Wartburg honor societies recognize academic achievement in a variety of disciplines. Campus chapters are affiliated with national collegiate honorary organizations.

ALPHA CHI promotes academic excellence and exemplary character among college and university students in all disciplines and honors those who achieve such distinction.

ALPHA KAPPA DELTA seeks to acknowledge and promote excellence in scholarship in the study of sociology, the research of social problems, and such other social and intellectual activities as will lead to improvement in the human condition. 

BETA BETA BETA improves the understanding and appreciation of biological study and extends the boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research.

DELTA MU DELTA promotes higher scholarship in training for business and recognizes and rewards business administration students who have distinguished themselves scholastically.

KAPPA DELTA PI recognizes scholarship and excellence in education.

KAPPA MU EPSILON promotes interest of mathematics among undergraduate students.

LAMBDA PI ETA recognizes scholarship and excellence in communication arts and promotes philanthropic work.

NU RHO PSI recognizes scholarship and excellence in neuroscience and promotes interest therein.

PHI ALPHA fosters high standard of training for social workers and recognizes excellence in scholarship and achievement in social work.

PHI ALPHA THETA promotes the study of history among undergraduate students.

PHI ETA SIGMA encourages and rewards academic excellence among first-year students in institutions of higher learning.

PI GAMMA MU encourages the study of the social sciences and recognizes outstanding achievement.

PSI CHI encourages, stimulates, and maintains excellence in scholarship and advances the science of psychology.

SIGMA ALPHA PI recognizes those students who have distinguished themselves in their commitment to leadership development.

SIGMA DELTA PI honors those who attain excellence in the study of the Spanish language and in the study of the literature and culture of the Spanish-speaking peoples.

SIGMA PI SIGMA honors outstanding scholarship in physics to promote the interest in physics and promote an attitude of service.

THETA ALPHA KAPPA recognizes scholarship and excellence in theology and religious studies.

Wartburg College confers honorary degrees in order to acknowledge and pay tribute to individuals who, by virtue of their distinguished service or outstanding achievement, have demonstrated the personal qualities and values which the College espouses in our mission and goals. In honoring these persons, we are saying to the world that their character, conduct and concerns are in accord with the fundamental principles underlying our educational mission. In each case, it should be particularly appropriate that Wartburg College be the institution to award the honorary degree. In this way, the College can publicly affirm and celebrate its mission, goals and vision by the honorary degrees it confers.