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Calculating GPA

 

  • Overall GPA (also called a cumulative GPA) : All college work completed to date.
  • Major GPA : All course work required in your academic major : Unfortunately, Sac State does not currently have an "easy" way of calculating your major GPA. You will to calculate it yourself. See below for instructions.
To calculate your Major GPA
  1. For each course completed in your major, multiply the number of course units by the number of grade points earned. (See below)
  2. Divide the total of #1 above by the total number of units attempted (excluding CR/NC courses) to get your GPA.
Grade A A - B + B B - C + C C - D F
Grade Points 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.0 0

When computing your GPA, it is acceptable to round your GPA up to the nearest tenth if the last digit is 5 or greater. Example: 3.28 would be rounded up to 3.30.