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GPA CollegeCalculator

College GPA calculator

Enter your courses, credit hours and grades. Your GPA updates as you type, on whichever grading scale your school uses.

The default at most US colleges. A and A+ are both worth 4.0.

Optional: add your existing record

Fill these in to see what this term does to your overall cumulative GPA.

Leave blank if this is your first term.

Total credit hours on your transcript so far.

Your GPA

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Add a course and pick a grade to see your GPA.

Everything you type stays in this browser. Nothing is sent to a server, and your entries are saved locally so you can come back to them.

How is GPA calculated?

A grade point average is a credit-weighted mean. Every course contributes in proportion to how many credit hours it carries, which is why a four-credit lecture moves your average further than a one-credit lab.

The calculation is three steps. Convert each letter grade to its point value. Multiply that value by the course credit hours to get quality points. Divide your total quality points by your total graded credit hours.

Divide by graded credits, not enrolled credits. Withdrawals, pass/fail passes and incompletes drop out of both halves of the fraction, so they neither help nor hurt.

Which grading scale should you pick?

Most US colleges use a 4.0 scale with plus and minus grades, where an A and an A+ are both worth 4.0. A minority award 4.3 for an A+, and some record whole letters only. Picking the wrong one is a common reason a calculated GPA disagrees with a transcript, so the scale selector sits at the top of the calculator.

If you are not sure, look at your last transcript. Find a course where you earned an A- and check whether it was recorded as 3.7. If it was, you are on the standard plus/minus scale.

What does your GPA result mean?

A 2.9 that is climbing toward 3.2 tells an admissions reader more than a flat 3.1 does. If you have a target in mind, the target GPA calculator works backwards and tells you the average you need this term to get there, and whether that is arithmetically possible at all. The GPA guides work through common situations with numbers and the published policies of real schools.

Letter grade to 4.0 grade points
GradePointsPercentage
A+4.097-100
A4.093-96
A-3.790-92
B+3.387-89
B3.083-86
B-2.780-82
C+2.377-79
C2.073-76
C-1.770-72
D+1.367-69
D1.063-66
D-0.760-62
F0.0Below 60
What your GPA usually means
GPAStanding
3.50 and aboveLatin honors range at most schools
3.00 to 3.49Good standing, eligible for most scholarships
2.00 to 2.99Satisfactory, meets the usual graduation minimum
1.00 to 1.99Academic probation at most schools
Below 1.00Risk of academic dismissal
A worked example
CourseCreditsGradePointsQuality points
Microeconomics3A4.012.0
Statistics4B+3.313.2
Spanish II3B3.09.0
Chemistry lab1A-3.73.7
Total1137.9

37.9 quality points divided by 11 credits gives a 3.45 GPA.

Common questions

How do I calculate my college GPA?
Multiply each course grade by its credit hours to get quality points, add all the quality points together, then divide by the total credit hours. A 3-credit A (4.0) and a 4-credit B+ (3.3) give 12 plus 13.2, which is 25.2 quality points over 7 credits, so the GPA is 3.60.
Is this GPA calculator accurate for my school?
The arithmetic is the standard credit-weighted formula that virtually every US college uses. What varies between schools is the grade-point table, so you can switch between the plus/minus 4.0 scale, a letters-only scale and a 4.3 scale where an A+ is worth more than 4.0. Match the setting to your registrar and the result should match your transcript closely. Schools that use their own values, such as 3.67 for an A- or 4.33 for an A+, or that round differently, can differ by a few hundredths.
Does a W or a withdrawal lower my GPA?
No. A W carries no grade points and no credit hours, so it is left out of the average entirely. It can still affect financial aid and satisfactory academic progress, because those look at completion rate as well as GPA.
Do pass/fail courses count toward my GPA?
A passing grade in a pass/fail course usually earns the credit without any grade points, so it does not move your GPA up or down. A failing grade in a pass/fail course is treated as an F at some schools and excluded at others, so check your catalog before assuming it is harmless.
What is the difference between semester and cumulative GPA?
Your semester GPA covers one term on its own. Your cumulative GPA is every graded credit you have ever taken, averaged together. Because cumulative GPA is weighted by credits, a single strong term moves it less and less as you accumulate more credits.
Is a 3.5 GPA good in college?
A 3.5 is strong. It is the usual cutoff for cum laude, it clears the bar for most graduate programs, and it is competitive for scholarships and internships. Selective graduate and professional programs often look for 3.7 and above.
Does retaking a course replace the old grade?
It depends on the school. Some replace the original grade so only the retake counts, some average the two attempts, and some keep both on the transcript while counting only the higher one toward the GPA. Graduate schools frequently recalculate using every attempt regardless of what your undergraduate institution did.
Do you store the grades I enter?
No. Every calculation runs in your browser and nothing is sent to a server. Your entries are saved to your own device so they are still there when you come back, and clearing them removes them completely.

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