GPA Calculator
Work out your grade point average on the 4.0 scale. Add each course with its letter grade and credit hours — the GPA is weighted by credits automatically.
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GPA3.63
How it works
Your grade point average (GPA) converts letter grades to points and averages them, weighted by how many credit hours each course is worth. On the standard US 4.0 scale, an A is 4.0, a B is 3.0, a C is 2.0, a D is 1.0 and an F is 0, with pluses and minuses adding or subtracting 0.3 (an A- is 3.7, a B+ is 3.3, and so on).
The calculation multiplies each course's grade points by its credits, sums those, and divides by the total credits. That weighting means a high grade in a 4-credit course moves your GPA more than the same grade in a 1-credit course.
Examples
- An A (3 cr), B+ (4 cr) and A- (3 cr) give a GPA of 3.63.
- A 4-credit course affects your GPA more than a 1-credit one.
- An A- is 3.7 and a B+ is 3.3 on the 4.0 scale.
Frequently asked questions
- How is GPA calculated?
- Multiply each course's grade points by its credit hours, add them up, and divide by the total credit hours. The result is your credit-weighted GPA.
- What scale does this use?
- The standard US 4.0 scale, where A = 4.0 down to F = 0, with pluses and minuses adjusting by 0.3.
- Why weight by credits?
- Courses worth more credit hours represent more of your workload, so they count proportionally more toward your average.
- Does an A+ count higher than an A?
- On most 4.0 scales an A+ is capped at 4.0, the same as an A, because 4.0 is the maximum. Some schools award 4.3 — check your institution's policy.