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NC State GPA calculator

NC State uses plus and minus grades on three decimals: A+ is 4.333, A 4.000, A− 3.667, B+ 3.333 and so on down to D− at 0.667 and F at 0, but an A+ can’t lift your semester or cumulative GPA above 4.000. Every attempt at a course counts unless you use one of your two grade exclusions, which remove an NC State course graded C− or lower from your cumulative GPA. Courses you take credit-only (S/U) stay out of your GPA either way.

NC State’s points: A+ 4.333, A 4.000, A− 3.667, B+ 3.333 and so on.

Example courses. Change them to yours, or

Include your earlier GPA

Quality points are the more exact input when the displayed GPA has already been rounded. Do not include these same credits again in the course rows.

Raise my GPA: what would it take to reach a target?

These are future credits beyond the courses and earlier record entered above.

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 NC 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

Set a course's group or term, or mark it planned, in its ⋯ menu. Groups are just your labels: they don’t apply AMCAS or other application-service GPA rules.

Import courses from a transcript or spreadsheet

Copy the courses from your unofficial transcript, degree audit or a spreadsheet and paste them here, one course per line with its grade and credits. Term headings such as “Fall 2025” keep the courses in their terms. Your grades stay in this browser.

Save my courses or compare versions

Nothing is sent to us. Untick the box to forget them.

To compare plans, save the courses as they are now as a version, change them, and save again. Versions stay in this browser until you delete them.

Open a file you saved with “Save the versions to a file”, in this browser or another. It is read in your browser and sent nowhere.

NC State’s rules checked in its 2026–2027 University Catalog. Sources are at the bottom of the page.

Grade points at NC State

NC 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.

North Carolina State University letter grades and grade points
GradeGrade points
A+4.333
A4.000
A−3.667
B+3.333
B3.000
B−2.667
C+2.333
C2.000
C−1.667
D+1.333
D1.000
D−0.667
F0.000

From NC State University, Policies, Regulations and Rules, REG 02.50.03 – Grades and Grade Point Average.

What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at NC 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 NC State counts each code
CodeWhat it meansIn the NC State GPA
A+The top grade, worth 4.333 grade pointsIt counts at 4.333, but your semester and cumulative GPAs stop at 4.000, so straight A+ grades give a 4.000. Rule
WWithdrawal or late drop: you dropped a course after census, the end of the 10th day of a fall or spring term (3rd day of summer)Recorded without grades or grade points, so it stays out of your GPA. A drop before census leaves no W. From census to the drop/revision deadline on the Academic Calendar you can drop on your own and get a W; after that deadline you need your college’s approval and documented serious extenuating circumstances. You can withdraw from at most 16 hours of courses in your career, and W hours count as attempted hours for course repeats, for staying eligible to enroll and for financial aid. No course can be dropped once final grades post. Rule
IN or LAIN: Incomplete, for work you couldn’t finish because of a serious interruption that wasn’t your own fault, when finishing it would let you pass. LA: Temporarily Late, when the grade can’t be reported on timeNeither enters your GPA while it stands. Make up an IN by the end of the next regular semester you’re enrolled (summer doesn’t count), and within 12 months, unless your instructor or department sets a later deadline; otherwise it becomes an F, which counts as 0. Don’t register for the course again: that won’t remove the IN, and the IN turns into an F. An IN keeps you off the Dean’s List until it’s resolved, and you can’t graduate with an IN in a course your degree needs. An LA converts to an IN before the end of the next semester. Rule
S or UCredit-only grading: S is the equivalent of a C− or better, U is lowerNeither counts in your GPA, and credit-only courses don’t count toward the Dean’s List. You can take a course credit-only only for free electives, Health and Exercise Studies, or a course authorized for it, with at most 12 credit-only hours toward graduation, and an S usually doesn’t meet a major, minor, certificate or GER requirement. Elect credit-only by the drop/revision deadline. A U keeps you off the Dean’s List that semester. Rule
AU or NRAudit: AU if you complete it, NR (No Recognition) if you don’tNeither counts toward your GPA or your degree. You need your adviser’s and the department’s approval, you must switch from credit to audit by the drop/revision deadline, and an audit costs the same as taking the course for credit. Rule
CRCredit by examination or advanced placement, given only at C− level or betterCounts toward your hours but not your GPA. Rule
Repeated courseYou took the same course againEvery attempt counts in your cumulative GPA unless you apply a grade exclusion, and a repeated course counts only once toward the hours you need to graduate. REG 02.20.06 lets you repeat a course once without permission if you earned a D+ or less (the Student Services Center page says a grade lower than D+); a third attempt needs your college dean’s permission. Repeating a course you passed with a C− or better needs your adviser’s approval, never given for an A or B. Grade exclusion is separate: you may exclude up to two NC State courses with posted letter grades of C− or lower, applied in MyPack Portal before you apply for graduation. The regulation doesn’t require a retake. Their grade points and hours leave your cumulative GPA and your academic standing is recalculated, but past Dean’s List results don’t change, the courses still count for financial aid progress and tuition surcharge, and an excluded course can’t meet a degree requirement. An exclusion can’t be undone or moved, can’t be used on a course with academic misconduct, an audit or a credit-only attempt, and exclusions under older rules (First Year Course Repeat, Course Repeat Without Penalty) count toward the two. Graduate and professional schools may add excluded grades back. Rule
Transfer creditGrades from another collegeTransfer credit shows only as credit hours and never enters your GPA; the one exception is credit from select joint and exchange programs, which comes in with its grade and counts. The 2026–2027 catalog says only courses with a C or better are considered for transfer, while the Transfer Credit Policy (POL 02.10.02, issued November 2025) says C− or better. Pass/satisfactory grades generally don’t transfer. Before taking a course elsewhere, get your department’s endorsement and your college associate dean’s written approval. Credit by examination and AP credit show as CR and stay out of your GPA. Rule

