[ { "unitid": "183026", "institution": "Southern New Hampshire University", "state": "NH", "control": "private nonprofit", "undergraduates": "163164", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "11", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "yes", "a_band_starts_at": "93", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.67", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.33", "normalized": "1.33" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.snhu.edu/-/media/files/pdfs/expanded-transcript-key.ashx", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Publishes percentage bands. Largest university in the US by undergraduate enrollment. A starts at 93, same as Grand Canyon. No A+, no D-." }, { "unitid": "433387", "institution": "Western Governors University", "state": "UT", "control": "private nonprofit", "undergraduates": "155088", "scale_max": "", "highest_grade_value": "", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "n/a (competency-based)", "distinct_letter_grades": "0", "failing_letter": "", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": {}, "source_url": "https://careers.wgu.edu/resources/wgu-grading-policy/ ; https://www.wgu.edu/student-experience/learning/assessments.html", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "SECOND LARGEST university in the sample (155,088 undergraduates) and it does not run a conventional letter-grade GPA scale. Progress is measured in competency units via assessments. WGU publishes an explanatory letter precisely because employers and admissions offices do not recognise its grading. Searched their site for a letter-grade point table and found none; recorded as 'no conventional scale published' rather than as a failure to locate one." }, { "unitid": "484613", "institution": "University of Phoenix-Arizona", "state": "AZ", "control": "private for-profit", "undergraduates": "85991", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.67", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.33", "normalized": "1.33" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.67", "normalized": "0.67" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.phoenix.edu/content/dam/edu/degrees/doc/academic-catalog/online.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Full minus set down to D-, but no A+. Largest for-profit university in the sample." }, { "unitid": "104717", "institution": "Grand Canyon University", "state": "AZ", "control": "private nonprofit", "undergraduates": "73371", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "9", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "yes", "a_band_starts_at": "93", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.gcu.edu/sites/default/files/media/documents/academics/handbook/2026-27/university-policy-handbook-summer-2026-v7.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "FIRST institution in the sample to publish percentage bands. Runs TWO scales: nursing/CSD/OTA is stricter (A starts at 95) than every other college (A starts at 93). Bands are uneven: C spans 70-76 (seven points) while B- spans 80-82 (three). No A+, no C-, no D+, no D-." }, { "unitid": "104151", "institution": "Arizona State University", "state": "AZ", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "64674", "scale_max": "4.33", "highest_grade_value": "4.33", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "10", "failing_letter": "E", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.33", "normalized": "4.33" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "E": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://registrar.asu.edu/grades", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "A+ is worth 4.33, so an ASU GPA can exceed 4.0. ASU uses E for failure, not F, and adds EN (failing, never participated) and XE (failure for academic dishonesty), both also worth 0." }, { "unitid": "228723", "institution": "Texas A&M University-College Station", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "59615", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.tamu.edu/undergraduate/general-information/grading-system/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Grade POINTS only, no percentage bands. No plus/minus." }, { "unitid": "132903", "institution": "University of Central Florida", "state": "FL", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "59146", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.75", "normalized": "3.75" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.25", "normalized": "3.25" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.75", "normalized": "2.75" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.25", "normalized": "2.25" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.75", "normalized": "1.75" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.25", "normalized": "1.25" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.75", "normalized": "0.75" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://policies.ucf.edu/documents/4-402.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "KEY QUOTE FOR THE STUDY: UCF states explicitly that there is NO official percentage-to-letter mapping and that it is left to each instructor. Also uses QUARTER-step values (3.75/3.25/2.75/2.25), unlike any other institution in the sample. Plus/minus is optional per instructor." }, { "unitid": "150987", "institution": "Ivy Tech Community College", "state": "IN", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "58267", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.ivytech.edu/student-services/support-services/student-handbook/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus at all. Academic skills advancement courses earn grading designations but no quality points." }, { "unitid": "232557", "institution": "Liberty University", "state": "VA", "control": "private nonprofit", "undergraduates": "50012", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.67", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.33", "normalized": "1.33" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.67", "normalized": "0.67" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.liberty.edu/graduate/academic-support/academic-information-policies/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Liberty writes its zeros as '.00' rather than '0.00'. It distinguishes F from FN, failure for non-attendance, and both are worth nothing." }, { "unitid": "163204", "institution": "University of Maryland Global Campus", "state": "MD", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "49664", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "4", "failing_letter": "", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.umgc.edu/help/article/gpa-calculation", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus at all, at one of the largest online universities in the US. UMGC's published GPA article lists only A, B, C and D with their point values and never states what a failing grade is called or what it is worth, so this row records four letters rather than five. That silence is itself the finding: the page a student is sent to for 'how is my GPA calculated' does not mention failure." }, { "unitid": "135717", "institution": "Miami Dade College", "state": "FL", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "46182", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.mdc.edu/academics/documents/2020-2022MDCCollegeCatalog.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus at all. No percentage bands published. Cross-checked: two independent extractions of the 387-page catalog, anchored on different strings, returned the identical table." }, { "unitid": "204796", "institution": "Ohio State University-Main Campus", "state": "OH", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "45638", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "11", "failing_letter": "E", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "E": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.advising.engineering.osu.edu/academic-standing-and-policies", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Ohio State states plainly what it does NOT offer: 'Ohio State does not offer the grades of A+ and D-.' Failure is an E, not an F, and an EN marks a student who stopped attending; both earn no grade points but both count in the GPA." }, { "unitid": "227182", "institution": "Lone Star College System", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "45188", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.lonestar.edu/multimedia/Credit%20Hours%20and%20GPA.