Plus/minus 4.0 scale
Plus/minus 4.0 scale: what registrars actually print
The plus/minus 4.0 scale is the commonest grading scale in American higher education, and the institutions below do not agree on what the intermediate grades are worth. Every figure is the one that registrar prints on its own page.
- median printed B+ grade point
- 3.33
- printed B+ grade points, lowest to highest
- 3.3 to 3.5
- institutions listed for Plus/minus 4.0 scale
- 15
Printed figures for Plus/minus 4.0 scale
An institution is listed for this family only where its own live registrar page for it answered on the day of the read; the figure beside it is the one it prints, not one this index computed.
Reading a plus/minus table
The B+ is the cell that separates one scale from another: it runs from 3.3 to 3.5 across the institutions read here.
Some registrars publish quality points to four decimal places rather than two, which decides borderline honours.
A scale with no minus grades steps in halves and pays a plus grade materially more.
Cite or embed this figure
The printed B+ grade point in Plus/minus 4.0 scale was 3.33 in read 2026-09-10, across 12 institutions recorded in GPA Grade Compare Institution Grading Scale Index.
Cite as: "GPA Grade Compare Institution Grading Scale Index: Plus/minus 4.0 scale", updated 2026-09-10, https://gpagradecompare.com/scales/plusminus-40-scale/.
Download the Plus/minus 4.0 scale table (CSV), free to reuse with citation.