Calculate your college GPA.

This calculator uses the standard 4.0 scale: A and A+ are 4.0, A- is 3.7, B+ is 3.3, B is 3.0, B- is 2.7, C+ is 2.3, C is 2.0, C- is 1.7, D+ is 1.3, D is 1.0, D- is 0.7, and F is 0.0. Most US colleges follow this scale, though a few cap A+ at 4.0 (as here) and others award 4.3 — check your registrar if you need to match your school exactly.

Yes, at schools that use them. An A is 4.0 but an A- is 3.7, and a B+ is 3.3 while a B is 3.0 — so the modifier shifts each course's grade points by a few tenths, and that flows through to your GPA once it's weighted by credit hours. A transcript full of A- grades settles below a 4.0, not at it. Some schools don't use plus/minus at all and award whole-letter points only, in which case an A- simply counts as an A — check your registrar's scale.

Because GPA is weighted by credit hours. A simple average counts every course equally, but GPA counts a 4-credit course roughly twice as much as a 2-credit one. If your higher-credit courses have different grades than your lower-credit ones, the credit-hour weighted GPA will differ from a plain average — and the weighted number is what appears on your transcript.

Most colleges set the minimum for good academic standing at a 2.0 cumulative GPA — fall below it and you are typically placed on academic probation. Merit scholarships usually require more, commonly a 3.0 or higher, and are re-checked each semester or academic year. The exact thresholds are set by your school and by the terms of your specific award, so confirm them in your course catalog or scholarship agreement. Enter your projected grades above to see whether your cumulative GPA stays above the line.

Yes. Credit hours drive the entire calculation, so every course needs one. If all your courses happen to have the same number of credits, the weighted GPA equals the simple average — but as soon as credit hours vary, they change the result. Enter the credit value listed for each course in your catalog or transcript.

List every course from every semester in the table, each with its grade and credit hours. Because the formula divides total quality points by total credit hours, adding all courses together gives your cumulative GPA directly — there's no need to average your per-semester GPAs, which would be inaccurate unless each semester had identical credits.

Usually not. Pass/fail (P/NP) courses and withdrawals (W) typically earn credit or appear on your transcript without affecting GPA, so leave them out of the table. Only include courses that received a letter grade on the 4.0 scale.