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus. Source is Lone Star's own student-facing GPA guide rather than a catalog page; the catalog itself was not reachable." }, { "unitid": "243780", "institution": "Purdue University-Main Campus", "state": "IN", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "44503", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/office-academic-advising/academic-standards", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "142522", "institution": "Brigham Young University-Idaho", "state": "ID", "control": "private nonprofit", "undergraduates": "44397", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.4", "normalized": "3.40" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.4", "normalized": "2.40" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.4", "normalized": "1.40" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.byui.edu/student-records/grades/how-to-calculate-your-grade-point-average-gpa", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "BYU-Idaho runs the same Utah-style scale as BYU in Provo - plus grades worth .4 rather than .3 - but the two differ on the letter for failure: Provo uses E, Idaho uses F. BYU-Idaho also counts UW, an unofficial withdrawal, into the GPA at 0.0, and it defines its letters by learning behaviour rather than percentage: an A requires 'extensive evidence of original thinking' and 'diligent application of Learning Model principles, including initiative in serving other students.'" }, { "unitid": "224615", "institution": "Dallas College", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "43869", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "yes", "a_band_starts_at": "90", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.dallascollege.edu/content.php?catoid=2&navoid=358", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Publishes bands, A starts at 90. No plus/minus at all. Also uses an 'E' grade meaning Effort, carrying no points." }, { "unitid": "228778", "institution": "The University of Texas at Austin", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "42855", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.67", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.33", "normalized": "1.33" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.67", "normalized": "0.67" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.utexas.edu/general-information/academic-policies-and-procedures/computation-of-the-grade-point-average/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "104179", "institution": "University of Arizona", "state": "AZ", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "42537", "scale_max": "", "highest_grade_value": "", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "E", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": {}, "source_url": "https://catalog.arizona.edu/policy/courses-credit/grading/grading-system", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Uses E, not F, for failing. NO plus/minus for undergraduates - restricted to the Juris Doctorate program. Grade point values are not published on this page; scale_max deliberately left null rather than inferred. Letters are published but POINT VALUES are not stated on the grading-system page, so gpa_values is deliberately empty rather than inferred. plus_minus='none' is verified from the catalog text, not from an absent table." }, { "unitid": "228547", "institution": "Tarrant County College District", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "42300", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.tccd.edu/services/district-admissions-records-office/grades/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "214777", "institution": "Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus", "state": "PA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "42284", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "9", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.000", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.670", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.000", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.330", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.670", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.000", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.330", "normalized": "2.33" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.000", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.000", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://registrar.psu.edu/grades/grade-point-average.cfm", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No A+, no C-, no D+, no D-. Plus/minus stops below C, same shape as FIU. Earlier automated parse of the bulletins.psu.edu page truncated every decimal and was rejected by the gates." }, { "unitid": "486840", "institution": "Kennesaw State University", "state": "GA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "41254", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.kennesaw.edu/content.php?catoid=80&navoid=8468&print", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus. Notably this scale is mandated STATE-WIDE by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, not chosen by Kennesaw - the only case in the sample of a scale set above the institution." }, { "unitid": "171100", "institution": "Michigan State University", "state": "MI", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "40922", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "n/a (no letter grades)", "distinct_letter_grades": "0", "failing_letter": "", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": {}, "source_url": "https://reg.msu.edu/AcademicPrograms/Print.aspx?Section=521", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Does NOT use letter grades. Grades are issued as numbers in 0.5 steps from 4.0 to 0.0. No A/B/C/D/F at all." }, { "unitid": "225423", "institution": "Houston City College", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "40503", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "yes", "a_band_starts_at": "90", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.hccs.edu/content.php?catoid=24&navoid=1693", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Publishes bands, and A starts at 90 - NOT 93 like SNHU and Grand Canyon. No plus/minus at all. Also states most Health Sciences programs use a different scale, a second case of within-institution variation." }, { "unitid": "449339", "institution": "American Public University System", "state": "WV", "control": "private for-profit", "undergraduates": "40074", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.75", "normalized": "3.75" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.50", "normalized": "3.50" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.75", "normalized": "2.75" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.50", "normalized": "2.50" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.75", "normalized": "1.75" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.50", "normalized": "1.50" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.75", "normalized": "0.75" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.apus.edu/rasmussen/academic-programs/academic-policies-standards/grading-scales/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "133951", "institution": "Florida International University", "state": "FL", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "39508", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "9", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.000", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.670", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.000", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.330", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.670", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.000", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.330", "normalized": "2.33" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.000", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.000", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://onestop.fiu.edu/forms-and-resources/grading-system/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No