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Calculating Your Grade Point Average

  • To keep track of your academic progress, you should become familiar with how to calculate your grade point average (GPA).

  • The grade point average is obtained by multiplying the grade point value by the number of credits for the course, then totaling the grade points and dividing by total credits.

Course

Grade

Point Value

 

Credits

Grade Points

English

A-

3.7

X

4

= 14.8

French

D

1.0

X

3

= 3.0

Music

C+

2.3

X

3

= 6.9

Physics

B+

3.3

X

4

= 13.2

History

F

0.0

X

3

= 0.0

 

 

TOTAL 10.3

TOTAL 17

 

Grade Point Total 37.9

Grade Point Average (37.9 quality points divided by 17 credits) equals 2.23, or almost a “C+” average.