 0.00, with P marking 70-plus where pass-grading applies |
The fine grain cuts both ways: an 89.99 and an 87 share a B-plus, while two points around a band edge move real GPA. Margin above edges is the whole strategy, and the A band starting at 93 makes that margin a precision product.
The syllabus override, respected
Herzing publishes the ladder and lets syllabi adjust per course, with Canvas carrying the binding version. Practical consequence: read your course's grading page in week one, every course, every time, and send it with your first order so our projected letters compute against your section's actual bands rather than the handbook's defaults. Ninety seconds that keeps every later estimate honest.
Nursing's overlays, named
- Remote proctoring on nursing exams, automated or live, with signed exam contracts, prep-only territory forever
- Dosage-calculation gates with their own pass thresholds in prelicensure programs
- NSG 0600's zero-credit proficiency gate, easy to underestimate, expensive to fail
- Precepted practicums with hour logs and patient-encounter minimums, documentation supported, hours yours
The weekly gradebook on the semester clock
Sixteen-week semesters with six yearly starts, week-based deadlines in Canvas, and grades assembled from discussions, papers, care plans, presentations, and exams per syllabus. The long semester is kinder than the network's sprint schools and quieter in its danger: drift compounds for months before it surfaces, which is why our engagements run standing gradebook reads rather than end-stage rescues, and why the assignment desk's feedback-conversion habit pays best here.
Playing the ladder well
- Know your section's bands from Canvas, not from memory or this page
- Target 93-plus margin; band edges are where fine-grained ladders bite
- Exam weeks get the split: writable load off, study hours whole
- Watch the withdrawal calendar before the math fails, not after
- Send instructor feedback forward; sixteen weeks reward the habit sixteen times
Margin above the band edge, every week
Send your course and Canvas grading page. The ladder read and the plan come back free, same day.
Sources and verification
Facts on this page come from official and independent sources, and anything that matters is worth checking against the originals:
- www.herzing.edu: Herzing University's official site, with the student handbook and program pages as primary sources
- catalog.herzing.edu: the official catalog, the binding source for grading policy
- www.hlcommission.org: Higher Learning Commission, the institutional accreditor
- www.ccneaccreditation.org: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, the nursing accreditor
- apastyle.apa.org: APA Style, the official style authority