Cumulative GPA Calculator

Calculate your updated cumulative GPA using your current GPA, completed credits, and new semester GPA or semester grades. This cumulative GPA calculator estimates total credits, total quality points, GPA change, and the GPA needed to reach a target.

Calculate Cumulative GPA

Updated Cumulative GPA = (Current GPA × Completed Credits + New GPA × New Credits) ÷ Total Credits.
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How the cumulative GPA calculator works

Updated cumulative GPA:
Enter your current GPA, completed credits, new semester GPA, and new semester credits to estimate your updated cumulative GPA.

Semester GPA from grades:
Use the course grade rows to estimate the new semester GPA from individual classes.

Target GPA needed:
Enter a target cumulative GPA and future credits to estimate the GPA needed in future coursework.

GPA change:
The calculator shows whether your cumulative GPA is increasing, decreasing, or staying the same.

Why use a cumulative GPA calculator?

A cumulative GPA calculator helps estimate how new grades may affect your overall academic average.

It can help with academic planning, scholarship requirements, graduation goals, probation recovery, honors tracking, and course load decisions.

What your result means

Your result shows your estimated updated cumulative GPA, current quality points, new semester quality points, total quality points, total credits, GPA change, and target GPA needed. These are estimates based on the values entered.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you calculate cumulative GPA?

Multiply your current GPA by completed credits, add the quality points from your new semester, then divide by total credits.

Does one semester change cumulative GPA a lot?

It depends on how many credits you already have. A new semester has a bigger effect when you have fewer completed credits.

What are quality points?

Quality points are GPA points multiplied by credit hours. They are used to calculate weighted GPA averages.

Can this calculator estimate the GPA I need?

Yes. Enter your target cumulative GPA and future credit hours to estimate the GPA needed in those future credits.