A+, no C-, no D+, no D-. The plus/minus system stops below C: there is a C+ but no C-, and D has no variants at all." }, { "unitid": "138187", "institution": "Valencia College", "state": "FL", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "39486", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.valenciacollege.edu/records/grades/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus at all." }, { "unitid": "110565", "institution": "California State University-Fullerton", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "38546", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.fullerton.edu/content.php?catoid=75&navoid=9807", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "A+ exists but is worth 4.0, identical to A - same pattern as Purdue, unlike Arizona State's 4.33. Five-column tab table; parsed by hand after the automated pass missed A and A+ entirely." }, { "unitid": "225511", "institution": "University of Houston", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "38380", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.67", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.33", "normalized": "1.33" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.67", "normalized": "0.67" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://publications.uh.edu/content.php?catoid=52&navoid=19521", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Full minus set down to D-, no A+. Standard .67/.33 increments." }, { "unitid": "151351", "institution": "Indiana University-Bloomington", "state": "IN", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "37806", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "8", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://studentcentral.indiana.edu/grades/grading-system/index.html", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "186380", "institution": "Rutgers University-New Brunswick", "state": "NJ", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "37751", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "7", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.5", "normalized": "3.50" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.5", "normalized": "2.50" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://policies.rutgers.edu/B.aspx?BookId=11903&PageId=459220", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "HALF-STEP plus grades: B+ is 3.5 and C+ is 2.5, not the usual 3.3/2.3. Plus grades exist ONLY for B and C. No minus grades anywhere, no A+, no D+." }, { "unitid": "137351", "institution": "University of South Florida", "state": "FL", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "37207", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.67", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.33", "normalized": "1.33" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.67", "normalized": "0.67" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.usf.edu/mime/media/3/6690/2025-2026+USF+Undergraduate+Catalog.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Plus/minus is OPTIONAL and set by each instructor, not by the university - so two USF students with identical percentages can receive different letters depending on who teaches the course. A+ is capped at 4.00. USF also records FF (failure for academic dishonesty) and IF, both worth 0.00." }, { "unitid": "240444", "institution": "University of Wisconsin-Madison", "state": "WI", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "36902", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none (uses AB/BC intermediate grades)", "distinct_letter_grades": "7", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "AB": { "as_captured": "3.5", "normalized": "3.50" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "BC": { "as_captured": "2.5", "normalized": "2.50" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://registrar.wisc.edu/valid-grades/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "UNIQUE IN THE SAMPLE: no plus or minus grades at all. Instead uses INTERMEDIATE letter-pair grades AB (3.5) and BC (2.5) between the whole letters, and only between A/B and B/C - there is no CD. The Law School runs its own separate scale." }, { "unitid": "145637", "institution": "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign", "state": "IL", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "36258", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.67", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.33", "normalized": "1.33" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.67", "normalized": "0.67" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://registrar.illinois.edu/courses-grades/explanation-of-grades/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "228459", "institution": "Texas State University", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "36177", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://onestop.txst.edu/registrar/student-resources/grades.html", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus. Texas State separates two kinds of failure: F (Failure - Earned) and U (Failure - Unearned, used for financial aid eligibility when a student was not academically engaged until end of term), both worth 0 and both counted in the GPA. Grades ending in Y are non-punitive, used for fresh start or bankruptcy. The graduate legend is the same 4/3/2/1/0 but a C is below the passing standard for doctoral students." }, { "unitid": "110583", "institution": "California State University-Long Beach", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "35924", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.csulb.edu/student-records/understanding-grades-and-grading", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus. Long Beach records F and WU (unauthorised withdrawal) together as 'F/U' worth 0, and states the credit consequence directly: A, B or C earns credit; D, F or WU earns none." }, { "unitid": "134130", "institution": "University of Florida", "state": "FL", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "35629", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "E", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.67", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.33", "normalized": "1.33" }, "D-": { "as_captured": ".67", "normalized": "0.67" }, "E": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/academic-regulations/grades-grading-policies/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Florida publishes two scales side by side and dates the change precisely. Before 11 May 2009 there were no minus grades and a plus was worth half a point: A 4.0, B+ 3.5, B 3.0, C+ 2.5, C 2.0, D+ 1.5, D 1. From that date the scale became the conventional .33/.67 one with minuses added. Florida uses E for failure, not F, and counts WF (withdrew failing) in the GPA at zero." }, { "unitid": "122409", "institution": "San Diego State University", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "35377", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://registrar.sdsu.edu/faculty_staff/courses_grades/explanation-grades", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "110680", "institution": "University of California-San Diego", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "34948", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "11", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://students.ucsd.edu/academics/exams-grades-transcripts/grades/grading-system.html", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "A+ exists but is capped at 4.0, same as an A. D has no plus or minus variants. Medicine and Pharmacy students are graded Honors/Pass/Fail instead - another within-institution split." }, { "unitid": "227216", "institution": "University of North Texas", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "34341", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://registrar.unt.edu/grades/index.html", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus at all. UNT states plainly that its grading system 'uses the letters A, B, C, D, F' - the plus and minus never appear." }, { "unitid": "170976", "institution": "University of Michigan-Ann