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Choose how many courses you took, then pick each letter grade and enter its credits. You get your GPA on the 4.0 scale, with bonus points for honors and AP courses, or your cumulative GPA after adding this term to your record.

What do you want to calculate?

The letter grade you earned or expect. A+ and A both count 4.0.

Credit hours or units of the course. Give every course the same number to count them equally.

Honors and AP, IB or college-level courses can earn bonus points in the weighted GPA.

Points added to the grade of each honors course in the weighted GPA. Many schools use 0.5. Failing grades earn no bonus.

Points added to the grade of each AP, IB or college-level course in the weighted GPA. Many schools use 1.0.

Use a period for decimals, like 12.5. Commas for thousands are fine. The result updates as you type.Decimals with a period, like 12.5

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Result: Semester GPA (unweighted)

3.58

Your GPA is 3.58 on the 4.0 scale, or 3.58 weighted. Credits counted: 15.

  • Weighted GPA of this term: 3.58
  • Credits counted: 15
  • Total grade points: 53.7
  • Courses counted: 5

Step by step

53.7 / 15 = 3.58

  1. Turn each letter grade into grade points on the 4.0 scale and multiply by the credits of the course. The products add up to 53.7 grade points.
  2. Add the credits of the courses that count: 15.
  3. Divide the grade points by the credits: 53.7 / 15 = 3.58. With the honors and AP bonus points added, the weighted GPA is 3.58.

Formula

GPA = Σ (grade points × credits) / Σ credits
weighted grade points = grade points + bonus (honors or AP), for grades above F
Σ
the sum over all courses that have credits above 0
grade points
A+ and A 4.0, A- 3.7, B+ 3.3, B 3.0, B- 2.7, C+ 2.3, C 2.0, C- 1.7, D+ 1.3, D 1.0, D- 0.7, F 0.0
bonus
the honors or AP points you set, added to passing grades only

How it works

GPA stands for grade point average. Every letter grade is worth grade points on the 4.0 scale: A+ and A are 4.0, A- is 3.7, B+ 3.3, B 3.0, B- 2.7, C+ 2.3, C 2.0, C- 1.7, D+ 1.3, D 1.0, D- 0.7 and F 0.0. Multiply the points of each course by its credits, add the results and divide by the total credits. Four credits of A- and three credits of B give (3.7 × 4 + 3.0 × 3) / 7 = 3.4. A course with more credits weighs more in the average: a 4-credit course counts four times as much as a 1-credit course.

To calculate a GPA without credits, give every course the same number, such as 1, and each course counts equally. For a weighted GPA, high schools often add bonus points to harder courses, commonly 0.5 for honors and 1.0 for AP, IB or college-level classes, so an A in an AP course counts as 5.0. The bonus is school policy, not a national rule, so the two bonus fields are yours to set. This page adds a bonus only to passing grades, never to an F, and shows the unweighted and the weighted GPA side by side.

Switch to the cumulative tab to add a new term to your record. Enter your current GPA and the credits behind it; the calculator multiplies them to get your earlier grade points, adds the points of this term and divides by all credits. Registrars differ in details: the University of California, for example, ignores pluses and minuses and gives one extra point per semester of honors-level courses when it computes an admissions GPA. For a grade as a percentage of points earned, see the percentage calculator, and always confirm a number that goes on an application with your school.

The formula

Nothing is rounded before the end: the calculator keeps the full precision and shows two decimals. Many schools round a GPA to two or three decimals, so a transcript can differ from the display by a hundredth.

The scale is the common 4.0 scale with pluses and minuses used, for example, by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. A school that gives an A+ 4.3 or ignores pluses and minuses will compute a different number from the same grades.

Example

What is the GPA of five courses graded A, B+, A-, B and A?

  1. The courses carry 3, 3, 4, 3 and 2 credits. Grade points times credits: 4.0 × 3 = 12.0, 3.3 × 3 = 9.9, 3.7 × 4 = 14.8, 3.0 × 3 = 9.0 and 4.0 × 2 = 8.0, which add up to 53.7 grade points.
  2. The credits add up to 15, so the GPA is 53.7 / 15 = 3.58.

Your GPA is 3.58 on the 4.0 scale, or 3.58 weighted. Credits counted: 15.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you calculate GPA?

Convert each letter grade to grade points (A = 4.0, B = 3.0, C = 2.0, D = 1.0, F = 0, with pluses and minuses in between), multiply by the credits of the course, add the results and divide by the total credits. An A, a B+ and a C with 3 credits each give (4.0 + 3.3 + 2.0) × 3 / 9 = 3.1.

How do I calculate my GPA without credits?

Give every course the same number of credits, such as 1. Each course then counts equally and the GPA is the plain average of the grade points: an A, a B and a C give (4 + 3 + 2) / 3 = 3.0.

What is the difference between a weighted and an unweighted GPA?

An unweighted GPA uses the plain 4.0 scale, so an A is 4.0 in every course. A weighted GPA adds bonus points for harder courses, commonly 0.5 for honors and 1.0 for AP or IB, so an A in an AP class counts as 5.0. Schools set their own weights, which is why the bonus fields on this page can be changed.

How do I calculate my cumulative GPA?

Use the cumulative tab: enter your current GPA and the credits behind it, then add the courses of the new term. The calculator multiplies your current GPA by its credits, adds the grade points of this term and divides by all credits. A 3.2 GPA on 30 credits plus a 3.58 term of 15 credits gives 3.33.

How do I calculate my semester GPA?

Stay on the semester tab, choose the number of courses and enter each letter grade with its credits. The semester GPA covers only that term and ignores earlier ones; the weighted GPA of the same term appears next to it.

Which grade scale does this GPA calculator use?

The common 4.0 scale with pluses and minuses: A+ and A 4.0, A- 3.7, B+ 3.3, B 3.0, B- 2.7, C+ 2.3, C 2.0, C- 1.7, D+ 1.3, D 1.0, D- 0.7 and F 0.0. Some schools ignore pluses and minuses, so check your school's policy.

How do I calculate GPA from percentages?

Turn each percentage grade into a letter first, using your school's scale. On the common 10-point scale 93 and up is an A, 90 an A-, 87 a B+, 83 a B and so on, which the final grade calculator lists. Then pick that letter for the course here, with its credits.

Does an A+ count as 4.3?

Not on this page: A+ and A are both 4.0, as on the Minnesota Office of Higher Education scale and at many colleges. A few schools give an A+ 4.3, and their registrar or own calculator has the number that goes on your transcript.

How do I calculate my high school GPA?

Enter each course with its letter grade and credit value, usually 1 credit for a full-year course and 0.5 for a semester course. Mark honors and AP courses and set your school's bonus for the weighted GPA. Colleges often recompute the number with their own rules: the University of California, for example, ignores pluses and minuses.

How is a junior high or middle school GPA calculated?

The same way: letter grades become grade points on the 4.0 scale and are averaged over the credits. Many middle schools count every class equally, so enter 1 credit per course. If your school weights honors classes, use the honors bonus field.

What is a good GPA?

A 3.0 is a B average. Many schools set academic honors somewhere between 3.5 and 3.9, and many colleges require a 2.0, a C average, to stay in good standing or to graduate. The numbers vary by school and program, so check the one that matters to you.

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