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UNC GPA calculator

UNC uses plus and minus grades: an A is 4.0, an A− 3.7, a B+ 3.3, a B 3.0, a B− 2.7, a C+ 2.3, a C 2.0, a C− 1.7, a D+ 1.3, a D 1.0 and an F 0.0. Undergraduates get no A+ and no D−. An F counts as zero in your GPA, and so do an FA (absent from the final and unable to pass), an F* (an incomplete or missed exam you didn’t clear in time) and an XF (an Honor Court failure); an F in a course you declared pass/fail counts too. If you retake a course, the new grade doesn’t replace the old one: the grades of all attempts count in your GPA, and you earn the credit hours only once.

UNC’s points: A 4.00, A− 3.70, B+ 3.30, B 3.00 and so on.

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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 UNC’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

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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.

UNC’s rules checked in its 2026–2027 Undergraduate Catalog. Sources are at the bottom of the page.

Grade points at UNC

UNC 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.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill letter grades and grade points
GradeGrade points
A4.00
A−3.70
B+3.30
B3.00
B−2.70
C+2.30
C2.00
C−1.70
D+1.30
D1.00
F0.00
FA0.00, counted in the GPA
F*0.00, counted in the GPA
XF0.00, counted in the GPA

From The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Catalog 2026–2027, Attendance, Grading, and Examination.

What W, pass/fail, incomplete, retakes and transfer credit do at UNC

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 UNC counts each code
CodeWhat it meansIn the UNC GPA
FAn unacceptable performanceCounts 0.0 grade points, and its credit hours count as attempted, so it pulls your GPA down. It also counts as attempted but not completed hours in your completion rate. An F in a course you declared pass/fail is treated the same as any other F. Rule
D+ or DA marginal performance: the minimal passing levelA D+ is worth 1.3 and a D 1.0, and both count in your GPA. There’s no D−. Where your major has a gateway course, you need a C or better in it; a C− doesn’t qualify. In a course you declared pass/fail, a C−, D+ or D becomes an LP. Rule
FAFailed and absent from the final exam: you couldn’t have passed even with the examA permanent failing grade that counts as an F (0.0) in your GPA. Your instructor gives an FA when you miss the final and couldn’t pass the course whatever you scored on it. If you leave the University without withdrawing officially, your grades can be computed as failing. Rule
F*Administrative FThe Registrar turns an IN or AB into an F* when the time to clear it runs out, and the F* counts as zero in your GPA. If you enroll again in a course where you hold a temporary grade, the temporary grade becomes an F* after the deadline, and the F* and your new grade both count in your cumulative GPA. Rule
XFFailed as the result of an Honor Court violationCarries 0.00 quality points on the Registrar’s transcript key. It can be replaced by a plain F if you follow the prescribed steps to remediate the violation. While an Honor Court case is pending, the Registrar records an NG instead of a grade. Rule
PS or LPPass or Low Pass in a course you declared pass/failAn A through C becomes a PS and a C−, D+ or D becomes an LP; neither counts in your GPA, but both count toward your hours for graduation. An F stays an F and counts. You can declare one course a semester, from the fifth day of classes to the end of the eighth week (fall 2026: priority deadline October 2, last day October 9). The choice is final. Your career limit is 23 pass/fail hours: no more than 16 from courses you choose and no more than 13 from courses offered only pass/fail. You can’t declare General Education courses, gateway, prerequisite or additional requirements for your major or minor, a course you already passed with an A–D, Summer School courses or honors courses. One PS (not an LP) may count toward your major or minor core. Rule
PSPass, in a course offered only pass/failDoesn’t count in your GPA. Some courses can only be taken pass/fail; their hours count toward the 13-hour part of the 23-hour pass/fail limit. Rule
WWithdrawnDoesn’t count in your GPA, but it counts as attempted and not completed hours in your completion rate. Drop a course by August 28 in fall 2026 and it leaves no record. From the third through the eighth week a drop shows as a W, recorded internally as a WC (withdrawal by choice); fall 2026’s last day is October 9. If you entered as a first-year in fall 2014 or later, you can collect no more than 16 hours of WC. After the eighth week you need an approved appeal to your college or school. Withdraw from the University after the second week and every course gets a W. The pages word the start of the W differently: the catalog and the Registrar’s Your Grades page give a W from the third week (after the census date), while the Registrar’s grade definitions describe a W as entered after the eight-week drop period. Rule
INWork incompleteA temporary grade your instructor may give if you took the final but didn’t finish some other requirement and could pass by finishing it. Clear it by the last day of finals of the next fall or spring semester, or the instructor’s earlier deadline, or it becomes an F*. For fall 2026 that is the end of spring 2027 exams on May 6, 2027. Don’t re-enroll in the course to clear it. The pages differ on its effect while it stands: the catalog and the Registrar’s grading pages say an IN doesn’t affect your GPA, while the Registrar’s transcript key says undergraduate IN and AB grades are treated as an F. An IN counts as attempted, not completed, hours in your completion rate. Rule
ABAbsent from the final exam, but you could have passed by taking itA temporary grade that becomes an F* unless you take the final before the last day of finals of the next fall or spring semester (for fall 2026, May 6, 2027). The pages conflict on what it does to your GPA meanwhile: the catalog’s grading rules, the Registrar’s pages and the Grading Systems Policy say an AB doesn’t affect it, while the catalog’s final-examination section calls an AB equivalent to an F with zero quality points and the transcript key says it’s treated as an F. Rule
SPSatisfactory progress, in the first course of a two-semester departmental honors programNot computed in your GPA. When you finish the second course, the SP is changed to a letter grade. Rule
NR or NGNot reported (the instructor hasn’t submitted your grade) or No grade (pending an Honor Court review)Neither generates quality points. You can’t be cleared to graduate with an NR, NG or any other temporary grade on your record. Rule
BE or PLCredit by examination (AP, IB, departmental exams) or PlacementNeither counts in your GPA. BE gives you credit hours and can meet General Education requirements, but it can’t help you meet a major or minor GPA requirement. PL places you in a later course without credit hours. Rule
AuditAuditing a classYou don’t write papers or take quizzes or exams, and you can’t later get credit for a course you audited. Rule
Repeated courseYou took the same course againAt UNC a retake doesn’t replace your first grade. Unless a course is designated repeatable, you earn its credit only once toward your degree, from the attempt with the highest passing grade (or the later one if the grades are the same), but the grades of all attempts count in your cumulative GPA. Repeatable courses, such as applied music, special topics and undergraduate research, can be taken more than once for credit. PHYA courses earn no degree credit, but their grades count in your GPA. You can’t take a course pass/fail if you already passed it with an A–D. Retaking a course elsewhere doesn’t help: grades from other schools don’t count in your UNC GPA. Rule
Transfer creditGrades from another collegeOnly credit hours transfer to UNC: grades and quality points earned elsewhere don’t count in your UNC GPA. The exception is a course taken by interinstitutional registration at Duke, NC Central, NC State, UNC Charlotte or UNC Greensboro, whose grade is converted to UNC’s scale. You need a C or higher in each outside course. Quarter hours convert at two-thirds of a semester hour, and transfer credit stops at 75 hours. You need at least 45 academic credit hours from UNC courses, at least half of your major core and at least nine hours of your minor core at UNC. Rule

