Grading System

RCC employs a letter grading system to evaluate student performance in meeting the stated objectives of the classroom, laboratory, clinical setting, or work experiences.

Progress Reporting

Progress reporting allows the institution to identify students who may be at risk of not successfully completing a course in which they are enrolled. At designated intervals during the semester, current grade data is analyzed to identify any students who are not successfully completing the course. Progress reporting is used for advising purposes but is not recorded on the permanent academic record.

Grade Reports

Students have access to online records of their academic progress throughout the semester. Final grades are available online to all students at the end of the course.

Explanation of Grades

For continuing education courses with 96 or more contact hours or courses offered parallel to curriculum courses, letter grades are awarded using a 10‑point grading scale. Grades earned in continuing education classes are not included in the calculation of a student’s overall GPA.

For curriculum courses, letter grades are awarded using a 10‑point grading scale and are included in the calculation of the student’s GPA. Some curriculum classes may have grading exceptions, and any such exceptions are outlined in the individual course syllabus.

Grade	Explanation	Grade Points Per Semester Hour
A (90–100)	The student, in a superior way, met course objectives.	4
AU Audit	Course is taken as an audit. Course is not graded and no credits are earned.
B (80–89)	The student has more than adequately met course objectives.	3
C (70–79)	The student has adequately met the course objectives.	2
CE	Credit by Exam/Challenge Examination. The student received credit for course through proficiency exam.
D (60–69)	The student minimally met course objectives.	1
F (Below 60)	The student failed to meet course objectives.	0
I	The completed portion of the student’s work in the course was of passing quality and due to extenuating circumstances, the student was not able to complete all the course requirements. The student has until 1) the end of the 6th week of the subsequent fall or spring semester, or 2) the end of the applicable state specified time period (only applies to certain programs) to complete the course requirements. If the faculty of record does not remove the “I” grade nor request a time extension, the “I” grade will change to an “F”.
P	The student successfully completes the course with a passing grade. The “P” grade is calculated into the student’s completed hours for the purpose of determining financial aid completion rates but is not calculated into the student’s GPA.
P1¹, P2¹, P3¹	Pass Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 in Transition English (ENG 003) and Transition Mathematics (MAT 003). These grades are calculated into the student’s completed hours for the purpose of determining completion rates but are not calculated into the student’s GPA.
Tx (TA, TB, TC, TS)	Credit transferred into RCC. Does not count when calculating GPA.
R¹	The student did not successfully complete the course and needs to re-enroll. Grades of “R” are included in the number of times the course has been attempted.
S	The student successfully completed the course on the S-U option or completed a course in which the S or U is given. This grade does not count as hours attempted but does count as hours earned.
U	The students has not successfully completed the course on the S-U option or did not successfully complete a course in which the S or U is given.
W	The student withdrew or was administratively withdrawn prior to the 80 percent point.
WP	The student was administratively withdrawn after the 80 percent point and was completing the course with a passing grade at the time of withdrawal.
WF	The student was administratively withdrawn after the 80 percent point and was not completing the course with a passing grade at the time of withdrawal.

¹Developmental/Transition course grades used prior to Fall 2025

**Continuing Education Courses**

Courses with 96 or more contact hours or courses offered parallel to curriculum courses receive letter grades using a 10‑point grading scale.
Grade	Explanation
A (90-100)	The student, in a superior way, met course objectives.
B (80-89)	The student has more than adequately met course objectives.
C (70-79)	The student has adequately met the course objectives.
D (60-69)	The student minimally met course objectives.
F (Below 60)	The student failed to meet course objectives.
AU	Audit - Course is not graded and no credits are earned.
S	Satisfactory – The student successfully completed the course.
U	Unsatisfactory – The student did not successfully complete the course.
W	The student withdrew or was administratively withdrawn from the course.