Arbor", "state": "MI", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "34177", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "E", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "E": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/academics/lsa-academic-policies-and-procedures/grades-and-transcript-notations.html", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Michigan uses E, not F, for a failing grade, and calls its grade points 'honor points'. A+ is capped at 4.0. Its pass/fail rule sets an explicit cut line that most institutions leave unstated: the registrar records a P if the instructor reported anything from C- to A+, and an F if the instructor reported D+ or below - so at Michigan a D+ is a failing grade under pass/fail but a passing one under letter grading." }, { "unitid": "129367", "institution": "Connecticut State Community College", "state": "CT", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "33645", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "yes", "a_band_starts_at": "93", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.ctstate.edu/academic-policies-procedures/grades-grade-points-/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Publishes percentage bands. A starts at 93. Full minus set down to D-, no A+." }, { "unitid": "110662", "institution": "University of California-Los Angeles", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "33475", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://internationalcenter.ucla.edu/resources/grading-system", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "100751", "institution": "The University of Alabama", "state": "AL", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "33227", "scale_max": "4.33", "highest_grade_value": "4.33", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.33", "normalized": "4.33" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.67", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.33", "normalized": "1.33" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.67", "normalized": "0.67" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.ua.edu/undergraduate/about/academic-regulations/records/grades-grade-points-gpa/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Full plus/minus with an A+ worth 4.33, so an Alabama GPA can exceed 4.0. The catalog explains the arithmetic rather than only tabulating it: 'The plus sign added to a grade raises the points awarded by 0.33 points per hour. A minus sign lowers the points awarded by 0.33 points.' It also settles the question every prerequisite rule runs into: 'Where departmental or other regulations require a minimum grade in a course or courses (for instance, the requirement to complete all prerequisites with grades of at least \"C\"), a minus sign shall be appended to the minimum grade. That is, a \"C\" indicates \"any kind of C.\"'" }, { "unitid": "110635", "institution": "University of California-Berkeley", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "33068", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://undergraduate.catalog.berkeley.edu/policies/grades", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Berkeley publishes a RULE, not a table: base values plus or minus three-tenths, with A+ explicitly capped at 4.0. Values here are derived from that stated rule. Fifth institution in the sample where an A+ exists but is worth no more than an A." }, { "unitid": "232946", "institution": "Northern Virginia Community College", "state": "VA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "33048", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.nvcc.edu/academic-policies-information/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "230038", "institution": "Brigham Young University", "state": "UT", "control": "private nonprofit", "undergraduates": "32952", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "E", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.4", "normalized": "3.40" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.4", "normalized": "2.40" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.4", "normalized": "1.40" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "E": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://policy.byu.edu/view/undergraduate-academic-credit-grades-and-records-policy", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "BYU uses E, not F, for a failing grade. Its plus grades are also non-standard: B+ is 3.4 rather than the usual 3.3 or 3.33, C+ is 2.4 and D+ is 1.4, while the minus grades follow the conventional .7 steps. No A+. BYU truncates rather than rounds: 'The resulting GPA is truncated following the second decimal (e.g., 1.99672=1.99). The University does not round GPA.'" }, { "unitid": "110608", "institution": "California State University-Northridge", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "32691", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.csun.edu/policies/categories/grading-systems-and-policies/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No A+. Minus grades introduced in 1987; plain letters date from 1958 per the catalog's own 'Dates Used' column." }, { "unitid": "229115", "institution": "Texas Tech University", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "32394", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.depts.ttu.edu/artsandsciences/academics_and_admission/student_success/understanding_your_gpa/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus." }, { "unitid": "228769", "institution": "The University of Texas at Arlington", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "32294", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.uta.edu/academicregulations/grades/grades.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus." }, { "unitid": "110644", "institution": "University of California-Davis", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "32253", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.000", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.000", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.700", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.000", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.300", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.700", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.000", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.300", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.700", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.000", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.300", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.700", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.000", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/academic-information-policies-regulations/grades-grading/grades-grading.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Full plus/minus including A+ and D-, with A+ capped at 4.000." }, { "unitid": "134097", "institution": "Florida State University", "state": "FL", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "32212", "scale_max": "4.33", "highest_grade_value": "4.33", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "9", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.33", "normalized": "4.33" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.33", "normalized": "1.33" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://registrar.fsu.edu/bulletin/undergraduate-information/academic-regulations-procedures", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "139959", "institution": "University of Georgia", "state": "GA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "32137", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "10", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://reg.uga.edu/student-records/grades/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "236948", "institution": "University of Washington-Seattle Campus", "state": "WA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "31942", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "n/a (no letter grades)", "distinct_letter_grades": "0", "failing_letter": "", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": {}, "source_url": "https://www.washington.edu/students/gencat/front/Grading_Sys.html", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Washington does not award letter grades at all. Instructors report a NUMBER from 4.0 down to 0.7 in steps of 0.1, plus 0.0 for failure, which is 34 distinct grades where most institutions have eleven or twelve. The letter scale exists only as an equivalence