Nipissing GPA scale
Nipissing University records percentages, not grade points. The letters below are the bands its calendar draws on those percentages — an A starts at 80% — with the passing grade and how the average is computed.
This is the scale you are graded on once you arrive. It is not the average you are admitted on — Ontario universities admit on your Grade 12 percentage average, and Nipissing’s admission requirements are on their own page.
100%
top of the scale
%
recorded as percentages
5
letter bands
The scale, as the registrar prints it
From Academic Calendar 2026–2027 — Evaluation and Grading System (2026–2027 calendar), read 2026-08-22. The source.
| Letter | Percentage | Note |
|---|---|---|
| A | 80–100 | Exceptional Performance |
| B | 70–79 | Good Performance |
| C | 60–69 | Satisfactory Performance |
| D | 50–59 | Minimally Competent Performance |
| F | 0–49 | Failure |
What passes at Nipissing
D (50–59) is the lowest band above Failure; the calendar's grading page does not print a separate passing rule.
How Nipissing computes your average
Five letter bands on percentage grades; the calendar's evaluation page gives no grade-point column.
Worth knowing before first year
- The simplest scale in the province — five letters, no pluses or minuses, and an A is anything from 80 up.
The same mark at other campuses
Where a 95, 85, 78, 72, 65 lands at Nipissing and at the other universities that publish percentage bands. Useful when comparing scholarship-renewal or program-entry thresholds written in different currencies.
| Campus | 95% | 85% | 78% | 72% | 65% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nipissingpercentage | A | A | B | B | C |
| McMaster12-point | A+ · 12 | A · 11 | B+ · 9 | B− · 7 | C · 5 |
| Queen's4.3 | A+ · 4.3 | A · 4.0 | B+ · 3.3 | B− · 2.7 | C · 2.0 |
| U of T (St. George)4.0 | A+ · 4.0 | A · 4.0 | B+ · 3.3 | B− · 2.7 | C · 2.0 |
| Westernpercentage | A+ | A | B | B | C |
| Carleton12-point | A+ · 12 | A · 11 | B+ · 9 | B− · 7 | C · 5 |
| Ottawa10-point | A+ · 10 | A · 9 | B+ · 7 | B · 6 | C+ · 5 |
| Laurier (Waterloo)12-point | A+ · 12 | A · 11 | B+ · 9 | B− · 7 | C · 5 |
| TMU4.33 | A+ · 4.33 | A · 4.00 | B+ · 3.33 | B− · 2.67 | C · 2.00 |
| Guelphpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| Guelph-Humberpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| York9-point | A+ · 9 | A · 8 | B+ · 7 | B · 6 | C+ · 5 |
| Brockpercentage | A | A | B | B | C |
| Windsorpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| Trentpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| Lakeheadpercentage | A+ | A | B | B | C |
| Laurentian10-point | A+ · 10 | A · 9 | B+ · 7 | B · 6 | C+ · 5 |
| Ontario Tech4.3 | A+ · 4.3 | A · 4.0 | B+ · 3.3 | B− · 2.7 | C · 2.0 |
| Algomapercentage | A+ | A− | B+ | B− | C |
| OCADpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| RMCpercentage | A+ | A− | B+ | B− | C |
Waterloo is not in the table: it has no letters, so a 78 is a 78.