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Colorado State grades on a plus/minus scale carried to three decimals: an A+ and an A are both 4.000, an A− is 3.667, a B+ 3.334, a B 3.000, a B− 2.667, a C+ 2.334, a C 2.000, a D 1.000 and an F 0. There’s no C−, D+ or D− for courses since Fall 2008. An F is the only grade that counts as zero; W, I, S, U and AU stay out of your GPA, though an unfinished I turns into an F or a U. Retake a course and both grades count, unless you use Repeat/Repair, which drops the first grade from your GPA for up to three courses and 12 credits.
Applying to a Cal State campus as a freshman? The “a-g” GPA the CSU checks for admission is on the CSU GPA calculator.
Looking for California State University, Fullerton? Its grade points and rules are on the CSUF GPA calculator.
Colorado State’s points: A+ 4.000, A 4.000, A− 3.667, B+ 3.334 and so on.
The plus/minus cutoffs Wikipedia lists for US colleges: A+ from 97%, A 93, A- 90, B+ 87, B 83, B- 80 and so on down to D- at 60. It is not universal, so use your syllabus's cutoffs when they differ.Source: Wikipedia, “Academic grading in the United States”.
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Raise my GPA: what would it take to reach a target?
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Pass/fail or a retake: what would change?
Whether a pass/fail course leaves the GPA and whether a retake replaces the old grade are your school’s rules; the table below shows Colorado State’s.
One grade higher: which course moves your GPA most?
Each line raises one course by one grade on the grade points above and leaves the others as entered, so a course that carries more credit moves the GPA more. A course you haven’t finished can be marked “Planned” in its ⋯ menu: the GPA so far then leaves it out, and the projection counts it at the grade you chose. A grade already on your transcript changes only under your school’s retake or grade-change rules.
Compare with a GPA line (dean's list, scholarship, good standing)Course groups and equal weights
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Colorado State’s rules checked in its 2026–2027 General Catalog. Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at Colorado State
Colorado State multiplies each course’s grade points by its credit hours, adds them up and divides by the hours that count. Enter your courses above with these points already set.
Colorado State University letter grades and grade points
What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at Colorado State
A course left out of the GPA adds no points and no hours. In the calculator, choose its code or “Not counted”; a code that counts as zero lowers the GPA like a failing grade.
How Colorado State counts each code
Code
What it means
In the Colorado State GPA
F
Failure
Counts 0 points, and its credits count in your GPA, but they don’t count toward graduation. If you stop going to a class without officially dropping or withdrawing through RAMweb or the Registrar, you get an F; not attending isn’t a withdrawal. Rule
W
Withdrawal from a course
Doesn’t count in your GPA, and its credits don’t count toward graduation, though The Hub notes a withdrawal can affect your academic standing. Drop a regular course by census, the 12th day of classes, and nothing goes on your record; for fall 2026 census is September 9. After that, until the end of the twelfth week, you withdraw and get a W; for fall 2026 the deadline is November 13. Courses shorter than 16 weeks have earlier dates. After the deadline you need a Registration Appeal. A retroactive withdrawal, for documented extenuating circumstances outside your control, replaces all your grades for a period with W. Rule
I
Incomplete: circumstances beyond your control, and not reasonably foreseeable, keep you from finishing
Stays out of your GPA while it’s an I. You normally must be passing when you ask for it, and your instructor puts the remaining work in writing. Don’t register for the course again to finish it. The pages differ on when it lapses: the catalog’s Grading page says after one year, while The Hub’s Incomplete Grades page says after one year or at the end of the semester you graduate, whichever comes first. Either way it becomes an F in a letter-graded class or a U in an S/U-only class, and it must be resolved before you get your diploma. Rule
S or U
Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory
Neither counts in your GPA; an S can count toward graduation, a U can’t. The catalog says C-level work or better earns an S and D or F work earns a U; The Hub’s GPA chart says F-level work is recorded as a U. As a Student Option, you can take one course per term S/U if you’re past your first term (freshman or transfer), have a 2.000 CSU GPA and your advisor agrees, and only in free electives, not courses required for your major, minor, teacher licensure or the AUCC. The change must be made during add/drop (fall 2026 census: September 9). You can’t later convert an S/U to a letter grade to raise your GPA. In Instructor Option courses the instructor picks A–F or S/U for the whole class. Rule
AU
Audit: you attend without earning credit
No grade points and no credits, so it stays out of your GPA. You need the instructor’s approval first, and the switch to or from audit must be made by the add/drop deadline. Rule
H
Honors
Not used in your GPA. The Hub’s GPA chart says H credits count toward graduation. Rule
NG or NGC
No Grade Reported, or Non Graded Component
Neither counts in your GPA. NG credits don’t count toward graduation, and an NGC is attached to a graded part of the course that carries the credits. Rule
C−, D+ or D−
Older grades, not assigned at CSU since Fall 2008
You won’t get one in a current course. If you have one from before Fall 2008, it still counts in your GPA; The Hub’s chart gives C− 1.667, D+ 1.334 and D− 0.667. Rule
R, X, AM or 0 before a grade
Transcript prefixes
R means you used Repeat/Repair on that course, and the original grade is left out of your GPA. X marks a grade from before an Academic Fresh Start, which isn’t in your GPA. AM marks a finding of academic misconduct in that course. A leading zero (0A, 0B) marks a course where CSU was the School of Record in a partnership, and it isn’t in your cumulative GPA. Rule
Repeated course
You took the same course again
You can take a course as many times as you like, but it counts toward graduation only once. Normally every attempt’s grade counts in your GPA. Repeat/Repair, for undergraduates, changes that: your retake grade is used whether it’s higher, the same or lower, and the first grade stays on your transcript but leaves your GPA. You can use it only the first time you repeat a course, for no more than three courses and 12 credits in all, and both attempts must be at CSU. Request it in RAMweb by the course withdrawal deadline of the term you repeat the course; for fall 2026 that’s November 13. After that, a Repeat Repair Appeal needs documentable extenuating circumstances or university error. Take the course a third time and every grade except the first counts. It can’t be used on a grade given as a penalty for academic dishonesty, or after you graduate for courses taken before. It doesn’t change academic standing already recorded for past terms, and medical schools, many law schools and other graduate programs may recalculate your GPA with all grades. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
Transfer grades never enter your CSU GPA, so they can’t raise it. Regular academic courses from accredited colleges with a C− or better are considered for transfer, and there’s no limit on credit; remedial and vocational/technical courses don’t transfer, and nothing below a C− (or equivalent) is accepted toward a degree. Repeat/Repair needs both attempts at CSU, so a retake elsewhere can’t replace a CSU grade. You need at least 30 upper-division credits in residence at CSU and 15 of your last 30 credits at CSU, and two-year college credit can’t meet the upper-division requirement. Transfer credits aren’t considered for graduation with distinction. Rule
CSU carries your GPA to the third decimal place and doesn’t round it. That matters at the honors lines: a 3.8689 is a 3.868, just under the Liberal Arts cum laude minimum of 3.869. The calculator shows your GPA the same way, to three decimals and cut.
