List of honorary degrees awarded to Bill Cosby

William Henry "Bill" Cosby received around 70 honorary degrees in recognition of his career in acting and comedy. Many of these have since been revoked due to his conviction on sexual assault charges. These include (listed in order of original awarding of degree):

Location Date School Degree Status
Rhode Island1985Brown UniversityDoctor of Letters (D.Litt.)Rescinded 28 September 2015 [1]
South Carolina1986University of South CarolinaDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [2]Rescinded 22 June 2018 [3]
Georgia1986Spelman CollegeDoctorate[4]Not rescinded
Connecticut1987Wesleyan UniversityDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [5]Rescinded 25 May 2018 [6]
PennsylvaniaMay 1987Lehigh UniversityDoctor of Laws (LL.D.)Rescinded 14 October 2015 [7]
District of Columbia1989Howard UniversityDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [8]Not rescinded
Indiana20 May 1990University of Notre DameDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [9]Rescinded 26 April 2018 [10]
Pennsylvania1990University of PennsylvaniaDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [11][12]Rescinded 1 February 2018 [13]
Missouri1990University of Missouri-ColumbiaDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL)Rescinded 23 June 2017 [14][15][16]
Mississippi20 November 1990Rust College Doctorate [17]Not rescinded
Pennsylvania1991Temple UniversityDoctor of Laws (LL.D.)Rescinded 27 April 2018 [18]
Pennsylvania1992Drexel UniversityDoctorateRescinded 12 November 2015 [19]
California1992California State Polytechnic University, PomonaDoctor of Letters (D.Litt.)Rescinded 18 November 2015 [20]
California1992Occidental CollegeDoctorateRescinded 12 December 2015 [21]
Maine1992Colby CollegeDoctor of Performing ArtsRescinded 2 May 2018 [22]
MarylandSpring 1992University of Maryland, College ParkDoctorateRescinded 22 June 2018 [23][24]
Virginia1993College of William & MaryMaster of Arts (MA)Rescinded 8 August 2018 [25]
Rhode IslandMay 1994Bryant UniversityDoctorateRescinded 12 November 2015 [26]
Pennsylvania1995Muhlenberg CollegeDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL)Rescinded 23 October 2015 [27]
Pennsylvania1995Swarthmore CollegeDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL)Rescinded 20 November 2015 [28][29]
Texas20 May 1995Southern Methodist UniversityDoctor of Arts (D.Arts)Rescinded 31 May 2018 [30]
New York1 June 1995John Jay College of Criminal JusticeDoctorate [31]Rescinded 23 November 2015 [32][33]
Massachusetts1996Boston CollegeDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [34]Rescinded 27 April 2018 [35]
PennsylvaniaMay 1996Lafayette CollegeDoctorateRescinded 28 April 2018 [36]
Connecticut18 May 1996University of ConnecticutDoctor of Fine Arts (DFA) [37][38]Rescinded 29 June 2016 [39]
PennsylvaniaMay 1996Lafayette CollegeDoctorateRescinded 28 April 2018 [36]
Pennsylvania1997Gettysburg CollegeDoctorateRescinded 4 May 2018 [40]
District of Columbia1997George Washington UniversityDoctor of Humanities [41]Rescinded 11 January 2016 [42][43]
Illinois1997Northwestern UniversityDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [44]Rescinded 18 June 2018 [45]
New York1997New York UniversityDoctor of Fine Arts (DFA)Rescinded 21 June 2018 [46]
California8 May 1998University of Southern CaliforniaDoctor of Fine Arts (DFA) [47]Rescinded 1 May 2018 [48]
Virginia9 May 1998Old Dominion UniversityDoctorate [49]Not rescinded
Maryland17 May 1998University of Maryland Eastern ShoreDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [50]Rescinded 22 June 2018 [24]
California1998Pepperdine UniversityDoctor of Laws (LL.D.)Rescinded (unannounced date)[51]
South CarolinaMay 1999Claflin UniversityDoctorate [52]Rescinded 22 June 2018 [53]
New York22 May 1999Colgate UniversityDoctorate [54]Rescinded 1 October 2016 [55]
