GPA Calculator
Add each course’s grade and credit hours. The GPA updates as you go.
How GPA is calculated
Each letter grade converts to grade points. Multiply each course’s points by its credit hours, add those up, and divide by the total credit hours. An A in a 3-credit course and a B+ in a 4-credit course give (4.0 × 3 + 3.3 × 4) ÷ 7 = 3.60. A simple average of the two grades would give 3.65, which is why credit weighting matters.
Grade point scale used here
| Letter grade | Grade points |
|---|---|
| A+ | 4.0 |
| 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 |
This is the most common US college scale. Some schools give 4.3 for an A+, and some don’t use plus and minus grades at all, so check your school’s own scale if your transcript looks different.
Semester and cumulative GPA
Entering one term’s courses gives your semester GPA. For a cumulative GPA, enter every course from every term. Because cumulative GPA is weighted by all your credits so far, one strong or weak term moves it less the further you are into your studies.
Working out what you need
Enter the grades you already have, then try different grades for the courses still in progress to see what you need for a target GPA. A 4-credit course moves the result much more than a 1-credit one.
Weighted GPA
Many high schools add a point for honors, AP, or IB courses, so a weighted GPA can go above 4.0. This calculator gives the unweighted figure, which is what most colleges recalculate from your transcript anyway.