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UC Davis grade points run A+ 4.000, A 4.000, A− 3.700, B+ 3.300, B 3.000, B− 2.700, C+ 2.300, C 2.000, C− 1.700, D+ 1.300, D 1.000, D− 0.700 and F 0.000, earned for every unit of the course, and your GPA is total grade points ÷ attempted UC units. An A+ marks extraordinary work but earns nothing extra. P, NP, S, U, IP, NG, Y and I stay out of the GPA, though an I still open at graduation is counted as a not-passing grade. Grades from non-UC colleges never enter your UC GPA. If you retake a D or F, only the newest grade counts for your first 16 repeated units; after that, every grade counts.
UC Davis’s points: A+ 4.00, A 4.00, A− 3.70, B+ 3.30 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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One grade higher: which course moves your GPA most?
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UC Davis’s rules checked in its 2026–2027 General Catalog. Sources are at the bottom of the page.
Grade points at UC Davis
UC Davis multiplies each course’s grade points by its units, adds them up and divides by the units that count. Enter your courses above with these points already set.
University of California, Davis letter grades and grade points
What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at UC Davis
A course left out of the GPA adds no points and no units. In the calculator, choose its code or “Not counted”; a code that counts as zero lowers the GPA like a failing grade.
How UC Davis counts each code
Code
What it means
In the UC Davis GPA
A+
Extraordinary achievement
Worth 4.000 per unit, exactly the same as an A, so it earns nothing extra. Rule
F
Not passing
Counts 0.000 in your GPA; the catalog calls it work so poor it must be repeated to receive recognition. If you’re registered and never attend or submit any work, you get a failing grade. An F you retake is replaced in your GPA within the 16-unit repeat limit. Rule
D+, D, D−
Barely passing
Worth 1.300, 1.000 and 0.700 per unit. These are the grades (with F and NP) that let you repeat a course; a C− or better doesn’t (except a C− in an Entry Level Writing course), and the registrar won’t lower a grade to make a course repeatable. Taken P/NP, work at D+ or lower earns NP. Rule
P / NP
Passed / Not Passed
Stays out of your GPA, but P units count toward your degree. You must be in good academic standing, and the deadline is the 40th day of instruction. Davis awards a P for C− work or better; the UC-wide Senate regulation printed in the same section says C or better. No more than one-third of your Davis units may be P/NP (one-fourth for P grades in Letters & Science), and Biological Sciences requires major courses to be letter-graded unless a course is offered only P/NP. Rule
I
Incomplete
Given when your work is passing but unfinished for good cause. It isn’t in your GPA at the end of the term, but it has to be replaced by the end of the third succeeding quarter (summers excluded) or it turns into an F, NP or U. Any I still open at graduation is calculated as not passing, and for the 2.000 graduation check incomplete letter-graded units count as zero. More than 16 units of incompletes can bring academic notice or disqualification. You can’t re-enroll in a course while its I is unresolved. Rule
NG
No grade reported yet
Shown until the instructor submits your grade. It stays out of the GPA, but if it isn’t replaced by the end of the next quarter (summers excluded), it becomes an F, NP or U. Rule
IP
In progress
Used in courses that run over more than one term; it’s replaced by the final grade when the sequence is done and is not counted in the GPA. Rule
Y
Pending judicial action
Shown while a student conduct matter is pending; it carries no grade points and is left out of the GPA. Rule
S / U
Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory
A grading option for graduate students: an S needs B− work in a graduate course or C− work in an undergraduate course, and S/U units are not counted in the GPA. Rule
W01–W09, WA, WB
Course dropped (week shown)
Listed among the cancellation and withdrawal notations, not as a grade; the GPA averages only completed letter-graded courses. The drop deadline is the 20th day of instruction (the 10th for courses marked with a ten-day deadline). For financial aid, withdrawals generally don’t count as units attempted. Rule
Repeated course
You took the same course again
You may repeat a course only if you got a D+ or lower or an NP (a C− or lower in an Entry Level Writing course), or if an I became permanent. For the first 16 units you repeat, only the most recent grade counts and the earlier attempt’s units leave your attempted total; after 16 units, or for a course that partly crosses the limit, every grade counts. The regulation’s GPA clause speaks of courses where you received a D or F. Every grade stays on your transcript, you get degree credit only once, a letter-graded course can’t be retaken P/NP, and taking a course a third time needs your dean’s office’s approval. Repeating a course you passed earns no credit, and a department may block a repeat if you already passed a course it leads to with a C− or better. Rule
