Credit Hours & GPA Calculator
Calculate your semester GPA and cumulative GPA from course credit hours and grades.
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How to use this calculator
Multiply each course credit hours by its grade point value, sum all products, then divide by total credit hours taken this semester. Cumulative GPA weighs previous credits alongside new ones.
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Set the number of courses you took this semester and enter the credit hours and grade for each.
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Enter your previous cumulative GPA and total credits to calculate the updated cumulative GPA.
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Read your semester GPA, cumulative GPA, total credits, and academic standing.
Frequently asked questions
How many courses can I enter?
Up to four. The form has four course slots and the “Number of courses” box selects how many of them count, from 1 to 4 (decimals are rounded down). If you took more than four, combine courses with the same grade by adding their credits into one slot, or calculate in two passes.
Which grade-point values does it use?
A+ and A are both 4.0, A− 3.7, B+ 3.3, B 3.0, B− 2.7, C+ 2.3, C 2.0, C− 1.7, D 1.0 and F 0.0. If your school gives A+ more than 4.0, or has no plus and minus grades, the result will differ from your transcript.
How is cumulative GPA calculated?
Previous quality points (previous GPA × previous credits) are added to this semester’s quality points, then divided by previous plus current credits. For that to work, enter the cumulative GPA and total credits exactly as your transcript shows them, on the same scale.
Does “Total Credits Earned” exclude courses I failed?
No. It is simply previous credits plus every credit entered this semester, including an F. Courses with 0 credits are skipped entirely. Remove a failed course’s credits yourself if you need an earned-credits figure.
What do the Academic Standing messages mean?
They are this tool’s labels, not an official status. If the semester GPA is 3.5 or higher it says Dean’s List range; otherwise a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher gives Good Standing, and below 2.0 it flags a cumulative GPA below 2.0. Schools set their own Dean’s List rules (credit loads, thresholds), so check yours.
Can I model a repeated course or a pass/fail course?
Not directly. Grade-replacement policies are not applied, and pass/fail courses have no grade here. For a repeat, adjust the previous GPA and credits to match what your school actually counts, or leave pass/fail courses out.
What if I have no previous credits?
Enter 0 for previous credits (and any previous GPA); the cumulative GPA then equals the semester GPA. If everything is zero, the standing line says there is not enough data.
Credit hours and GPA calculator — semester and cumulative
How credits turn into a GPA
Each course earns quality points equal to its credit hours multiplied by the grade-point value of your grade. Add the quality points of all courses and divide by the total credits to get the semester GPA. The cumulative GPA repeats the same sum but also includes your previous credits and the quality points they represent (previous GPA × previous credits). Heavier courses move the average more, so a grade in a four-credit course counts four times as much as the same grade in a one-credit course.
Worked examples
The default inputs are four 3-credit courses graded A, B+, A− and B with a previous GPA of 3.2 over 30 credits. The tool returns a 3.50 semester GPA over 12 credits, a 3.29 cumulative GPA over 42 credits, and the Dean’s List range label. For a lighter term, take a 4-credit B+, a 3-credit A− and a 2-credit C on top of 45 earlier credits at 2.9: the semester GPA is 3.14 over 9 credits, the cumulative GPA is 2.94 over 54 credits, and the standing reads Good Standing.
A small F in a big semester
Credit weighting cuts both ways. Three 3-credit courses graded A, A and A− with a 1-credit F, and no previous credits, give a semester GPA of 3.51 over 10 credits. The failed course barely changes the average because it carries only a tenth of the credits. A 3-credit F in the same slot would carry three times the weight. This is why the credits box matters as much as the grade.
Grade-point values used
The table shows exactly what the calculator multiplies by. Plus and minus grades are handled, but A+ is held to 4.0, so you cannot exceed a 4.0 semester GPA. Use it with your school’s own scale in mind: a campus that counts A as 4.0 but A− as 3.67, for example, would produce slightly different results.
| Grade | Points |
|---|---|
| A+ | 4.0 |
| 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 | 1.0 |
| F | 0.0 |
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