Calculate your Purdue GPA with the official grade-point table (A+ and A both 4.0), quality-point formula, the repeat policy that replaces your earlier grade, and the Dean's List and Semester Honors thresholds.
| Grade | Credit hours |
|---|
Enter each course's grade and credit hours. Only the last attempt of a repeated course enters a Purdue GPA, earlier attempts are marked E (excluded) on the transcript.
| Grade | Grade points | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 4.0 | Same 4.0 as an A, Purdue offers no extra reward for A+ |
| A | 4.0 | Highest passing grade |
| A− | 3.7 | |
| B+ | 3.3 | |
| B | 3.0 | |
| B− | 2.7 | |
| C+ | 2.3 | Many degree programs require C or better in core courses |
| C | 2.0 | |
| C− | 1.7 | Below the C required by many programs |
| D+ | 1.3 | |
| D | 1.0 | |
| D− | 0.7 | Lowest passing grade |
| F | 0.0 | W, WF and WN are excluded from GPA calculations |
| Input | Result |
|---|---|
| A (3cr) + C (4cr) + B (3cr) + A (3cr) + B (3cr) | 3.13 / 4.00, Purdue's own worked example: 50 quality points ÷ 16 credit hours = 3.125, which the advising worksheet prints as 3.12 |
| A− (3cr) + B+ (3cr) + C+ (4cr) | 3.02 / 4.00 |
| A+ (3cr) + B− (3cr) | 3.35 / 4.00, the A+ earns the same 4.0 as an A |
| C (5cr) retaken for an A (5cr) | Repeats: only the A is computed, the earlier C is excluded from the GPA |
When you repeat a course at Purdue, only the last grade is included in GPA calculations. The earlier attempt stays on the transcript with an E (for exclude) beside it and contributes zero quality points. The course's credits count toward your degree only once.
Note the contrast with professional school applications: AMCAS, AACOMAS and most graduate programs recompute your GPA from every attempt on the transcript. Purdue's replacement policy lowers your university GPA's sensitivity to one bad semester, but the earlier grade has not disappeared, it just no longer moves this particular number.
| Recognition | Requirements |
|---|---|
| Semester Honors | At least 6 credit hours in the semester index with a 3.5+ semester GPA, and at least a 2.0 graduation index |
| Dean's List | At least 6 credit hours in the semester index with a 3.0+ semester GPA, at least 12 hours in the graduation index, and a 3.5+ overall GPA |
| Graduation with Distinction | At least 65 credit hours earned at Purdue and an overall GPA at or above the 90th percentile of your school's graduation index (never below 3.30) |
Grade points, the quality-point formula, the repeat policy and the recognition thresholds are taken from Purdue's published grading tables (Office of the Registrar transcript key, the pre-professional advising GPA worksheet, and college academic standards pages). Not every course uses plus/minus grades, the syllabus decides.
Multiply each course's grade point value (A+ and A are 4.0, down to F at 0.0) by its credit hours, add the products into total quality points, and divide by the credit hours you attempted. Purdue's own example: two A's, two B's and a C over 16 credits gives 50 ÷ 16 = 3.125, printed as 3.12 in the advising worksheet and 3.13 when rounded to two decimals.
No. Both carry 4.0 grade points, so a Purdue GPA can never exceed 4.00. The A+ still appears on your transcript, it just does not move the arithmetic.
Only the last attempt is computed. If you replace a C with an A, the C is excluded (marked E on the transcript) and the A's quality points alone enter the GPA, Purdue's own worksheet shows a 3.00 rising to 3.11 when a 5-credit C+ becomes an A alongside 72 existing hours.
No. W, WF and WN are not included in GPA calculations at Purdue. That is different from schools like UF, where a WF counts as a zero, and from AMCAS, which treats WF as an F.
Semester Honors needs a 3.5+ semester GPA on at least 6 graded hours with a 2.0+ graduation index. Dean's List needs a 3.0+ semester GPA on 6+ hours, 12+ hours in the graduation index, and a 3.5+ overall GPA.