College GPA Calculator
This college GPA calculator does GPA the way registrars do — every course’s grade points multiplied by its credit hours, divided by total credits. A 4-credit A moves the needle more than a 1-credit lab, exactly as it should. Enter up to four courses with their credits for a semester GPA that matches your transcript math.
Final letter grade for this course.
Credit hours from the course catalog.
Final letter grade for this course.
Credit hours from the course catalog.
Final letter grade for this course.
Credit hours from the course catalog.
Final letter grade for this course.
Credit hours from the course catalog.
College GPA
3.34
- GPA (4.0 scale)
- 3.336
- Total credit hoursThe divisor — your semester load.
- 14
- Total grade pointsSum of grade points × credits.
- 46.7
- Courses counted
- 4
How it was calculated
- Course 1 (A): 4.0 × 4 cr = 16.0 pts.
- Course 2 (B+): 3.3 × 3 cr = 9.9 pts.
- Course 3 (C): 2.0 × 3 cr = 6.0 pts.
- Course 4 (A−): 3.7 × 4 cr = 14.8 pts.
- GPA: 46.7 ÷ 14 credits = 3.336.
How it works
College GPA is credit-weighted: multiply each course’s grade points by its credit hours, add those products into total grade points, then divide by total credit hours.
Credit hours act as the weights, so a 4-credit course influences the GPA four times as much as a 1-credit course with the same grade.
Grade points use the standard 4.0 plus/minus table: A/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.
Worked examples
A (4cr), B+ (3cr), C (3cr), A− (4cr)
Grade points: 16.0 + 9.9 + 6.0 + 14.8 = 46.7 over 14 credits → 3.336 GPA. Note the plain average of the four grades would be 3.25 — the heavier A courses pull it up.
B (3cr), B (3cr), A (4cr), C (2cr)
Grade points: 9.0 + 9.0 + 16.0 + 4.0 = 38.0 over 12 credits → 3.167 GPA. The 2-credit C barely dents the result compared with the 4-credit A.
How to measure
- Take credit hours from the course catalog or your schedule — not from weekly class hours, which can differ (labs especially).
- Use the transcript letter grade, including plus/minus exactly as recorded; a B+ and a B differ by 0.3 points.
- Exclude pass/fail, audit, and withdrawal courses — they carry credits but no grade points in standard GPA math.
- For in-progress semesters, this gives a projected GPA; replace estimates with final grades when posted.
- Double-check repeated courses against your school’s policy — many count only the latest attempt.
Assumptions & limitations
Planning estimate
- The standard 4.0 plus/minus point table is used; institutions with different tables (or no plus/minus) will compute slightly different GPAs.
- All four course slots count toward the totals; there is no option to exclude a course except by setting its credits to 0.
- Transfer credits, AP credits, and pass/fail courses are assumed already excluded from your inputs.
- This is a semester GPA. Cumulative GPA across semesters needs the CGPA Calculator.
Frequently asked questions
Each letter grade converts to points (A = 4.0 down to F = 0), multiplied by the course’s credit hours to get grade points. Add all grade points, divide by total credit hours. A 4-credit A (16 points) counts double a 2-credit A (8 points) — that is the whole idea.
Because a 4-credit course represents roughly four times the work of a 1-credit course. Weighting by credits makes the GPA reflect total academic effort rather than treating a weekly lab and a daily lecture as equals.
Yes, and painfully: an F contributes 0 grade points but its credit hours still count in the divisor. A 3-credit F drags a GPA down exactly as much as a 3-credit A lifts it. This is why withdrawals (which usually exclude the course) exist.
GPA here means one term’s average; CGPA (cumulative GPA) averages grade points across all terms, weighted by each term’s credits. Use this calculator per semester, then the CGPA Calculator to roll them together.
Yes: just pick the straight letters (A, B, C, D, F) and ignore the plus/minus options. The math is identical; you simply will not use the in-between point values.