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UMBC GPA
How University of Maryland, Baltimore County calculates GPA
University of Maryland, Baltimore County 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 UMBC grade scale — what makes it specific
A+ rule: UMBC's undergraduate scale carries no plus or minus grades at all: A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1 and F = 0 quality points. Plus and minus grading exists at UMBC only for graduate students in graduate courses, and even there an A+ is not assignable.
Failing grade: University of Maryland, Baltimore County uses "F" for a failing grade (0.0).
Academic standing
cumulative GPA below 2.0 at the end of a fall or spring semester
Latin honors at graduation
| Honor | Requirement |
|---|---|
| cum laude | 3.5000-3.7499 |
| magna cum laude | 3.7500-3.9499 |
| summa cum laude | 3.9500-4.0000 |
Academic probation and dismissal
Academic probation: cumulative GPA below 2.0 at the end of a fall or spring semester.
Sources
Every figure on this page was read on one of these pages, all published by University of Maryland, Baltimore County itself. Nothing here comes from a ranking site or an aggregator.
- catalog.umbc.edu — Latin honors.
Good to know
UMBC is one of the minority of large universities with no plus/minus grading for undergraduates, so there is no way to earn a 3.7 or a 3.3 in a single course — every grade is a whole number of quality points. That makes a UMBC GPA move in larger steps than at most of its peers.
This page was read from UMBC’s own catalog, which renders only in a browser; a plain fetch returns the navigation and nothing else.
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).