North Carolina Central University (NCCU) GPA Calculator

NCCU calculates GPA using Quality Hours (QHRS) and Quality Points (QPTS): each grade's point value is multiplied by the course's credit hours to get quality points, then total quality points divided by total quality hours equals your GPA. The catalog assigns grade points per letter: A (4), B (3), C (2), D (1).

Two grades tied to withdrawals carry their own explicit 0-point value in NCCU's own worked example — WC (withdrawal from a course) and NF (dropped for excessive absences after the drop deadline) — unlike an ordinary W or WE withdrawal, which carries no grade-point value at all. Plus/minus grades (A-, B+, etc.) are used only in the School of Law, not in the general undergraduate scheme.

Students who entered NCCU in fall 2014 or later may repeat up to four courses without penalty — after a repeat, the lower grade is excluded from the GPA calculation. After a fourth repeat, all attempts count toward the cumulative GPA. Students may not repeat a course in which they already earned a C or better (they may audit it instead). Students who attended before fall 2014 get five repeats before all grades count.

NCCU's Academic Forgiveness Policy lets a formerly enrolled student with a cumulative GPA below 2.0, after at least three years away, petition to have all grades below "C" excluded from their GPA and graduation count (though they remain visible on the transcript) — available once per student, and only for NCCU coursework.

You're in good academic standing with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher and a 67% progression rate (earned hours divided by attempted hours). Falling below a 2.0 cumulative GPA for the first time places you on Academic Warning for the next semester; a second consecutive semester below 2.0 moves you to Academic Probation.

Students on probation who don't reach a 2.0 GPA that semester move to Probation Monitoring Status; missing the 2.0 semester GPA target there leads to a one-semester Academic Suspension. A student who returns from suspension and again fails to meet good standing faces Academic Dismissal (a two-year dismissal period, or permanent dismissal after a second dismissal).

Baccalaureate degrees at NCCU require at least 120 credit hours (absent a Board of Trustees exception), with at least 25% of degree requirements completed at NCCU and the final 30 semester hours completed in residence. You must be in good academic standing and hold a minimum 2.0 GPA in your major to graduate. NCCU also requires 120 hours of community service for graduation.

Earning 12+ credit hours with a 3.0 or better semester average and no grade below "D" makes you an honor student: a 4.0 semester GPA places you on the "A" Honor Roll, and 3.0-3.99 on the "B" Honor Roll. Juniors and seniors on the Honor Roll who also hold a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher make the Dean's List.

Baccalaureate graduates earn Latin Honors by cumulative GPA: Cum Laude (3.2-3.499), Magna Cum Laude (3.5-3.799), and Summa Cum Laude (3.8-4.000). Transfer students need at least 60 NCCU hours at these GPA bands, or 30-59 NCCU hours if the average across all institutions attended meets the band.

Transfer credit requires at least a "C" grade at the sending institution. Transferred grades are not recorded on your NCCU transcript and do not count toward your NCCU GPA — only the credit hours transfer. Students from a two-year institution may transfer up to 64 semester hours; students from a four-year institution may transfer any number of hours but must complete a 30-semester-hour residency requirement at NCCU before their degree is awarded.