MSU Semester grade-point average Calculator

• Michigan State grades with numbers instead of letters: 4.0, 3.5, 3.0, 2.5, 2.0, 1.5, 1.0 and 0.0. Undergraduates earn credit with 1.0 or higher, but every numerical grade, including 0.0, counts in the GPA.
• Grade points = numerical grade × credits. Semester GPA = the semester's grade points ÷ its grade-point credits; cumulative GPA = grade points for all semesters ÷ grade-point credits for all semesters. Only Michigan State courses with a numerical grade are counted.
• The GPA is truncated (not rounded) to three decimal places.
• Repeats: undergraduates may repeat a course whatever the earlier grade, at most twice (three enrollments in all) and up to 20 repeated credits. The last grade and credits completely replace the earlier grade in the cumulative GPA; all entries stay on the academic record.
• A course taken for CR or P cannot be repeated on a credit basis, and a repeated course must be taken on the same grading system as the first time.
• Credit–No Credit (CR-NC): CR means work at the 2.0 level or above, NC below 2.0. CR-NC grades are not included in the semester or cumulative GPA. Undergraduates may take at most 20 credits CR-NC, chosen by the middle of the class; not allowed for the Tier I and Tier II writing, university mathematics and Integrative Studies requirements or courses the major excludes.
• Pass–No Grade (P/N) is used only in courses approved for it; P and N carry no numerical grade.
• Incomplete (I): the work must be completed by the middle of the student's next semester in attendance (within one calendar year), otherwise the grade becomes 0.0 (NC or N under those systems). A student who does not enroll again within one calendar year receives U (Unfinished).
• Withdrawing after the middle of the class leaves a W (no grade) on the transcript; earlier drops do not appear.
• Courses taken at other institutions are not included in the term or cumulative GPA.

Sources: Michigan State University, Grading Systems (Academic Programs Catalog: General Information, Policies, Procedures and Regulations) (retrieved 2 Oct 2026); Michigan State University, Calculations of Credits and Grade-Point Averages (Academic Programs Catalog) (retrieved 2 Oct 2026); Michigan State University, Repeating a Course (Academic Programs Catalog) (retrieved 2 Oct 2026); Michigan State University, Postponement of Grading (Academic Programs Catalog) (retrieved 2 Oct 2026); Michigan State University, Michigan State University Transcript Key (retrieved 2 Oct 2026). Checked against the document on 2 Oct 2026.