GPA Calculator

Consult the sample scenarios for the calculator to clarify how each one can be used.

You will find three calculators on this web page:

  1. the GPA target calculator to help you set a term GPA goal,
  2. the GPA workload calculator to help you identify how fast or slow your cumulative GPA changes at a defined term GPA, and
  3. the GPA adjustment calculator to let you predict your cumulative GPA when course grades are appearing or changing.

Calculator 1: GPA Target Calculator

Complete the top four fields and then click on the "calculate" button to determine the GPA required to meet the target. If you change the values in the top four fields, you must click on the "calculate" button again before the needed GPA is updated.

In the calculator below, use the same units of "work". The units could be course credits, credit hours, or even number of 4 month courses. As long as you report work consistently, then the results will be valid.

Work contributing to GPA now: Current GPA:
Additional work to complete: Target GPA:
Needed GPA in remaining work:

If the needed GPA is negative, then you just have to pass the remaining courses to meet or exceed the target GPA.



Calculator 2: GPA Workload Calculator

This variant of the calculator computes how many credits a student must take at a given GPA to raise his or her overall GPA to a target level.

In the calculator below, you can use course credits, credit hours, or even number of 4 month courses as the units of work. The results of the calculator will be reported back in those same units.

Work contributing to GPA now: Current GPA:
GPA you think attainable: Target GPA:
Needed work:


Calculator 3: GPA Adjustment Calculator

This variant of the calculator lets you predict your cumulative GPA after some grade additions or changes.

You must use half-credit (3 credit hours, 1 term courses) in the fields below so that the GPA can be properly calculated.

Half-credits contributing to GPA now: Current GPA:

Half-credit course letter grades to remove (full credit courses must be entered twice)

Half-credit course letter grades to add (full credit courses must be entered twice)

GPA of additions: over half-credits
Resulting GPA: over half-credits



The math behind the calculators are variants of one or two equations. We provide a brief explanation of them elsewhere.