Many students are confused about how to calculate their grade point average (GPA). You need to reference your college grading system. This is the grading system used by Central Oregon Community College (COCC).
Unless
designated as a Pass/No Pass class, grades follow this scale:
| A | 4.0 | Outstanding Performance |
| A- | 3.7 | Superior |
| B+ | 3.3 | Excellent |
| B | 3.0 | Very good |
| B- | 2.7 | Good |
| C+ | 2.3 | Better than satisfactory |
| C | 2.0 | Satisfactory |
| D | 1.0 | Passing |
| F | 0.0 | Not passing |
This is Bob - EXAMPLE student
According to the above grading scale -
If Bob earned straight A's, he would have a 4.0 GPA for the term.
Calculating Bob's GPA:
However, Bob did not earn straight A's. Bob took two classes and earned one A and one C. What is Bob's GPA?
An A is a 4.0
A C is a 2.0
(Hint: If you said 3.0,you are incorrect - but you had a great guess!)
To calculate Bob's GPA, you need to know the number of credits for each course as well as the grade earned for each course. Bob received an A in his math class (for 4 credits). He received a C in his health class (1 credit).
Now you are ready to calculate Bob's GPA:
If Bob earned straight A's, he would have a 4.0 GPA for the term.
Calculating Bob's GPA:
However, Bob did not earn straight A's. Bob took two classes and earned one A and one C. What is Bob's GPA?
An A is a 4.0
A C is a 2.0
(Hint: If you said 3.0,you are incorrect - but you had a great guess!)
To calculate Bob's GPA, you need to know the number of credits for each course as well as the grade earned for each course. Bob received an A in his math class (for 4 credits). He received a C in his health class (1 credit).
Now you are ready to calculate Bob's GPA:
First: Determine number of grade points for each course:Multiply the grade value by the number of credits. | |||||||||||||||||
| Grade Earned | Grade Value | Times | # of Credits | Equals | Grade Points | ||||||||||||
| A | 4.0 | X | 4 | = | 16 | ||||||||||||
| C | 2.0 | X | 1 | = | 2 | ||||||||||||
Second: Add total number of credits - Total Credits: 5
Third: Add the total number of grade points - Total Grade Points: 18
You can see that Bob completed 5 total credits for the term (both classes) and he has a total of 18 grade points (both classes).
Finally: Divide grade points (18) by number of credits (5) to get Bob's GPA.
18 / 5= 3.6 GPA
You can see Bob's grade point average is a 3.6 for the term.
A cumulative grade point average uses the same calculation however, instead of only one term - cumulative GPA includes all grades the student has earned from all previous terms.
To view more about COCC grading system (Including information about pass/no pass classes, withdraws and incompletes) - Click Here- COCC Grades
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