This GPA calculator estimates a grade point average from course grades and credit hours. Enter each course, choose the matching grade value, and review the total quality points divided by total credits.
Use the result as an academic planning estimate. Schools may use different scales, rounding rules, repeated-course policies, or weighting systems, so confirm the official method before submitting a transcript or application.
Grade point average is a summary of course performance. A weighted GPA gives a course more influence when it carries more credit hours, while an unweighted average treats each course equally.
The calculator converts each selected grade to points, multiplies points by the course credits, adds the quality points, and divides by the credits included in the calculation.
GPA = Σ(grade points × credit hours) ÷ Σ(credit hours)Multiply each course grade value by its credit hours. Add those quality points and divide by the total credits included.
A 4.0 scale is common but not universal. The calculator is an estimate unless its grade values match the official scale used by your school.
What is the GPA for grades A, B, and C in three 3-credit courses on a 4.0 scale?
Equal credit hours make this the same as the simple average of 4, 3, and 2 points: 3.00.
What is the GPA for A in a 4-credit course and B in a 2-credit course?
The higher-credit A course has more influence, producing an estimated GPA of 3.67 after rounding.
What is the GPA for A- in 3 credits and B+ in 3 credits using A-=3.7 and B+=3.3?
Plus and minus grades affect the result only when the institution assigns distinct point values to them.
What is the GPA for A in 3 credits, B in 3 credits, and D in 3 credits?
A low grade reduces the average, but its effect depends on the course credit hours.
What is the term GPA for A, A-, B+, and C in four 3-credit courses using 4.0, 3.7, 3.3, and 2.0 points?
Because all courses have equal credits, the result is the average of the four selected grade values.
What is the new cumulative GPA after 30 completed credits at 3.2 and a 3-credit term at 3.8?
A cumulative GPA must weight the previous record and the new term by their credit totals.
The displayed GPA is the weighted average of included course points. Compare it with the scale and rounding convention used by your school.
A higher-credit course changes the result more than a lower-credit course with the same grade difference.
Using the wrong grade scale can shift every result. Check whether your school uses a 4.0, 5.0, percentage, or custom conversion.
Including courses that are pass/fail, withdrawn, repeated, or excluded from GPA can make the estimate differ from an official transcript.
Entering credit hours as course count removes the weighting that a weighted GPA requires.
This calculator does not decide institutional policy. Honors weighting, transfer credits, repeated courses, incomplete grades, and academic forgiveness may require separate rules.
A GPA is a summary, not a complete measure of learning, workload, improvement, or academic context.
It uses the grade values selected in the course rows. Confirm that those values match your institution’s official scale.
Yes. Each grade value is multiplied by its credit hours before the total is divided by included credits.
Yes, enter the previous credits and GPA as quality points, then add the new term credits and quality points.
Usually not when they do not receive grade points, but follow your school’s transcript policy.
They matter when your scale assigns them separate point values, such as A- = 3.7.
Some schools include transfer grades and others count only credits. Check the receiving institution’s rules.
The school may use another scale, rounding method, repeat policy, weighting rule, or excluded-course policy.
No. It is a planning estimate and cannot replace an official transcript or registrar calculation.
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