Massachusetts1999Amherst CollegeDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL)Rescinded 17 October 2015 [56][57]
Massachusetts2000Tufts UniversityDoctor of Arts (D.Arts)Rescinded 15 October 2015 [58]
PennsylvaniaMay 2000Franklin & Marshall CollegeDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL)Rescinded 19 October 2015 [59]
New York2000Fashion Institute of TechnologyDoctorate [60]Rescinded 2 May 2018 [61]
South Carolina2000Medical University of South CarolinaDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL)Rescinded 18 May 2018 [62]
New York2001Fordham UniversityDoctor of Fine Arts (DFA)Rescinded 24 September 2015 [63][64]
Maryland2001Goucher CollegeDoctorateRescinded 15 October 2015[65]
Ohio2001Ohio State UniversityDoctor of Education (D.Ed.)Rescinded 6 April 2018 [66]
Ohio2001University of CincinnatiDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [67]Rescinded 8 May 2018 [68]
Delaware2001Delaware State UniversityDoctorate [69]Not rescinded
New York12 May 2001Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteDoctorate [70]Rescinded 18 May 2018 [71]
New JerseyMay 2002Drew UniversityDoctorate [72]Rescinded 23 October 2015 [73]
Massachusetts2002Springfield CollegeDoctorate [74]Rescinded 25 October 2015 [75]
Pennsylvania2002University of PittsburghDoctorateRescinded 13 November 2015 [76]
PennsylvaniaMay 2002Haverford CollegeDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [77]Rescinded 6 February 2016 [78][79]
New York2002Cooper UnionDoctorateRescinded 28 April 2018 [80]
New York2002Juilliard SchoolDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [81]Rescinded 28 April 2018 [82]
North Carolina19 May 2003University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDoctor of Laws (LL.D.) [83][84]Rescinded 30 May 2018 [85]
Connecticut26 May 2003Yale UniversityDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [86][87]Rescinded 1 May 2018 [88]
Georgia2003Paine CollegeDoctorate [89]Not rescinded
South Dakota2003Sisseton Wahpeton CollegeDoctorate [90]Not rescinded
Virginia2003Hampton UniversityDoctorate [91]Not rescinded
Texas4 September 2003Baylor UniversityDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [92]Rescinded 8 October 2015 [93]
Pennsylvania2003West Chester University of PennsylvaniaDoctorate [94]Rescinded 30 April 2018 [95]
Massachusetts8 May 2004Berklee College of MusicDoctor of Music (D.Mus.) [96][97]Rescinded 24 March 2016 [98][99]
Maryland2004Johns Hopkins UniversityDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [100]Rescinded 26 April 2018 [101]
PennsylvaniaMay 2004Wilkes UniversityDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL)Rescinded 2 October 2015 [102]
Pennsylvania20 May 2007Carnegie Mellon UniversityDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [103]Rescinded 26 April 2018 [104]
North Carolina2008North Carolina A&T State UniversityDoctor of HumanitiesRescinded 27 April 2018 [105]
Virginia5 December 2008Virginia Commonwealth UniversityDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [106]Rescinded 7 December 2018 [107]
Ohio1 May 2010Oberlin CollegeDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [108]Rescinded 4 December 2015 [109]
Alabama7 May 2011Miles CollegeDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [110]Not rescinded
California18 May 2012University of San FranciscoDoctor of Fine Arts (DFA)Rescinded 25 September 2015 [111][112]
Texas5 May 2013Paul Quinn CollegeDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [113]Not rescinded
Wisconsin19 May 2013Marquette UniversityDoctor of Letters (D.Litt.)Rescinded 24 September 2015 [114][115]
Maryland21 May 2013University of BaltimoreDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [116]Rescinded 22 June 2018 [24]
Massachusetts18 May 2014Boston UniversityDoctor of Humane Letters (DHL)Rescinded 10 December 2015 [117]

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