GPA Calculator
Calculate your college GPA from course grades and credit hours. Supports A through F with plus/minus grades.
By Konstantin Iakovlev · Updated September 2026 · Source: BLS
Your GPA
3.67
Dean's List
GPA
3.67
Total Credits
9
Quality Points
33.0
Course Breakdown
| Math 101 (A, 3 cr) | 12.0 |
| English 101 (B+, 3 cr) | 9.9 |
| History 101 (A-, 3 cr) | 11.1 |
| Total Quality Points | 33.0 |
| Total Credits | 9 |
| GPA | 3.67 |
GPA Scale
| Summa Cum Laude | 3.9+ |
| Magna Cum Laude | 3.7 - 3.89 |
| Dean's List | 3.5 - 3.69 |
| Honors | 3.0 - 3.49 |
| Satisfactory | 2.0 - 2.99 |
Use the GPA Calculator above to calculate your results. Enter your values and see instant results — all calculations run in your browser.
Disclaimer: This calculator is for informational purposes only. Results are estimates based on the information you provide and the assumptions described on this page.
How It Works
College students need a dependable way to turn individual course grades and credit hours into a single Grade Point Average, and that's what this tool delivers. The number matters well beyond curiosity: scholarships hinge on it, some competitive majors set a minimum GPA for admission, and most schools won't grant a degree below a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Seeing where you stand keeps those thresholds from sneaking up on you.
The math is a weighted average. Every letter grade maps to a numerical point value, with A=4.0, B=3.0, C=2.0, D=1.0, and F=0.0, and each plus or minus moving the value by 0.3 (A- is 3.7, B+ is 3.3, and so on down to D+ at 1.3). The grade list has no A+ or D-, so schools that award extra points for an A+ or use a D- will get a slightly different result. Each grade's points are multiplied by that course's credit hours, all the products are summed, and the total is divided by the credit hours attempted to produce your GPA.
Check that the scale matches your institution before relying on the result; the 4.0 scale is standard, but some specialized programs and international universities grade differently. The other thing students overlook is failed courses, which still count toward total credit hours attempted and can drag a GPA down noticeably, so leave every attempted class in the calculation.
Example: Calculating a Sophomore's Semester GPA for Scholarship Renewal
- 1 A sophomore at State University, aiming for a 3.0+ GPA to renew a $5,000 scholarship, took four courses in the fall semester: Calculus I (4 credits, B+), Introduction to Psychology (3 credits, A-), Microeconomics (3 credits, C+), and English Composition II (3 credits, B).
- 2 Calculus I: 4 credits * 3.3 grade points (B+) = 13.2. Psychology: 3 credits * 3.7 grade points (A-) = 11.1. Microeconomics: 3 credits * 2.3 grade points (C+) = 6.9. English Comp II: 3 credits * 3.0 grade points (B) = 9.0. Total Grade Points = 13.2 + 11.1 + 6.9 + 9.0 = 40.2. Total Credit Hours = 4 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 13.
- 3 Semester GPA = Total Grade Points / Total Credit Hours = 40.2 / 13 = 3.09.
- 4 The calculator shows 3.09 with 40.2 quality points over 13 credits and labels it 'Honors', its band for 3.0-3.49. That clears the 3.0 threshold for renewing the scholarship.
Source: BLS · Last updated: September 2026
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