Stanford University CGPA Calculator
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To calculate a CGPA at Stanford, turn each course mark into a grade point using the official Stanford grading scale shown below, multiply that grade point by the course's credit hours, and divide the running total of quality points by the running total of credit hours. The Stanford University table has 13 bands, A+ (4.30) starts at 97%, and CGPA is reported out of 4.30. The lowest passing grade is D-, awarded from 60%.
Add one row per course this semester.
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Switch to “Enter marks” to see your exact percentage. It cannot be derived from letter grades alone, and Pakistan has no single official CGPA-to-percentage formula.
Stanford University grading scale
Stanford grades on an absolute scale out of 4.30 with 13 bands. A mark of 97% or above earns A+ (4.30), and 60% is the lowest passing band (D-). The calculator above already applies these bands, so you can enter raw marks instead of letters.
| Marks (%) | Grade | Grade point |
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| 97–100 | A+ | 4.30 |
| 93–96 | A | 4.00 |
| 90–92 | A- | 3.70 |
| 87–89 | B+ | 3.30 |
| 83–86 | B | 3.00 |
| 80–82 | B- | 2.70 |
| 77–79 | C+ | 2.30 |
| 73–76 | C | 2.00 |
| 70–72 | C- | 1.70 |
| 67–69 | D+ | 1.30 |
| 63–66 | D | 1.00 |
| 60–62 | D- | 0.70 |
| 0–59 | F | 0.00 |
All sources (2)
- https://bulletin.stanford.edu/academic-polices/grading/general · retrieved 2026-09-02Stanford's official academic bulletin, 'General University Grading System' policy, describing the letter grades (A, B, C, D each with +/- modifiers, plus NP) used under Stanford's general grading system, which covers all of Stanford except the Graduate School of Business, the School of Law, and MD students in the School of Medicine. The page itself did not expose the exact numeric grade-point table to this tool's fetcher.
- https://studentservices.stanford.edu/my-academics/evaluations-exams-grades/grades/general-university-grading-system · retrieved 2026-09-02Stanford Student Services' page for the same General University Grading System (direct automated fetch blocked, 403). Multiple independent Stanford-specific secondary sources (GPA-calculator sites and admissions guides) consistently and specifically attribute a 4.3 grade point value to A+ at Stanford, with A=4.0 and the standard 0.33-step plus/minus values below it, and describe Stanford's GPA as officially computed on this 4.3-capable scale since it began appearing on undergraduate transcripts (Spring quarter of the 2015-16 academic year). Flagged here as a genuinely unusual case per this dataset's own convention: Stanford is one of the minority of US universities that gives A+ a point value ABOVE 4.0 rather than capping it at 4.0 like Berkeley or Purdue do.
How grading works at Stanford
Stanford calculates GPA the standard US way, grade point times course units, summed and divided by units attempted, but its scale has one distinctive feature worth knowing before you rely on a 4.0-scale calculator built for another school: Stanford's General University Grading System gives A+ a genuine 4.3 grade point rather than capping it at 4.0 the way many peer universities do, so a Stanford transcript can technically show a GPA above 4.0.
Founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford, the university's General University Grading System covers the vast majority of Stanford coursework, but three major programs run their own separate grading policies entirely: the Graduate School of Business, the School of Law, and MD candidates in the School of Medicine. A Stanford GSB, Law, or Medicine student should not use the general A-through-F scale on this page at all, since none of those schools grade or report GPA the same way undergraduate and most graduate Stanford students do.
Stanford's undergraduate transcript has only shown a computed GPA since the spring quarter of the 2015-16 academic year, before that, an undergraduate's official transcript recorded grades without a single cumulative figure attached. Graduate-level Stanford transcripts still do not display a GPA at all under the general system, even though grade points are recorded and used internally for academic standing. Because Stanford does not publish an official percentage-to-letter breakdown, the percentage ranges below are a standard approximation; the letter grades and 4.3-capable point scale are the genuinely Stanford-specific part of this page.
Worked example: a full semester on the Stanford scale
Here is a complete 15 credit-hour semester scored against the Stanford grade points in the table above. The marks are illustrative, but every number after them is calculated the same way the calculator on this page calculates yours.
| Course | Credit hrs | Marks /100 | Grade | Grade point | Quality points |
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| Core course I | 3 | 99 | A+ | 4.30 | 3 × 4.30 = 12.90 |
| Core course II | 4 | 91 | A- | 3.70 | 4 × 3.70 = 14.80 |
| Core course III | 3 | 85 | B | 3.00 | 3 × 3.00 = 9.00 |
| Elective | 3 | 75 | C | 2.00 | 3 × 2.00 = 6.00 |
| Lab / practical | 2 | 68 | D+ | 1.30 | 2 × 1.30 = 2.60 |
| Total | 15 | 45.30 |
Step by step
- Convert each course mark to a grade point. Work out each course as a percentage of its total marks, then read the letter off the Stanford grading table. 99 out of 100 is 99%, which falls in the A+ band and is worth 4.30 grade points.
- Multiply each grade point by the course credit hours. Credit hours decide how much each course counts, so multiply to get quality points: 3 × 4.30 = 12.90, 4 × 3.70 = 14.80, 3 × 3.00 = 9.00, 3 × 2.00 = 6.00, 2 × 1.30 = 2.60.
- Add the quality points and the credit hours. Adding the five courses gives 45.30 quality points across 15 credit hours.
- Divide to get the semester GPA. 45.30 ÷ 15 = 3.02, the semester GPA for this term at Stanford.
- Fold the semester into your CGPA. If you had already completed 45 credit hours at a CGPA of 3.44, those carry 154.80 quality points. Add this semester and the CGPA becomes (154.80 + 45.30) ÷ (45 + 15) = 3.34.
Notice how the 4-credit course moves the average roughly twice as hard as the 2-credit lab. That credit-hour weighting is the whole reason a GPA is not just the average of your grade points.
Which Stanford programmes use this scale?
The same grading plan applies across Stanford’s degree programmes, including Computer Science, Symbolic Systems, Graduate School of Business MBA, Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering. Credit-hour loads differ by programme (a typical semester runs 15 to 18 credit hours), but the marks-to-grade-point mapping above does not change between them.
Stanford CGPA: frequently asked questions
Can a Stanford GPA go above 4.0?
Does the Stanford grading scale on this page apply to Stanford GSB, Law, or Medicine students?
Has Stanford's undergraduate transcript always shown a GPA?
Does Stanford publish an official percentage-to-letter-grade table?
What are NP and other non-letter marks at Stanford?
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CalcScholar is not affiliated with or endorsed by Stanford University. The Stanford name and logo are used only to identify whose grading scale this calculator applies, and any result produced here is unofficial. Your transcript from the Stanford examination department is the authority.