NC State calculates GPAs to three decimal places, which is why its lines read 2.000 or 3.499. The regulation doesn’t say whether the third decimal is rounded or cut.

NC State GPA lines

These are NC 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 NC State
GPA lineWhat it meansAlso required
Below 2.0 cumulative GPA with a grade point deficit of 15 or lessAcademic WarningGood Standing means you’re eligible to keep enrolling: a 2.0 cumulative GPA, or Warning or Probation status. Your grade point deficit is how many grade points you are below a 2.0, which equals the hours of B you’d need to get back to 2.0. Standing is set after every fall, spring and summer term. On Warning you must earn at least a 2.0 term GPA every term until your cumulative GPA reaches 2.0, and meet your adviser in the first four weeks of fall or spring. Full rule
Below 1.0 term GPA with a cumulative GPA above 2.0Academic WarningThe same Warning rules apply: at least a 2.0 term GPA every later term until your cumulative GPA is 2.0 or higher. Full rule
Below 2.0 cumulative GPA with a grade point deficit above 15, or below 2.0 term GPA while on Warning or ProbationAcademic SuspensionA deficit above 15 suspends you at the end of any term, even your first. You can appeal to continue the next term; if you stay suspended, all future enrollments are canceled. Full rule
2.0 term GPA in your Probation termAcademic Probation (one term after a successful suspension appeal)Earn at least 2.0 and you move to Academic Warning; below 2.0 and you’re suspended. Meet your adviser in the first four weeks of fall or spring. Full rule
2.000 cumulative GPAMinimum to graduate with a bachelor’s degreeCounted on all courses attempted at NC State. Some departments also require 2.000 in courses for the major or minimum grades in major courses. Most programs require at least 120 hours, with 25 percent of your hours and 30 of your last 45 taken at NC State. Full rule
3.5 semester GPA on 12 to 14 graded hours, or 3.25 on 15 or moreSemester Dean’s ListFull-time students only, counting only hours that earn grade points, so credit-only courses don’t count. An F, U or IN that semester rules you out, though you’re added retroactively once an IN is resolved and you otherwise qualify. A later grade exclusion doesn’t change past Dean’s List results. Full rule
3.25 for cum laude, 3.5 for magna cum laude, 3.75 for summa cum laudeLatin honors (cum laude 3.25 through 3.499, magna 3.5 through 3.749)You need at least two semesters and 30 credit hours at NC State. 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

NC State can suspend you after a single term: a cumulative GPA below 2.0 with a grade point deficit (the grade points you are short of a 2.0) above 15 means Academic Suspension, not Warning. Say your first term is five 3-credit courses graded F, F, D, C and C−: (0 × 3 + 0 × 3 + 1.000 × 3 + 2.000 × 3 + 1.667 × 3) ÷ 15 = 0.93, and your deficit is 2.0 × 15 − 14.001 = 15.999, just over 15. Had the D been a C, your GPA would be 17.001 ÷ 15 = 1.13 with a deficit of 12.999, and you’d be on Academic Warning instead.

The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your NC State academic record.

Sources: NC State University, Policies, Regulations and Rules, REG 02.50.03 – Grades and Grade Point Average; NC State University, Policies, Regulations and Rules, REG 02.20.06 – Course Repeat Regulation; NC State University, Policies, Regulations and Rules, REG 02.20.16 – Undergraduate Grade Exclusion; NC State University, Policies, Regulations and Rules, REG 02.20.15 – Credit-Only Courses; NC State University, Policies, Regulations and Rules, REG 02.20.04 – Audits; NC State University, Policies, Regulations and Rules, REG 02.20.02 – Adding and Dropping Courses; NC State University, Policies, Regulations and Rules, REG 02.05.01 – Continuation of Undergraduate Enrollment; NC State University, Policies, Regulations and Rules, POL 02.10.02 – Transfer Credit Policy; NC State University, 2026–2027 University Catalog, Academic Standing; NC State University, 2026–2027 University Catalog, Academic Honors; NC State University, 2026–2027 University Catalog, Graduation Requirements; NC State University, 2026–2027 University Catalog, Transfer and Exam Credit; NC State University, 2026–2027 University Catalog, Withdrawal; NC State University, Student Services Center, Grading; NC State University, Student Services Center, Forms Directory.