What percentage of my degree have I completed?

How we calculated this

Included earned credits are divided by required credits to produce a percentage. Using the example values above (87 of 120 required credits, in-progress credits excluded), completion is 72.5%. Including in-progress credits raises the included total and therefore the percentage, since it counts credits you are actively earning right now toward the same requirement.

Limitations

This is a credits-only percentage; it does not check whether your earned credits actually satisfy specific major, minor, or general-education requirements, only that they count toward your total required credit count. For a breakdown by specific requirement category, see Major, Minor, and Elective Allocation instead.

Common mistakes

A common error is including in-progress credits without noting that they are not finalized; a course you are still taking could still result in a lower grade, a withdrawal, or an incomplete, none of which this percentage accounts for once entered. Another is assuming a high completion percentage guarantees on-time graduation; it says nothing about your remaining pace or how many terms are left, only how far along you are by credit count.

Frequently asked

Should I include in-progress credits?

Include them if you want a realistic near-future picture; exclude them if you want a conservative, already-finalized percentage.

What if my earned credits exceed my required credits?

The percentage can exceed 100%, which usually means you have taken more credits than your program strictly requires.

Does this tell me how many terms I have left?

No; see Terms Remaining or Projected Completion Term for a pace-based answer instead of a percentage.

Can I use this for a specific requirement category instead of my whole degree?

Yes; enter that category's required and earned credits instead of your full degree totals.

Why does the percentage matter if credits alone don't guarantee graduation?

It is still a useful, honest progress signal even though it is not a substitute for an official degree audit; tracking it over time shows whether you are actually closing the gap term by term, separate from the specific-requirement question a real audit answers.

Next decision

To see the same remaining-credits question by pace and projected term, see Credits Remaining.