Transfer credit
Grades from another college
Your UC GPA is computed on courses taken at any University of California campus and through UC Davis Extension; Open Campus grade points count once you’re admitted or readmitted as a regular student, but Extension courses from other UC campuses don’t. Credit from non-UC colleges adds to your total units but never enters your UC GPA, while transfer credit from another UC campus counts in it. A transferable course with no UC Davis equivalent posts as elective credit, TR. Undergraduate Admissions decides transferability for incoming students, the Registrar for continuing ones. Letters & Science and Agricultural & Environmental Sciences compute major GPAs on UC Davis courses only, and the Graduate School of Management’s depth GPA does the same. Rule
UC Davis GPA lines
These are UC Davis’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 UC Davis
GPA line
What it means
Also required
Below 2.0 term or cumulative GPA
Academic notice
Computed on all courses taken in the University. While you’re on notice your official transcript says you’re not in good academic standing. You also go on notice if your degree progress average drops below 12 units passed per full-time quarter, and more than 16 units of open incompletes can bring notice or disqualification. Full rule
Below 1.5 term GPA
Subject to disqualification
So is finishing two consecutive terms on academic notice without reaching a 2.0 cumulative GPA. Whether you can keep registering is up to your college’s faculty, on conditions it sets. Full rule
2.000 on all UC courses attempted
Graduation minimum (scholarship requirement)
Twice as many grade points as units. For this check, incomplete units you took for a letter grade count as zero. Full rule
2.000 in the major
College graduation minimums
Letters & Science and Agricultural & Environmental Sciences: 2.000 in all courses counted toward the major and in upper-division major courses, UC Davis grades only (you may repeat D or F courses to get there). Biological Sciences: 2.000 in major courses and in Depth Subject Matter courses. Graduate School of Management: 2.000 in Depth Subject Matter courses. Engineering: 2.000 in all College of Engineering coursework. Full rule
Top 16% term GPA in your class level and college
Dean’s Honors List
You need at least 12 units taken for a letter grade that quarter. Full rule
Top 2%, 3% or 4% of your college
Highest honors at graduation
Top 2% with 45–89 UC units, 3% with 90–134, 4% with 135 or more; each units group is ranked separately, and you need at least 45 UC units. The winter 2026 GPAs, used for spring 2026 through winter 2027 graduates, are at 2%: Agricultural & Environmental Sciences 3.986, Biological Sciences 3.991, Engineering 3.983, Letters & Science 4.000; at 3%: 3.972, 3.984, 3.965, 3.984; at 4%: 3.953, 3.975, 3.951, 3.980. Letters & Science sets additional criteria. Full rule
Next 2%, 3% or 4% of your college
High honors at graduation
Top 4%, 6% or 8% in all, by units group. Winter 2026 GPAs at 6%: 3.927, 3.946, 3.924, 3.961; at 8%: 3.898, 3.919, 3.903, 3.945 (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, Letters & Science). Letters & Science sets additional criteria. Full rule
Next 4%, 6% or 8% of your college
Honors at graduation
Top 8%, 12% or 16% in all, by units group. Winter 2026 GPAs at 12%: 3.839, 3.865, 3.855, 3.905; at 16%: 3.781, 3.807, 3.790, 3.864 (same college order). Full rule
2.0 cumulative and 67% of attempted units
Satisfactory academic progress for financial aid
Checked every July, with a 270-unit maximum timeframe for undergraduates. F, I, NP and NG units don’t count as completed but may still count as attempted. 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
UC Davis replaces a retaken D or F, but only for your first 16 repeated units. Say you take three 4-unit courses and earn an F, an A− and a B: (0 × 4 + 3.7 × 4 + 3.0 × 4) ÷ 12 = 26.8 ÷ 12 = 2.23. You retake the failed course (for a letter grade, since it was letter-graded) and earn a B−. Within your first 16 repeated units the F drops out of the GPA along with its units: (2.7 × 4 + 3.7 × 4 + 3.0 × 4) ÷ 12 = 37.6 ÷ 12 = 3.13. Past the 16-unit limit, both attempts count: (0 + 10.8 + 14.8 + 12.0) ÷ 16 = 37.6 ÷ 16 = 2.35. Either way the F stays on your transcript and the course’s units count toward your degree only once.
The calculator gives an estimate from the grades you enter. Your official GPA is the one on your UC Davis 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.
