Rowland won numerous awards for his work:
*Tolman Medal, 1976
*Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
*Leo Szilard Lectureship Award, 1979
*Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 1983
*Japan Prize, 1989
*Honorary Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree from Whittier College, 1989
*Peter Debye Award, 1993
*Albert Einstein World Award of Science, 1994
*Roger Revelle Medal, 1994
*Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1995
*Elected to the American Philosophical Society (1995)
*Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement, 1996
*In 1998, the UC Irvine physical sciences building was named after Rowland. A bust of Rowland is visible in the lobby.
* Elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2004
* Mount Rowland in Antarctica was named after him in 2007
*STEM Wing At Rutherford B. Hayes High School in Delaware, Ohio named in his honor