Weighted GPA (Three Courses) Calculator
Enter the credit hours and grade points for three courses to calculate your combined credit-weighted GPA.
Weighted GPA (Three Courses) Calculator
Calculates a credit-weighted GPA across three courses with different credit hours and grade points.
This calculator multiplies each course's grade points by its credit hours, sums those across all three courses, and divides by total credits to compute a proper credit-weighted GPA rather than a naive unweighted average across courses. It's useful for checking a semester's GPA calculation by hand, or for projecting how a set of upcoming grades might affect your overall academic standing.
Example
- With the default values shown above, this calculator returns: Weighted GPA ≈ 3.63.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why weight by credit hours?
A course worth more credit hours contributes more to your overall academic record, so weighting each course's grade points by its credits gives a more accurate GPA than a simple unweighted average.
What if I have more than three courses?
Extend the same weighted-average logic (sum of credits × grade points, divided by total credits) across as many courses as you have; this calculator handles three as a common quick-check case.
Sources
- Standard formula, publicly documented method