Cumulative GPA Calculator: Semester & College Credits

Update your cumulative college GPA from previous GPA-bearing credits and a new semester GPA on a 4.0 scale. Includes credit-weighted examples. Results are planning estimates; your school or instructor sets the applicable policies.

Your Numbers

Previous cumulative GPAGPA

Previous GPA-bearing creditscredits

New semester GPAGPA

New semester GPA-bearing creditscredits

Results

New cumulative GPA—

Total GPA-bearing credits—

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Results update live as you type. Estimates only — not financial, tax, or investment advice.

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The Formula

Cumulative GPA = (Prior GPA × Prior credits + Term GPA × Term credits) ÷ Total credits

Understanding the Cumulative GPA Calculator: Semester & College Credits

Example: 60 prior credits at 3.20 plus 15 semester credits at 3.80 yield 249 quality points across 75 credits, or a 3.32 cumulative GPA. Do not average semester GPAs without weighting by credits.

Use GPA-bearing attempted credits as defined by your registrar, rather than all earned credits. Exclude pass/fail courses when your school excludes them from GPA. Repeat replacement policies and weighted high-school GPAs require separate adjustments; this tool does not apply them.

Why weighting matters: a 4.0 GPA across 3 credits plus a 3.0 GPA across 12 credits gives (12 + 36) ÷ 15 = 3.20, not the simple average of 3.50. Use semester and prior credits from the same semester-hour or quarter-hour system.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does my school use the same grading rules?

Check your syllabus or registrar policy. Rounding, extra credit, repeated courses and pass/fail exclusions vary. These results are planning estimates.

Can I use total earned credits from my transcript?

Use the GPA-bearing credits specified by your registrar. Transfer, pass/fail, withdrawals and repeated courses may have different treatment. This tool combines numeric GPAs; it does not convert letter grades or apply honors weighting.