Colorado State GPA lines
These are Colorado State’s published undergraduate lines, each with the other conditions its catalog sets. Your college or program may set its own, higher lines.
Published GPA lines at Colorado State
GPA line
What it means
Also required
2.000 cumulative
Good academic standing
Every grade in regular CSU credit courses counts, including CSU Online and summer session; transfer grades don’t. Whenever your cumulative GPA gets back to 2.000 or higher, you return to good standing. Full rule
Below 2.000 cumulative, first fall or spring
Academic watch
Withdrawing from all your courses or studying elsewhere doesn’t stop the process; you pick up where you left off when you return. Full rule
Below 2.000 cumulative, second fall or spring
Academic dismissal warning
Your last regular semester to reach 2.000 before dismissal. Full rule
Still below 2.000 after two regular semesters
Academic dismissal
You can appeal. To come back, raise your CSU GPA to 2.000 through GUEST, summer session or continuing education classes; or transfer back from another school and get two semesters to reach 2.000; or apply for an Academic Fresh Start. Full rule
2.000 cumulative at CSU
Minimum GPA to graduate
Counted only on CSU courses. You also need 120 credits and good standing, and some majors require a C or higher in required courses. Full rule
Set by your college (3.80 in Liberal Arts)
Dean’s List
The catalog sends you to your own college for the rules. Liberal Arts requires a semester GPA of at least 3.80 on at least 12 GPA hours. Business’s Fall 2025 honorees page lists undergraduates who earned a 4.0 on at least 12 graded credits with no S/U. Full rule
Fixed GPAs by college, e.g. 3.869 / 3.957 / 4.000 in Liberal Arts
Cum laude / magna cum laude / summa cum laude (graduation with distinction)
These are fixed GPAs, not percentages, but they’re reviewed every four years against targets of about 6%, 3% and 1% of graduates. Current minimums (cum / magna / summa): Agricultural Sciences 3.825 / 3.952 / 4.000; Business 3.818 / 3.924 / 3.996; Engineering 3.776 / 3.916 / 3.978; Health and Human Sciences 3.840 / 3.946 / 4.000; Liberal Arts 3.869 / 3.957 / 4.000; Natural Resources 3.842 / 3.954 / 4.000; Natural Sciences 3.888 / 3.962 / 4.000; Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 3.950 / 3.989 / 4.000. You need 60 credits at CSU (60 after a Fresh Start), transfer credits aren’t considered, and it’s your cumulative GPA at graduation, carried to three decimals and not rounded. Full rule
3.500 cumulative
University Honors Scholar
Plus completing the University Honors Program requirements. Full rule
A year away, then a new GPA
Academic Fresh Start
After at least one calendar year away, you can apply once, during your first undergraduate degree, for a new GPA record that counts only grades earned from then on. Earlier courses with a C− or S or better can still count toward graduation, but you need 30 upper-division credits in residence after the Fresh Start to graduate. Full rule
To see how far you are from one of them, enter it under “Compare with a GPA line” in the calculator, or as your target in the target GPA planner.
A worked example
Repeat/Repair at CSU swaps out the F. Say you earn an F in a 3-credit course, an A, a B+ and a B in three other 3-credit courses, and withdraw from a 1-credit class with a W: (0 × 3 + 4 × 3 + 3.334 × 3 + 3 × 3) ÷ 12 = 31.002 ÷ 12 = 2.5835, which CSU carries as 2.583, and the W doesn’t count. Next term you retake the failed course at CSU, earn a B−, and request Repeat/Repair by the withdrawal deadline. The F stays on your transcript but leaves your GPA: (2.667 × 3 + 4 × 3 + 3.334 × 3 + 3 × 3) ÷ 12 = 39.003 ÷ 12 = 3.25025, which CSU carries as 3.250, or 3.25. Skip Repeat/Repair and both attempts count: 39.003 ÷ 15 = 2.6002, or 2.600.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your Colorado State academic record.
For any other college, the college GPA calculator starts on the common plus/minus 4.0 points and takes your school’s own. Cumulative GPA combines terms you already have, and the GPA guide answers what a GPA means.
