GPA Calculator
Calculate your semester and cumulative GPA with standard grading scales.
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Calculated Semester GPA
Weighted average of your course grades and credit hours.
Calculate your semester and cumulative GPA with standard grading scales.
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Weighted average of your course grades and credit hours.
Common questions and guides for using the GPA Calculator.
GPA (Grade Point Average) is calculated by multiplying the grade point value of each grade (e.g., A = 4.0, B = 3.0) by the course credit hours, adding these products together, and dividing the total by the sum of all credits.
A “good” GPA is subjective but typically a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher (out of 4.0) is considered good, as it represents a B average and is often the threshold for college admissions or honor societies.
While requirements vary widely, competitive universities often look for GPAs of 3.5 or higher. Many state colleges accept GPAs between 2.5 and 3.0, and community colleges often do not have a minimum GPA requirement.
Yes, weighted GPA accounts for course difficulty. AP, IB, or Honors courses are given extra points (e.g., an A in an AP class counts as 5.0 instead of 4.0), which raises your overall GPA.
Yes, unweighted GPA measures academic achievement on a standard scale from 0.0 to 4.0, regardless of the difficulty of the classes you take.
Converting a percentage to a GPA depends on your school's grading scale. On a standard 4.0 scale, 90–100% usually converts to a 4.0 (A), 80–89% to a 3.0 (B), 70–79% to a 2.0 (C), and 60–69% to a 1.0 (D).
To estimate percentage from GPA, you can map the GPA value back to the letter grade range. For example, a 3.0 GPA roughly translates to an average score of 80% to 85%.
Yes. By entering the courses, credits, and grades for a single term, the GPA calculator will output your Semester GPA.
Yes. You can input your previous cumulative GPA and total earned credits alongside your current semester courses to calculate your new overall Cumulative GPA.
Yes, our GPA calculator uses the standard weighted and unweighted GPA formulas. As long as you enter the correct credit values and grade scales, the results are 100% accurate.