table, and every letter maps to a RANGE rather than a value, so a Washington A covers 4.0 and 3.9 while an A- covers everything from 3.8 down to 3.5. The band 0.6 to 0.1 cannot be awarded: anything reported there is converted to 0.0. Dentistry, Law and Medicine are exempt. This is the second institution in the sample with no letter grades, after Michigan State." }, { "unitid": "126614", "institution": "University of Colorado Boulder", "state": "CO", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "31939", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.colorado.edu/undergraduate/credits-grading/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "174066", "institution": "University of Minnesota-Twin Cities", "state": "MN", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "31855", "scale_max": "4.333", "highest_grade_value": "4.333", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.000", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.333", "normalized": "4.33" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.667", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.000", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.333", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.667", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.000", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.333", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.667", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.000", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.333", "normalized": "1.33" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.000", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://onestop.umn.edu/academics/transcripts-and-grades/grades", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "A+ is worth 4.333 but is RESTRICTED TO THE LAW SCHOOL - undergraduates cannot earn one. Mirrors Arizona, where plus/minus exists only for law students. There is no D-. Minnesota also pins its pass/fail line to a letter: an S is 'equivalent to a C- or better for undergraduate students.'" }, { "unitid": "233921", "institution": "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University", "state": "VA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "30923", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.registrar.vt.edu/content/dam/registrar_vt_edu/documents/Updates/Transcript-Key.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No A+. Plus and minus grades were added effective Fall Quarter 1979, per the same transcript key - one of the few institutions that dates the introduction of its plus/minus system. The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine runs a separate clinical clerkship system (Honors / High Pass / Pass / Fail) rather than letters." }, { "unitid": "489779", "institution": "Purdue University Global", "state": "IN", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "30828", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "11", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "yes", "a_band_starts_at": "93", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.purdueglobal.edu/policy-information/academic-standards/grades-marks/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "THREE scales in one institution. Nursing undergraduates FAIL below 75 while every other undergraduate fails below 60 - the widest within-institution gap in the sample. Graduate courses use a third scale with no plus/minus at all (A 90-100). Bands recorded here are the standard undergraduate scale." }, { "unitid": "163286", "institution": "University of Maryland-College Park", "state": "MD", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "30760", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://academiccatalog.umd.edu/undergraduate/registration-academic-requirements-regulations/academic-records-regulations/academic-records-regulations.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Full plus/minus with A+ capped at 4.0 - an A+ carries no GPA advantage over an A. Maryland also counts an XF (failure for academic dishonesty) in the GPA at 0." }, { "unitid": "209542", "institution": "Oregon State University", "state": "OR", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "30743", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://registrar.oregonstate.edu/osus-grading-system", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No A+. Full minus set down to D-." }, { "unitid": "159391", "institution": "Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College", "state": "LA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "30594", "scale_max": "4.3", "highest_grade_value": "4.3", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.3", "normalized": "4.30" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.lsu.edu/registrar/grade-policy/plus-minus-grades.php", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "One of the few institutions where an A+ is worth MORE than an A (4.3), so a GPA above 4.0 is possible. But the state scholarship programme will not accept it: 'LOSFA has informed the university with respect to TOPS, that they will not accept plus/minus grades. Therefore, for example, if a student earns an A+ the university is required to report an A.' LSU also reads course prerequisites by letter RANGE: a 'C or better' requirement is met by C-, C or C+." }, { "unitid": "229027", "institution": "The University of Texas at San Antonio", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "30580", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.67", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.33", "normalized": "1.33" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.67", "normalized": "0.67" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.utsa.edu/policies/generalacademicregulations/grades/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "221759", "institution": "The University of Tennessee-Knoxville", "state": "TN", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "30418", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://utk.catalog.acalog.com/content.php?catoid=56&navoid=12029#grad_cred_hour_grad", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No A+. Tennessee is unusual in labelling what each grade MEANS as well as what it is worth, and the labels are blunt: C-, D+, D and D- are all described as 'Unsatisfactory' even though every one of them carries quality points and passes the course. First Year Composition runs on a shortened scale - A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, I, NC, W - with no D or F available at all." }, { "unitid": "110653", "institution": "University of California-Irvine", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "30197", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.reg.uci.edu/services/transcripts/notations.html", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Full plus/minus with A+ capped at 4.0. UCI dates both halves of its plus/minus system: plus and minus grades arrived in fall 1973 and the A+ followed sixteen years later in fall 1989. The PharmD programme runs a separate H (Honors) grade that is not calculated in the GPA." }, { "unitid": "222992", "institution": "Austin Community College District", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "30189", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.austincc.edu/support-services-and-student-progress/student-progress/grading-system/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus." }, { "unitid": "201885", "institution": "University of Cincinnati-Main Campus", "state": "OH", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "29882", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0000", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.6667", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0000", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3333", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.6667", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0000", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3333", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.6667", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0000", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3333", "normalized": "1.33" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.6667", "normalized": "0.67" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0000", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.uc.edu/about/registrar/transcripts-diplomas-verifications/grading-scales.html", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Publishes