UC San Diego GPA Calculator
Calculate your exact semester and cumulative GPA using UC San Diego's official grading system.
Calculate Your UC San Diego GPA
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Official Grading Scale
UC San Diego uses a 4.0 grading scale. They use a plus/minus system, meaning A-, B+, etc. will affect your GPA points.
UCSD uses the standard UC 4.0 grading scale with plus/minus. As a highly selective public university, maintaining a competitive GPA requires consistent performance, especially in impacted majors like Computer Science and Biology.
Honors & Dean's List
To graduate with Latin honors or make the Dean's List at UC San Diego, you typically need to hit these GPA thresholds:
- Dean's List3.5+
- Cum Laude3.5+
- Magna Cum Laude3.75+
- Summa Cum Laude3.9+
Frequently Asked Questions
Students must earn a 3.5 GPA or higher in at least 12 letter-graded units during a single quarter to qualify for Dean's List honors.
A 3.5+ GPA in Computer Science is competitive for top tech companies. A 3.3+ is solid. The median GPA in CS is around 3.0-3.2.
UCSD has moderate grade deflation in STEM courses, though less severe than Berkeley. Biology and engineering courses tend to be curved to B-/B averages.
UCSD has seven undergraduate colleges (Revelle, Muir, Marshall, Warren, Roosevelt, Sixth, Seventh). Each has different GE requirements but all use the same GPA scale.
Cum Laude requires a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher at graduation. Magna Cum Laude requires 3.75+, and Summa Cum Laude requires 3.9+.