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How The City College of New York, CUNY calculates GPA
The City College of New York, CUNY calculates GPA as a credit-weighted average: multiply each course’s grade points by its credits, add them up, and divide by total credits. The detail that matters is the grade scale.
The City College grade scale — what makes it specific
A+ rule: CUNY runs one grading scale across all of its colleges. A+ and A are both worth 4.00, so an A+ raises no GPA above 4.0 — unlike the schools that award a 4.3. The scale runs the full width to D- at 0.70, and F is 0.00.
Failing grade: The City College of New York, CUNY uses "F" for a failing grade (0.0).
Repeated courses & grade replacement
CUNY's F-replacement policy has applied at every one of its colleges since 1990. Up to 16 failing credits can be excluded from the GPA when the course is retaken and a C or better is earned. The F stays on the transcript — it stops counting toward the GPA, it does not disappear.
Academic standing
Cumulative GPA drops below 2.0
Latin honors at graduation
| Honor | Requirement |
|---|---|
| cum laude | 3.2 |
| magna cum laude | 3.5 |
| summa cum laude | 3.8 |
Dean’s List
The City College of New York, CUNY names students to its Dean’s List at a term GPA of 3.5 with 12 credits per term.
Academic probation and dismissal
Academic probation: Cumulative GPA drops below 2.0.
Dismissal: Fails to maintain the minimum 2.5 GPA in each semester while on probation.
Sources
Every figure on this page was read on one of these pages, all published by The City College of New York, CUNY itself. Nothing here comes from a ranking site or an aggregator.
- ccny-undergraduate.catalog.cuny.edu — Latin honors.
- ccny-undergraduate.catalog.cuny.edu — Dean’s List.
- www.ccny.cuny.edu — academic standing.
Good to know
CCNY's probation standard is a flat 2.0 cumulative GPA with a 2.5-per-semester recovery requirement, not a sliding scale by credits attempted like Queens and John Jay use.
The grading scale and the F-replacement rule above come from CUNY policy and are the same at every CUNY college. Everything else on this page — honors, the Dean’s List, and the retention standard — is set by City College itself, and the CUNY colleges genuinely differ. Cum laude starts at 3.50 at Hunter and Queens but at 3.20 at City College and 3.25 at City Tech, and the retention standards split between a flat 2.0 and a sliding scale by credits attempted.
Need to plan ahead? Use the target GPA planner to find the grades you need, or the final grade calculator for a single class. International student? See CGPA to US GPA (WES).