to FOUR decimal places, the most precise in the sample. States that plus and minus grades are OPTIONAL - instructor discretion, like UCF and Purdue. No A+." }, { "unitid": "218663", "institution": "University of South Carolina-Columbia", "state": "SC", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "29820", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "8", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.5", "normalized": "3.50" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.5", "normalized": "2.50" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.5", "normalized": "1.50" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/registrar/transcripts_and_records/grade_point_scale/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "242972", "institution": "NUC University", "state": "PR", "control": "private for-profit", "undergraduates": "28918", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "yes", "a_band_starts_at": "90", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://northbridge.edu/sites/default/files/2026-09/Northbridge-Catalog-PR-English-20260901_1.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Publishes percentage bands, A starting at 90 - a plain ten-point scale with no plus/minus. NUC also does something no other institution in the sample does: it gives each letter a RANGE of grade point averages as well as a percentage range, so a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or above is itself reported as an 'A'. The institution rebranded to Northbridge University during the study; the catalog is published under the new name while IPEDS still lists NUC University." }, { "unitid": "106397", "institution": "University of Arkansas", "state": "AR", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "28677", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.uark.edu/undergraduatecatalog/academicregulations/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus for most of the university, and the catalog names its own exception in the same sentence that states the rule. The Faculty Handbook confirms the scope: 'The grading system in general use at the university is stated in the current catalog under the heading Grades and Marks. The Law School and the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design may evaluate on a plus and minus grading system.' Arkansas also distinguishes an ordinary F from XF, failure for academic dishonesty, both worth 0." }, { "unitid": "227368", "institution": "The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "28666", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://utrgv.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2026-2027/student-policies/academic-policies-and-procedures/grades/undergraduate-grading", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus in undergraduate coursework." }, { "unitid": "193900", "institution": "New York University", "state": "NY", "control": "private nonprofit", "undergraduates": "28663", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "11", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.000", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.667", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.000", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.333", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.667", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.000", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.333", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.667", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.000", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.333", "normalized": "1.33" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.000", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://bulletins.nyu.edu/nyu/policies/grading/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No A+, no D-. The bulletin notes the list 'is exhaustive, and a specific grade may not be valid at all NYU schools or divisions' - another case of within-institution variation." }, { "unitid": "230737", "institution": "Utah Valley University", "state": "UT", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "28453", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "E", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.4", "normalized": "3.40" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.4", "normalized": "2.40" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.4", "normalized": "1.40" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "E": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.uvu.edu/academic-policies-standards/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Utah Valley uses E for failure. Its plus grades are the Utah-style 3.4/2.4/1.4 rather than 3.3/2.3/1.3, matching BYU and BYU-Idaho: three of the four Utah institutions in the sample share a scale that almost nobody outside the state uses." }, { "unitid": "110617", "institution": "California State University-Sacramento", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "28350", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.csus.edu/academic-policies/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "126827", "institution": "Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs", "state": "CO", "control": "private for-profit", "undergraduates": "28086", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "11", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "yes", "a_band_starts_at": "94", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://smartcatalogiq.coloradotech.edu/en/2026/catalog/academic-affairs/classroom-policies/copy-of-grading/grading-system", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "HIGHEST A THRESHOLD IN THE SAMPLE: an A starts at 94, above the 93 at SNHU/Grand Canyon/Connecticut State/Purdue Global and the 90 at Houston CC/Dallas/DeVry. Also runs a separate graduate scale with no C- or D at all, where F begins at 72 rather than 59." }, { "unitid": "482477", "institution": "DeVry University-Illinois", "state": "IL", "control": "private for-profit", "undergraduates": "27825", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "yes", "a_band_starts_at": "90", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.devry.edu/d/devry-catalog.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Publishes bands, A starts at 90. No plus/minus. States explicitly that grades are NOT rounded up to the next letter - the only institution in the sample to say so." }, { "unitid": "113856", "institution": "East Los Angeles College", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "27753", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.elac.edu/sites/elac.edu/files/2024-11/ELAC_General_Catalog_24_25_November_Update.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "232186", "institution": "George Mason University", "state": "VA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "27752", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "11", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.67", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.gmu.edu/policies/academic/grading/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "122755", "institution": "San Jose State University", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "27601", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.sjsu.edu/content.php?catoid=23&navoid=8434", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "The A+ cap is not San Jose State's own choice: the catalog attributes it to state law - 'In accordance with California regulations, a grade of A+ carries a maximum value of 4.0 grade points.' That makes it the clearest case in the sample of a grading rule set above the institution, alongside Kennesaw (Georgia Board of Regents) and UNLV (NSHE)." }, { "unitid": "199193", "institution": "North Carolina State University at