UNC GPA lines

These are UNC’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 UNC
GPA lineWhat it meansAlso required
2.000 cumulativeGood standingYou must meet all four standards: a cumulative UNC GPA of at least 2.000, completion of at least two-thirds (.667) of your attempted hours, the hours-passed minimums (9 after one full-time semester, 24 after two, 36 after three, 51 after four, 63 after five, 78 after six, 93 after seven) and a degree within 180 attempted hours. Full rule
Below a standard after a term in good standingWarningYou may still enroll, but you must complete an academic intervention plan. Full rule
Below a standard again after warning or probationSuspensionYou can’t enroll in any courses in any term. You can appeal for probation, or spend a term in study, work or wellness activities away from UNC and then appeal to return on probation. If you take courses elsewhere and apply for readmission, you need at least a 2.000 (C) average in that work. Full rule
Granted on appeal after suspensionProbationYou must complete an academic intervention plan. Miss the standards at the end of a term on probation and you return to suspension. Full rule
3.500 term GPADean’s ListWith no grade below a C and at least 12 hours of letter-graded credit, not counting PHYA courses. The rule is stated for full-time students who entered as first-time first-years in fall 2010 or later. The list is generated about 6–8 weeks after the fall or spring term ends. Full rule
3.500 / 3.800 cumulativeGraduation with distinction / with highest distinctionFixed GPAs, not percentages, and you need at least 45 academic hours at UNC. The GPA is the one recorded on your degree award date. Full rule
3.300 cumulativeEligibility for a senior honors thesis (graduation with honors or highest honors)Graduating with honors or highest honors in your major requires a senior honors thesis. Full rule
3.850 in graded liberal arts and sciences courseworkPhi Beta KappaYou need at least 75 such graded hours at UNC, or 45 if you entered as a transfer. Full rule
2.000 cumulativeMinimum GPA to graduateOn all work attempted at UNC, with at least 120 semester hours (some B.S. programs need more). You also need a 2.000 in your major core and in your minor core courses taken at UNC. Full rule
3.000 last semester and 2.500 cumulativeMore than 18 hours in a semesterExceptions need your dean’s approval. Seniors finishing in their last semester may take up to 21 hours with a 2.000 cumulative and previous-semester GPA and the dean’s approval. 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

At UNC a retake doesn’t replace the F. Say you earn an F in a 3-hour course, an A− in a 3-hour course, a B in a 4-hour lab science and a C+ in a 3-hour course, and pass a fifth 3-hour course you declared pass/fail, so it shows a PS: (0 × 3 + 3.7 × 3 + 3 × 4 + 2.3 × 3) ÷ 13 = 30 ÷ 13 ≈ 2.31, and the PS doesn’t count. You retake the failed course and earn a B+. Both grades count: (0 × 3 + 3.7 × 3 + 3 × 4 + 2.3 × 3 + 3.3 × 3) ÷ 16 = 39.9 ÷ 16 ≈ 2.49. If the B+ replaced the F, as at many schools, you’d have 39.9 ÷ 13 ≈ 3.07. You still earn the course’s 3 hours only once.

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

Sources: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Catalog 2026–2027, Attendance, Grading, and Examination; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Catalog 2026–2027, Registration, Enrollment, and Withdrawal; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Catalog 2026–2027, Academic Standing; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Catalog 2026–2027, Credit and Evaluation; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Catalog 2026–2027, Undergraduate Degree Requirements; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Catalog 2026–2027, Conferral of Degrees and Transcripts; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Catalog 2026–2027, Academic Calendar; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University Policy Memorandum, Grading Systems Policy; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Office of the University Registrar, Explanation of Grading System; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Office of the University Registrar, Your Grades; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Office of the University Registrar, Pass Fail Option; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Office of the University Registrar, Fall 2026 Academic Calendar; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Office of the University Registrar, Transcript Key (2026–2027 Undergraduate Catalog).