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Kansas GPA
How University of Kansas calculates GPA
University of Kansas (Kansas) 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 Kansas grade scale — what makes it specific
A+ rule: The official KU GPA uses whole-letter grades only: A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0. No plus/minus in the official transcript GPA (per University Senate Rules, Article 2).
Failing grade: University of Kansas uses "F" for a failing grade (0.0).
Repeated courses & grade replacement
Grade replacement on eligible retakes (the replacement grade is used in the GPA). KU also has an academic-forgiveness option after a 2+ year break for students below a 2.5 GPA.
Academic standing
Minimum 2.0 GPA to graduate. Only KU residence coursework counts in the official GPA.
Latin honors at graduation
University of Kansas awards Latin honors by rank in the graduating class, not by a fixed GPA, so the GPA that earns each honor moves from year to year.
| Honor | Requirement |
|---|---|
| distinction | top 10% of graduating class |
| highest distinction | top one-third of the top 10% (~top 3.3%) |
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (per-college; CLAS shown as example)
Dean’s List
University of Kansas names students to its Dean’s List at a term GPA of 3.5 with at least 12 hours with letter grades.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Academic probation and dismissal
Academic Notice / Academic Probation: below a 2.00 KU cumulative GPA for the first time (Notice); failure to return to good standing by end of notice semester (Probation).
Dismissal: failure to meet the required (graduated) KU Term GPA in a fall/spring semester while on notice/probation, until cumulative GPA reaches 2.00 (required term GPA rises to 2.50 after 45+ attempted hours).
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Sources
Every figure on this page was read on one of these pages, all published by University of Kansas itself. Nothing here comes from a ranking site or an aggregator.
- catalog.ku.edu — Latin honors.
- catalog.ku.edu — grading scale and GPA calculation.
Good to know
Kansas computes its official transcript GPA on whole letters only — A, B, C, D, F — with no plus/minus (the '+' in KU's rules denotes credit-by-examination, not a plus grade). KU offers grade replacement on retakes and an academic-forgiveness path for returning students who were below 2.5 before a multi-year break.
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).