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GPA Calculator
Your GPA is a weighted average where credits matter as much as grades. Add up how many credits you earned at each letter grade, and this calculator works out your GPA on the standard 4.0 scale, your total credits and your quality points.
Results
Your GPA (4.0 scale)
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Total credits
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Quality points earned
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How it works
GPA is a credit-weighted average of grade points. On the standard unweighted 4.0 scale, an A is worth 4 points, a B is 3, a C is 2, a D is 1 and an F is 0. Each course contributes grade points multiplied by its credits, often called quality points: a 3-credit A is worth 12 quality points, while a 1-credit A is worth 4. Add up the quality points for every course and divide by total credits attempted, and the result is your GPA. Weighting by credits is why a poor grade in a 4-credit course moves your GPA far more than the same grade in a 1-credit seminar, and why raising your GPA gets harder as you accumulate credits: later grades are averaged against a larger base. This calculator totals credits by grade band, which is the fastest way to compute a term or cumulative GPA from a transcript. It uses the unweighted scale; weighted GPAs used by some high schools add bonus points for AP or honors courses, and plus/minus grading splits bands further (A- at 3.7, B+ at 3.3), neither of which applies here.
Frequently asked questions
How is GPA calculated?
Each letter grade is worth points (A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0). Multiply points by credits for every course, add them up, and divide by total credits.
What is the difference between weighted and unweighted GPA?
Weighted GPA gives extra points for honors or AP classes, sometimes up to 5.0 for an A. Colleges often recalculate unweighted, so the two numbers serve different purposes.
What GPA is a B average?
On the 4.0 scale, roughly: 4.0 is A, 3.7 is A-, 3.3 is B+, 3.0 is B, 2.7 is B-, 2.3 is C+, 2.0 is C. This calculator uses whole letters only.
Can I combine semesters?
Yes, divide total quality points by attempted credits for the combined period. A low-credit bad semester is diluted by high-credit good ones, and vice versa.