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American former comedian Bill Cosby has received 72 honorary degrees in recognition of his career in acting and comedy. 62 of these have since been revoked due to his now-overturned conviction on sexual assault charges. These include (listed in order of original awarding of degree):

Location Date School Degree Status
Rhode Island 1985 Brown University Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) Rescinded 28 September 2015 [1]
South Carolina 1986 University of South Carolina Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [2] Rescinded 22 June 2018 [3]
Georgia 1986 Spelman College Doctorate[4]
Connecticut 1987 Wesleyan University Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [5] Rescinded 25 May 2018 [6]
Pennsylvania May 1987 Lehigh University Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) Rescinded 14 October 2015 [7]
District of Columbia 1989 Howard University Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [8]
Indiana 20 May 1990 University of Notre Dame Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [9] Rescinded 26 April 2018 [10]
Pennsylvania 1990 University of Pennsylvania Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [11][12] Rescinded 1 February 2018 [13]
Missouri 1990 University of Missouri-Columbia Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) Rescinded 23 June 2017 [14][15][16]
Mississippi 20 November 1990 Rust College Doctorate [17]
Pennsylvania 1991 Temple University Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) Rescinded 27 April 2018 [18]
Pennsylvania 1992 Drexel University Doctorate Rescinded 12 November 2015 [19]
California 1992 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) Rescinded 18 November 2015 [20]
California 1992 Occidental College Doctorate Rescinded 12 December 2015 [21]
Maine 1992 Colby College Doctor of Performing Arts Rescinded 2 May 2018 [22]
Maryland Spring 1992 University of Maryland, College Park Doctorate Rescinded 22 June 2018 [23][24]
Virginia 1993 College of William & Mary Master of Arts (MA) Rescinded 8 August 2018 [25]
Rhode Island May 1994 Bryant University Doctorate Rescinded 12 November 2015 [26]
Pennsylvania 1995 Muhlenberg College Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) Rescinded 23 October 2015 [27]
Pennsylvania 1995 Swarthmore College Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) Rescinded 20 November 2015 [28][29]
Texas 20 May 1995 Southern Methodist University Doctor of Arts (D.Arts) Rescinded 31 May 2018 [30]
New York 1 June 1995 John Jay College of Criminal Justice Doctorate [31] Rescinded 23 November 2015 [32]
Massachusetts 1996 Boston College Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [33] Rescinded 27 April 2018 [34]
Pennsylvania May 1996 Lafayette College Doctorate Rescinded 28 April 2018 [35]
Connecticut 18 May 1996 University of Connecticut Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) [36][37] Rescinded 29 June 2016 [38]
Pennsylvania 1997 Gettysburg College Doctorate Rescinded 4 May 2018 [39]
District of Columbia 1997 George Washington University Doctor of Humanities[40] Rescinded 11 January 2016 [41][42]
Illinois 1997 Northwestern University Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [43] Rescinded 18 June 2018 [44]
New York 1997 New York University Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) Rescinded 21 June 2018 [45]
California 8 May 1998 University of Southern California Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) [46] Rescinded 1 May 2018 [47]
Virginia 9 May 1998 Old Dominion University Doctorate [48]
Maryland 17 May 1998 University of Maryland Eastern Shore Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [49] Rescinded 22 June 2018 [24]
California 1998 Pepperdine University Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) Rescinded (unannounced date)[50]
South Carolina May 1999 Claflin University Doctorate [51] Rescinded 22 June 2018 [52]
New York 22 May 1999 Colgate University Doctorate [53] Rescinded 1 October 2016 [54]
Massachusetts 1999 Amherst College Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) Rescinded 17 October 2015 [55][56]
Massachusetts 2000 Tufts University Doctor of Arts (D.Arts) Rescinded 15 October 2015 [57]
Pennsylvania May 2000 Franklin & Marshall College Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) Rescinded 19 October 2015 [58]
New York 2000 Fashion Institute of Technology Doctorate [59] Rescinded 2 May 2018 [60]
South Carolina 2000 Medical University of South Carolina Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) Rescinded 18 May 2018 [61]
New York 2001 Fordham University Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) Rescinded 24 September 2015 [62][63]
Maryland 2001 Goucher College Doctorate Rescinded 15 October 2015[64]
Ohio 2001 Ohio State University Doctor of Education (D.Ed.) Rescinded 6 April 2018 [65]
Ohio 2001 University of Cincinnati Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [66] Rescinded 8 May 2018 [67]
Delaware 2001 Delaware State University Doctorate [68]
New York 12 May 2001 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Doctorate [69] Rescinded 18 May 2018 [70]
New Jersey May 2002 Drew University Doctorate [71] Rescinded 23 October 2015 [72]
Massachusetts 2002 Springfield College Doctorate [73] Rescinded 25 October 2015 [74]
Pennsylvania 2002 University of Pittsburgh Doctorate Rescinded 13 November 2015 [75]
Pennsylvania May 2002 Haverford College Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [76] Rescinded 6 February 2016 [77][78]
New York 2002 Cooper Union Doctorate Rescinded 28 April 2018 [79]
New York 2002 Juilliard School Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [80] Rescinded 28 April 2018[citation needed]
North Carolina 19 May 2003 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) [81][82] Rescinded 30 May 2018 [83]
Connecticut 26 May 2003 Yale University Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [84][85] Rescinded 1 May 2018 [86]
Georgia 2003 Paine College Doctorate [87]
South Dakota 2003 Sisseton Wahpeton College Doctorate [88]
Virginia 2003 Hampton University Doctorate [89]
Texas 4 September 2003 Baylor University Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [90] Rescinded 8 October 2015 [91]
Pennsylvania 2003 West Chester University of Pennsylvania Doctorate [92] Rescinded 30 April 2018 [93]
Massachusetts 8 May 2004 Berklee College of Music Doctor of Music (D.Mus.) [94][95] Rescinded 24 March 2016 [96][97]
Maryland 2004 Johns Hopkins University Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [98] Rescinded 26 April 2018 [99]
Pennsylvania May 2004 Wilkes University Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) Rescinded 2 October 2015 [100]
Pennsylvania 20 May 2007 Carnegie Mellon University Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [101] Rescinded 26 April 2018 [102]
North Carolina 2008 North Carolina A&T State University Doctor of Humanities Rescinded 27 April 2018 [103]
Virginia 5 December 2008 Virginia Commonwealth University Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [104] Rescinded 7 December 2018 [105]
Ohio 1 May 2010 Oberlin College Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [106] Rescinded 4 December 2015 [107]
Alabama 7 May 2011 Miles College Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [108]
California 18 May 2012 University of San Francisco Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) Rescinded 25 September 2015 [109][110]
Texas 5 May 2013 Paul Quinn College Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [111]
Wisconsin 19 May 2013 Marquette University Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) Rescinded 24 September 2015 [112][113]
Maryland 21 May 2013 University of Baltimore Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) [114] Rescinded 22 June 2018 [24]
Massachusetts 18 May 2014 Boston University Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) Rescinded 10 December 2015 [115]

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