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GPA Calculator

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Calculate your grade point average on the standard 4.0 scale. Add each course with its letter grade and credit hours — your GPA, total credits, and equivalent letter update instantly. Export the breakdown or share it with a link.

GPA

3.70

Total credits
10
Equivalent letter
A
Courses
3

How to use the gpa calculator

  1. Add each course with its letter grade and credit hours.
  2. Add or remove course rows as needed.
  3. See your weighted GPA on the 4.0 scale, total credits, and equivalent letter.

TipCredit hours weight the average — a high grade in a 4-credit class moves your GPA more than a 1-credit class.

How to use the GPA calculator

Add a row for each course: type the course name, pick the letter grade you earned, and enter the number of credit hours the course is worth. Use + Add course to include as many classes as you like, and the Remove button to drop a row. The large readout shows your GPA, and the cells below show your total credits, the nearest equivalent letter, and how many courses you have entered.

Everything recalculates as you type. Use the export buttons to download your course list and GPA as a CSV or Excel file, or copy a link that reopens the calculator with the exact courses you entered — handy for saving a semester or sharing it with an advisor.

How GPA is calculated

Your GPA is a credit-weighted averageof your grade points. Each letter grade maps to a value on the 4.0 scale — A and A+ are 4.0, A- is 3.7, B+ is 3.3, B is 3.0, and so on down to F at 0.0. For every course, the calculator multiplies its grade points by its credit hours to get the course's quality points, then divides the sum of all quality points by the total credit hours.

Because the average is weighted by credits, a four-credit course moves your GPA more than a one-credit course with the same grade. The equivalent letter simply rounds your numeric GPA to the closest whole-letter grade, giving a quick sense of your standing. Grading scales vary by school — some weight honors or AP courses differently — so confirm the exact policy with your institution.

Uses the standard unweighted 4.0 scale for estimation only. Your school may use a different scale or weighting; check your institution's official policy for your recorded GPA.