GPA Calculator
Calculate your GPA from each course’s grade points and credits using a credit-weighted average.
Formula last reviewed 4 August 2026 · How we verify our calculators
GPA
- Total credits
- 7
- Courses counted
- 2
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Frequently asked questions
GPA is a credit-weighted average: multiply each course’s grade points by its credits, add those up, and divide by the total credits. Higher-credit courses therefore influence your GPA more.
Yes. Enter grade points on whatever scale your institution uses — the weighting maths is identical, and your GPA will be on the same scale as your inputs.
If every course carries the same credits, the credit-weighted GPA equals the simple average of your grade points.
First map each letter to its grade-point value from your grading scheme (for example A = 4.0), then enter those numbers here.
Grades of 4 and 3 don't average to 3.5 here — they give 3.43
Grade points 4 and 3, on courses carrying 3 and 4 credits respectively, don't produce the 3.5 a plain average would suggest. Weighted correctly — (4 × 3) + (3 × 4) = 24, divided by 7 total credits — the GPA comes to 3.43, pulled below the simple average because the 4-credit course, despite the lower grade, carries more weight in the calculation than the 3-credit one.
Why "credit-weighted" isn't a minor technicality
A GPA that ignored credit weight and just averaged grade points would treat a 1-credit elective the same as a 4-credit core course — which is precisely why two students with the identical set of grades can end up with genuinely different GPAs the moment their credit distributions differ. A strong grade in a heavy course moves the needle more than the same grade in a light one, and that's a real, intended feature of how GPA is meant to work, not an artifact of this calculator's math.
Why the same logic works on any grading scale
This calculator's weighting logic is identical regardless of whether grades sit on a 4.0 scale, a 10-point scale, or another system entirely — the arithmetic doesn't care what the numbers mean, only how they combine. If a transcript shows letter grades instead of numbers, convert each to its grade-point value first using the institution's official scheme, then enter those converted numbers here.
Use this to check a semester's GPA before results are formally published, to see how a single tough course might drag down an otherwise strong average, or to plan the grades needed in remaining courses to hit a target. To combine several semesters into one overall figure, the CGPA calculator is the next step.