(ɡreɪd pɔɪnt ˈævərɪdʒ) or grade point (ɡreɪd pɔɪnt)
noun
US education
a mark of a student's academic achievement which is the average of all the grades that they have been awarded during the course of their studies
It was his solid 3.0 grade point average that helped earn him the award.
grade point in American English
noun
Education
a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average