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Updated October 28, 2026

PTCAS GPA calculator

PTCAS converts each grade to a numeric value, multiplies it by the course's semester hours and divides your quality points by your attempted hours. All grades for repeated courses count, a WF counts as an F, and pass/fail and AP credit are left out. Its course subject list puts anatomy and physiology, biology, chemistry and physics in Science, keeps Mathematics as its own category and adds a combined Science and Math GPA. Kinesiology and exercise science fall under Movement Science, and nutrition and geology under Other Sciences, so neither counts as science. The example transcript below gives 3.45 overall, 3.35 science, 4.00 math and 3.45 science and math.

Example transcript. Replace it with your courses.

Credit system
Overall
3.45
Science
3.35
Math
4.00
Science and math
3.45

28 graded semester hours.

A 3.35 science GPA: interviews decide the rest.

Physical therapy school interview questions

Rules from PTCAS's help center, Calculating Your PTCAS GPAs, PTCAS Grade Values Chart and PTCAS Course Subjects, checked October 31, 2026. Nothing you type leaves this page. Confetto is not affiliated with the APTA, PTCAS or Liaison.

How does PTCAS calculate your GPA?

PTCAS converts each A to F or 0 to 100 grade to a PTCAS numeric value and multiplies it by the course's attempted credits to get quality points. Your GPA is total quality points divided by attempted credits. PTCAS's own example: an A, B, C, D and F in 4, 3, 4, 3 and 3 credit courses give 36 quality points over 17 credits, a 2.12 GPA.

PTCAS grade values
GradeA+AA-ABB+B
Value4.04.03.73.53.33.0
PTCAS grade values, continued
GradeB-BCC+CC-CD
Value2.72.52.32.01.71.5
PTCAS grade values, continued
GradeD+DD-EFWF
Value1.31.00.70.00.00.0

PTCAS reports a GPA for each school you attended, for each academic year, and for each course subject category. Your freshman through senior years combine with any post-baccalaureate coursework into a cumulative undergraduate GPA, and adding graduate coursework gives your overall GPA.

Which courses are science on PTCAS?

  • Science: PTCAS's anatomy and physiology, biology, chemistry and physics subjects, including biochemistry, microbiology, genetics and neuroscience.
  • Mathematics: algebra, calculus, statistics, biostatistics and computer science. Science and Math combines the two.
  • Not science: Movement Science (kinesiology, exercise physiology, biomechanics), Other Sciences (nutrition, geology, environmental science), Psychology and Social/Behavioral Science.

This calculator's subjects map onto those categories: pick Other science for kinesiology, nutrition or geology so they stay out of Science. PTCAS's subject list was built with the APTA, and during verification PTCAS moves any course it finds in the wrong subject.

Retakes, pass/fail and quarter hours

  • Repeated courses: PTCAS does not recognize schools' forgiveness, academic renewal or grade replacement policies. All grades earned for repeated courses count.
  • Non-graded credits such as AP, pass/fail and satisfactory credits stay out of your GPAs. A WF counts as an F.
  • Quarter hours: PTCAS calculates every GPA in semester hours, using 1.0 quarter hour = 0.667 semester hours.

Next steps: the PTCAS application guide and the physical therapy personal statement.

Questions people ask

Which courses count in the PTCAS science GPA?

PTCAS's Science category combines its anatomy and physiology, biology, chemistry and physics subjects. Math is separate, and PTCAS also reports a Science and Math GPA that adds the two together.

Does kinesiology count as science on PTCAS?

No. PTCAS lists kinesiology, exercise physiology and exercise science under Movement Science, which is not part of its Science category. They still count in your overall GPA.

Does PTCAS replace retaken grades?

No. PTCAS does not recognize schools' forgiveness, academic renewal or grade replacement policies. All grades earned for repeated courses count in your GPA.

How does PTCAS convert quarter hours?

PTCAS calculates every GPA in semester hours, using 1.0 quarter hour = 0.667 semester hours. Enter quarter hours as your transcript shows them and this calculator converts them.

Does PTCAS calculate my prerequisite GPA?

PTCAS's GPA page describes school, year-level and course subject GPAs. Programs set their own prerequisite lists, so check each program for how it works out a prerequisite GPA.

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