Raleigh", "state": "NC", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "27371", "scale_max": "4.333", "highest_grade_value": "4.333", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.333", "normalized": "4.33" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.667", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.333", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.667", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.333", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.667", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.333", "normalized": "1.33" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.667", "normalized": "0.67" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.ncsu.edu/graduate/graduate-handbook/grades/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "230764", "institution": "University of Utah", "state": "UT", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "27264", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "11", "failing_letter": "E", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "E": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://regulations.utah.edu/academics/6-100.php", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Utah's own policy contradicts itself. The prose says student work is reported as 'D+, D, D-, substandard performance, marginal achievement,' but the conversion table the Registrar actually uses lists no D- at all and assigns D a value of 0.7, the number every other institution gives a D-. So a Utah D is worth less than a D at any comparable university, and the D- named in the policy has no published value. Utah also uses E for failure, plus EU for a student who never attended, treated as an E." }, { "unitid": "182005", "institution": "College of Southern Nevada", "state": "NV", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "27252", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.csn.edu/content.php?catoid=23&navoid=7315", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Instructor-optional plus/minus and no A+, matching UNLV exactly - both are Nevada System of Higher Education institutions running the same system-level policy. CSN adds a rule of its own: D+, D and D- in the major occupational area do not count toward an Associate of Applied Science degree or a Certificate of Achievement, so the same letter can pass a course and still fail to count." }, { "unitid": "100858", "institution": "Auburn University", "state": "AL", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "26816", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://bulletin.auburn.edu/Policies/Academic/grades/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus." }, { "unitid": "139940", "institution": "Georgia State University", "state": "GA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "26623", "scale_max": "4.3", "highest_grade_value": "4.3", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "11", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.30", "normalized": "4.30" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.70", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.30", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.70", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.30", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.70", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalogs.gsu.edu/content.php?catoid=46&navoid=5905", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Plus and minus stop at C: there is no D+ and no D-, so the scale drops straight from C- (1.70) to D (1.00). The A+ is worth 4.30, which means a GPA above 4.0 is possible - but not for the purpose that matters most to a Georgia undergraduate. The HOPE scholarship GPA is calculated separately and, in the catalog's words, 'does not include plus or minus attributes. For example, both a B+ and B- will be treated as the equivalent of a B.' Georgia State is the second institution in the sample whose state scholarship programme flattens its own plus/minus scale, alongside LSU and TOPS." }, { "unitid": "247834", "institution": "Collin County Community College District", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "26449", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.collin.edu/content.php?catoid=7&navoid=199", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus. Collin excludes developmental-education grades from the GPA entirely and flags them with a D printed after the letter; it also records AFS for Academic Fresh Start, the Texas provision that lets a returning student have old coursework disregarded." }, { "unitid": "119164", "institution": "Mt San Antonio College", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "26140", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.mtsac.edu/president/cabinet-notes/2018-19/Grading_Scale_from_2018-19_Catalog.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus." }, { "unitid": "134237", "institution": "Full Sail University", "state": "FL", "control": "private for-profit", "undergraduates": "25777", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "yes", "a_band_starts_at": "93", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.75", "normalized": "3.75" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.25", "normalized": "3.25" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.75", "normalized": "2.75" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.25", "normalized": "2.25" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.75", "normalized": "1.75" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.25", "normalized": "1.25" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.75", "normalized": "0.75" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.fullsail.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/academic_page/academic-grading-scale.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Publishes bands, A starts at 93. Uses QUARTER steps (3.75, 3.25, 2.75, 2.25) like UCF - only the second institution to do so. Graduate programmes use a separate scale with no D+ and D spanning 60-69." }, { "unitid": "109208", "institution": "American River College", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "25621", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://arc.losrios.edu/arc/main/doc/ARC03-Academics/ARC-Programs-and-Majors/catalog-archive/2025-26-catalog-20250801.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus. American River spells out what its pass/no-pass line means in letters - P is 'Pass (C or better)' and NP is 'No Pass (less than C)' - and adds EW (Excused Withdrawal), a California community-college grade that does not count against the three-attempt limit on repeating a course." }, { "unitid": "126818", "institution": "Colorado State University-Fort Collins", "state": "CO", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "25538", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "10", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.000", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.000", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.667", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.000", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.334", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.667", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.000", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.334", "normalized": "2.33" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.000", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.000", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.colostate.edu/general-catalog/academic-standards/grading/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "ABOLISHED GRADES: C-, D+ and D- were discontinued in Fall 2008 - the only institution in the sample documented as REMOVING grades from its scale. A+ exists but is capped at 4.000. Uses .334/.334 rather than the near-universal .333." }, { "unitid": "153603", "institution": "Iowa State University", "state": "IA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "25367", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.67", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.33", "normalized": "1.33" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.67", "normalized": "0.67" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.iastate.edu/academics/grading/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "110529", "institution": "California State Polytechnic University-Pomona", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "25042", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.cpp.edu/academic-manual/1600-1699-grading-student-affairs/1600-1699/policy_1601_grading_system.