GPA Calculator
Calculate your semester grade point average instantly.
GPA Calculator
Add each course with its grade and credit hours.
Your Semester GPA
0.00What This GPA Calculator Does
This tool calculates a properly credit-weighted average across every course you enter, correctly accounting for the fact that a higher credit-hour course should count proportionally more toward your overall GPA than a lower credit-hour course. Simply select your letter grades and enter credit hours for each course to get your semester GPA instantly.
How to Use the GPA Calculator
Enter each course name, select its letter grade from the dropdown menu, and enter the credit hours for that course. Add as many courses as needed for your semester. Your overall GPA appears instantly once calculated, correctly weighted by credit hours across every entered course.
Standard Grade Scale (4.0 Scale)
Grade Point Equivalents
Pro Tip: GPA (Grade Point Average) is calculated by taking the weighted average of each course's grade points, using credit hours as the weight — giving you an overall average for your semester.
The GPA Formula This Calculator Applies
GPA is calculated as the sum of each course's grade point value multiplied by its credit hours, added together across all courses, then divided by the total sum of all credit hours. This weighted approach ensures a 4-credit course with a strong grade has proportionally more influence on your overall GPA than a 1-credit course.
Understanding Your GPA Result
A GPA is typically measured on a 4.0 scale, where A = 4.0, B = 3.0, C = 2.0, and so on. Your semester GPA reflects your academic performance for a single term, while your cumulative CGPA reflects performance across every term completed to date. This calculator focuses specifically on your semester GPA.
Frequently Asked Questions
GPA is calculated by multiplying each course's grade points by its credit hours, adding all the results together, and dividing by the total credit hours for the semester.
GPA usually refers to one semester or term, while CGPA (Cumulative GPA) is your average across all semesters completed so far.
A higher credit-hour course represents more of a student's total academic workload, so it should proportionally influence the overall GPA more than a lower credit-hour course.
This calculator uses the standard 4.0 grade scale commonly used in US colleges and universities. Other grading systems may use different point values.
This calculator uses the standard 4.0 scale. If your school uses a different system, you may need to adjust the grade point values accordingly.