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Colleges where the average admitted GPA is 3.9 or higher

Colleges where first-year students average a high school GPA of 3.9 or higher, highest first, from the Common Data Set. Each row shows the Common Data Set year and, where the college says, whether the GPA is weighted or unweighted. Colleges differ in how they calculate it. Basis: colleges that report this in their Common Data Set. A college that does not report it, or whose file we cannot read, is not listed, which does not mean its number is low or high.

Source: Each college's Common Data Set, section C (linked in the table)

56 colleges

56 colleges

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CollegeStateAverage GPA (CDS year)Distance
University of ChicagoIL4.54 · 2025-26
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNC4.49 · 2024-25
University of Maryland-College ParkMD4.41 · 2025-26
William & MaryVA4.34 · 2025-26
University of California-Santa BarbaraCA4.29 · 2025-26
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY4.25 · 2025-26
The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleTN4.25 · 2025-26
Harvard UniversityMA4.22 · 2025-26
Illinois Institute of TechnologyIL4.20 · 2023-24
Smith CollegeMA4.20 · 2023-24
Washington University in St LouisMO4.19 · 2024-25
University of Central FloridaFL4.18 · 2025-26
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusGA4.17 · 2025-26
University of GeorgiaGA4.17 · 2025-26
Kenyon CollegeOH4.15 · 2025-26
Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFL4.12 · 2024-25
Auburn UniversityAL4.10 · 2025-26
United States Military AcademyNY4.10 · 2024-25
University of North FloridaFL4.10 · 2024-25
University of North Carolina WilmingtonNC4.09 · 2025-26
University of South FloridaFL4.09 · 2025-26
University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgPA4.08 · 2024-25
University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyMD4.06 · 2025-26
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPA4.06 · 2025-26
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityVA4.06 · 2025-26
University of Massachusetts-AmherstMA4.05 · 2025-26
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoCA4.03 · 2025-26
New College of FloridaFL4.03 · 2022-23, weighted
University of California-DavisCA4.03 · 2025-26
University of San DiegoCA4.02 · 2025-26
Reed CollegeOR4.01 · 2024-25
Florida International UniversityFL4.00 · 2025-26
Winthrop UniversitySC3.99 · 2025-26
Loyola Marymount UniversityCA3.98 · 2025-26
University of DelawareDE3.98 · 2024-25
College of CharlestonSC3.96 · 2025-26
Princeton UniversityNJ3.96 · 2025-26
Spelman CollegeGA3.96 · 2025-26
University of DallasTX3.96 · 2025-26
Colorado CollegeCO3.95 · 2024-25
Stanford UniversityCA3.94 · 2025-26
University of California-Los AngelesCA3.94 · 2025-26
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD3.93 · 2025-26
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteNY3.93 · 2025-26
Creighton UniversityNE3.92 · 2025-26
Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIN3.91 · 2025-26
Saint Mary's CollegeIN3.91 · 2024-25
University of Wisconsin-MadisonWI3.91 · 2025-26
Whitman CollegeWA3.91 · 2025-26
DePauw UniversityIN3.90 · 2025-26
Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringMA3.90 · 2023-24
Rochester Institute of TechnologyNY3.90 · 2025-26
University of California-BerkeleyCA3.90 · 2025-26
University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI3.90 · 2025-26
University of PennsylvaniaPA3.90 · 2025-26
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMA3.90 · 2025-26

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