Calculate your GPA from grades and credit hours. Supports all grading scales.
Calculate your GPA by grade and credit hours
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GPA calculation seems simple — average your grades — but credit-weighting often confuses students. A 4-credit A and a 1-credit A don't contribute equally to your GPA; the 4-credit course has four times the impact, which is why a single low grade in a high-credit course can disproportionately hurt your overall GPA.
Schools use different scales, which is why a "3.5 GPA" doesn't mean the same thing everywhere. Most U.S. institutions use a 4.0 scale, but some use 4.3 or 4.5 scales that weight A+ grades higher, making direct GPA comparisons between schools sometimes misleading without knowing the underlying scale.
Cumulative GPA (all semesters combined) and term GPA (just the current semester) serve different purposes — graduate school applications typically care about cumulative GPA, while academic probation or honor roll status sometimes looks at term-by-term performance instead.
Use the calculator above to compute your GPA from your actual grades and credit hours — useful for tracking progress toward a target GPA or understanding exactly how a specific course's grade will move your overall average.