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Plus/minus grades are at the INSTRUCTOR'S DISCRETION - the fourth institution in the sample to leave it to the individual teacher, after UCF, Purdue and Cincinnati. No A+." }, { "unitid": "132709", "institution": "Broward College", "state": "FL", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "24922", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.broward.edu/academic-affairs/final-grades-records/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus. Broward also records WN (withdrawal for non-attendance) and, under Florida State Board of Education rules, caps withdrawals at two per course - on a third attempt the student must take an earned letter grade." }, { "unitid": "157085", "institution": "University of Kentucky", "state": "KY", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "24763", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "E", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "E": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.uky.edu/USC/Section%20V.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus university-wide, and Kentucky uses E for failure - reserving F for failure in a course taken pass-fail, so the two letters mean different things on the same transcript. Plus/minus DOES exist at Kentucky, but only as a documented exception: Senate Rule 5.1.2.1 gives the College of Law a scale running A+ 4.3, A 4.0, A- 3.7, B+ 3.3, B 3.0, B- 2.7, C+ 2.3, C 2.0, C- 1.7, D+ 1.3, D 1.0, D- 0.7, E 0. Medicine, Dentistry and some Architecture and Landscape Architecture courses are likewise exempt from the university scale." }, { "unitid": "182281", "institution": "University of Nevada-Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "24622", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.unlv.edu/content.php?catoid=53&navoid=17116", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Plus/minus is instructor-optional, like USF, and the catalog is explicit that a student cannot appeal which format their instructor picks. The enumerated list of plus/minus grades deliberately omits A+, so 4.0 is the ceiling. UNLV also publishes a SECOND point scale almost nobody else does - a Grade Point Balance running A +2.0 down to F -2.0, centred on C = 0 - which tells a struggling student how many credit hours of each grade it would take to climb back to a 2.00 GPA. The scale is set at system level by NSHE rather than by UNLV alone." }, { "unitid": "199139", "institution": "University of North Carolina at Charlotte", "state": "NC", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "24453", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://provost.charlotte.edu/policies/grading-undergraduate", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "224642", "institution": "El Paso Community College", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "24214", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.epcc.edu/Administration/InstitutionalEffectiveness/PoliciesandProcedures/EGA-4.pdf", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No plus/minus." }, { "unitid": "178396", "institution": "University of Missouri-Columbia", "state": "MO", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "23929", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://registrar.missouri.edu/grades-calculators/grading-system/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" }, { "unitid": "133669", "institution": "Florida Atlantic University", "state": "FL", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "23757", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "12", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.00", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.67", "normalized": "3.67" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.00", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.33", "normalized": "3.33" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.67", "normalized": "2.67" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.00", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.33", "normalized": "2.33" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.67", "normalized": "1.67" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.00", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.33", "normalized": "1.33" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.67", "normalized": "0.67" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0.00", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.fau.edu/registrar/gradesys/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Full minus set down to D-, no A+." }, { "unitid": "166629", "institution": "University of Massachusetts-Amherst", "state": "MA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "23671", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "partial", "distinct_letter_grades": "11", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.000", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.700", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.000", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.300", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.700", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.000", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.300", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.700", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.000", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.300", "normalized": "1.30" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://www.umass.edu/senate/book/academic-regulations-grading-system-and-credit-guidelines", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "No A+, no D-. The regulations preface the scale by noting that 'the measurement of performance is a relatively inexact art'." }, { "unitid": "217882", "institution": "Clemson University", "state": "SC", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "23300", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://catalog.clemson.edu/content.php?catoid=16&navoid=478", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Scale published in prose, not a table. No plus/minus. Acalog returns 0 bytes to any scripted fetch; read via browser." }, { "unitid": "110705", "institution": "University of California-Santa Barbara", "state": "CA", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "23113", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "yes", "d_minus_offered": "yes", "plus_minus_system": "full", "distinct_letter_grades": "13", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A+": { "as_captured": "4.0", "normalized": "4.00" }, "A-": { "as_captured": "3.7", "normalized": "3.70" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3.0", "normalized": "3.00" }, "B+": { "as_captured": "3.3", "normalized": "3.30" }, "B-": { "as_captured": "2.7", "normalized": "2.70" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2.0", "normalized": "2.00" }, "C+": { "as_captured": "2.3", "normalized": "2.30" }, "C-": { "as_captured": "1.7", "normalized": "1.70" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1.0", "normalized": "1.00" }, "D+": { "as_captured": "1.3", "normalized": "1.30" }, "D-": { "as_captured": "0.7", "normalized": "0.70" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/2021-2022/AcademicPoliciesProcedures/GradingSystem.aspx", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "Full plus/minus with A+ capped at 4.0. The catalog states the rule compactly: 'The grades A, B, C, and D may be modified by plus (+) or minus (-) suffixes.'" }, { "unitid": "227979", "institution": "San Jacinto Community College", "state": "TX", "control": "public", "undergraduates": "22969", "scale_max": "4.0", "highest_grade_value": "4", "a_plus_offered": "no", "d_minus_offered": "no", "plus_minus_system": "none", "distinct_letter_grades": "5", "failing_letter": "F", "a_band_threshold_published": "no", "a_band_starts_at": "", "grade_points": { "A": { "as_captured": "4", "normalized": "4.00" }, "B": { "as_captured": "3", "normalized": "3.00" }, "C": { "as_captured": "2", "normalized": "2.00" }, "D": { "as_captured": "1", "normalized": "1.00" }, "F": { "as_captured": "0", "normalized": "0.00" } }, "source_url": "https://publications.sanjac.edu/general-information/student-information/student-grades-records/", "captured": "2026-09-17", "notes": "" } ]