The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Academic Advising Center Office of Student Success

Grade Point Average (GPA) Calculator

Your Grade Point Average (GPA) is one of many important institutional requirements that affect your path to graduation. To help you track and progress towards graduation, the GPA Calculator provides you an opportunity to project your semester GPA, estimate the impact a repeated course will have on your cumulative GPA, and help you set a more realistic academic plan to achieve a specific cumulative GPA.

Grading Scale

Letter grade and grade point values
Letter Grade Grade Points
A 4.00
B 3.00
C 2.00
D 1.00
F 0.00

As you work with this helpful advising tool, you will want to keep the following in mind.
  • These GPA calculations are unofficial. For your official GPA, please contact the Registrar's Office.
  • If this is your first term at UTRGV, either as an entering freshman or a transfer student, you will not have a UTRGV GPA until all your grades have been posted at the end of the term. Your GPA for the first semester will also be your cumulative GPA at UTRGV. This cumulative GPA will change based on the grades you receive in subsequent terms.
  • If you are a continuing student or have earned credit for UTRGV coursework, you will need to know your Cumulative GPA and your GPA Hours to use the GPA calculator. Your information is available to you by logging into the secure area of MyUTRGV. 

Step 1: Enter Your Current Cumulative GPA and Total GPA Hours

To see how your anticipated semester grades will affect your cumulative GPA, enter your current official UTRGV cumulative GPA and the total amount of GPA hours. 

Current GPA
Current GPA* Total GPA Hours*

Step 2: Input Your Anticipated Current Term Grades

Grading Scale

To find your current semester grade point average (GPA), enter the letter grades and credits to calculate an unofficial projection of your current and cumulative GPA.

GPA Calculator

Course Abbreviation
and Number
( ENGL-1301)

Course Credit
Hours Based on the second number of a course number, you can determine how many credits a course is worth. For example, ENGL 1301 is worth three credits.
Anticipated Course Grade Check the box if course is being repeat If repeated, input your most recently earned course grade


Step 3: Calculate

Select Calculate to see your projected cumulative GPA results or Reset to re-enter information.


Step 4: Projected GPA

Based on the information provided above, your...

Projected GPA
Projected Semester GPA is: GPA Hours for this Semester are: Projected Cumulative GPA is: Total GPA Hours are:

Step 5: Meet Your Cumulative GPA Goal

To calculate your goal Cumulative GPA, you may follow the steps below.

  1. If you are repeating any courses for this semester, then you must fill out the calculator above to find the Projected Cumulative GPA for those repeated courses. Check the Repeat box below and skip to step 5.
  2. If you are not repeating any courses for this semester, enter your current GPA.
  3. Enter your total GPA hours, provided in "Step 1".
  4. Referencing "Step 4", enter the amount of GPA hours taken this semester.
  5. Enter the goal GPA that you would like to achieve.
  6. Hit the Calculate button. The Projected GPA required to meet your goal will be displayed.

What is your Goal GPA?

Are you repeating any courses this semester? Check if yes.
Current Cumulative GPA
Total GPA Hours
Goal Cumulative GPA
GPA Hours this Semester

*Clicking the 'Calculate' button below will provide you the Projected GPA for this semester.

To meet your goal, your Projected GPA for this semester needs to be: