GPA to Letter Grade
Going the other way: you already know your GPA and you want the letter behind it. The chart below maps every grade point on the 4.0 scale back to its letter, and the pages underneath dig into the numbers people actually look up.
| 4.0 GPA | Letter | Percentage (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | A+ | 97 – 100 |
| 4.0 | A | 93 – 96 |
| 3.7 | A- | 90 – 92 |
| 3.3 | B+ | 87 – 89 |
| 3.0 | B | 83 – 86 |
| 2.7 | B- | 80 – 82 |
| 2.3 | C+ | 77 – 79 |
| 2.0 | C | 73 – 76 |
| 1.7 | C- | 70 – 72 |
| 1.3 | D+ | 67 – 69 |
| 1.0 | D | 63 – 66 |
| 0.7 | D- | 60 – 62 |
| 0.0 | F | Below 60 |
Every grade point and the letter it belongs to
Find your grade point in the first column and the matching letter sits right beside it. A 4.0 is an A (an A+ counts the same on an unweighted scale), 3.7 is an A-, 3.3 a B+, 3.0 a B — the scale steps down roughly 0.3 at a time.
One catch worth knowing: a cumulative GPA is an average, so it often lands between two letters. A 3.5 isn't a grade anyone ever handed you — it's what a mix of A's and B's works out to. Those in-between numbers get their own pages below.
Percentage ranges are a common reference and vary by school. Your target school's published conversion always wins.
The numbers people look up most
Each page covers the letter it maps to, what mix of grades actually produces it, and how that average reads on an application.
Starting from a letter instead?
If you have an A-, a B+ or any other letter and want the grade point behind it, the full 4.0 scale chart lays out every letter with its percentage range.
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