Grading & Your GPA

Graduate coursework in the College is typically graded on an A, B, C, D, or F (+/-) scale. The graduate GPA is calculated on a 4.0 scale. To be calculated into your graduate GPA, a course must meet all of the following:

• You must be enroll as either a degree seeking, non-degree seeking or certificate seeking graduate student at the KU Lawrence, Edwards or Leavenworth campuses.

  • Courses taken at the KU Medical Center or KU Law School do not factor into your graduate GPA.

• The course must be numbered 500 level or above.

  • Courses that are 499 or below will display on your transcript, but the grade assigned will not factor into your graduate GPA.

• If you are enrolled in an undergraduate program or a program at the KU Med Center or Law School at the same time as your KU graduate program, you must register for coursework under the appropriate corresponding graduate line.

• P/F (pass/fail), S/U (satisfactory/unsatisfactory), Credit/No Credit (CR/NC) and I (Incompletes) do not calculate into the graduate GPA; however, Incompletes revert to Fs after one calendar year if they are not cleared, at which point the F grade is included in the graduate GPA. 

You are required to maintain a 3.0 (B average) cumulative GPA to remain in good academic standing with the University. If your GPA drops below 3.0, you will be placed on academic probation.